Skip to main contentA logo with &quat;the muse&quat; in dark blue text.

Major Incident Manager

AT Wipro
Wipro

Major Incident Manager

Mumbai, India

Job Description

Position Title

Incident Manager L2

BAND

Location

India

Department

Infra Support

Role Summary

As a L2 resource of his /her team, he /she:

During Major Incident

  • End to end ownership of the Major Incident with the aim to minimize the time to restore.
  • Coordination with all support engineers involved in the troubleshooting with the possibility to involve other support groups.
  • Ensure a systematic process is followed for all Major Incidents from opening to closure.
  • Assess Incident complexity and decide to apply the Crisis Management process if required: trigger and liaise with the Crisis Manager to manage communication with and escalation to Executive management.
  • Track incident progress to resolution and responsible for communicating progress to higher management and transverse relevant teams. Prepare clear and concise comms and publish them based on the priority of the incident.
  • Facilitate exchanges between the relevant support staff through setting up ad-hoc Conference Bridge / Business Chat groups and / or direct contacts. In particular, ensure diagnosis, action plans and key initiatives are shared with the relevant parties across technical towers and geographies.
  • Drive discussions to a pragmatic outcome in a reasonable timeframe in order to ensure the key decisions are taken on time or escalated to higher management. As a last resort, responsible for choosing between resolution solutions, or escalating in case of disagreement between technical teams and after assessing all impacts with relevant stakeholders (Experts, Managers and / or Business line IT)
  • Activate and manage the Incident WAR Room

Want more jobs like this?

Get jobs in Mumbai, India delivered to your inbox every week.

By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy.

Regular Operations (no Major Incident)

  • Coordinate the write up of the Incident Report, collecting inputs from all parties and ensuring high quality of the final document
  • Organize Post-Incident Meeting to share / brainstorm on actions and suggestions to avoid similar incidents in the future or shorten resolution time. This involves writing and publishing organizational Incident Report which details organizational issues experienced during resolution and suggest improvements to speed up the team reactivity.
  • Ensure consistency of the incident documentation / references across all systems
  • Report KPI and analysis to senior management on key inputs linked to Major Incidents content and trends


  • Write and publish the organizational Post-Mortem of Incident which details organizational issues experienced during resolution and suggested improvement areas to improve team interaction and fluidity
  • Provide Consolidated Reports (Based on KPIs) for various committees.
  • Ensure Procedures and Documentation is up-to-date (Diagrams, checklist etc.)
  • Maintain the escalation tree (internal and with third parties)
  • Share and promote best practices and lessons learnt on Major Incident management to internal stakeholders (support teams, management)
  • Report to Operational Manager on the efficiency of the Major Incident Management process
  • Act as Process manager ensuring that the Incident Management process is applied in a systematic and consistent manner by leveraging on lessons learnt.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Expertise

Soft Skills

  • Leadership with ability to do efficient multitasking
  • Clear Verbal and writing Communication skills at multiple levels in an international context and should be able to follow organization process
  • Client Oriented with Strong Relationship management with experience in IT Support and service Management
  • French speaking will be a plus.
  • Reactivity and ability to solve problems by using different methods
  • Ability to learn and adapt and to be proactive
  • Ability to work simultaneously with different profiles (technical/functional, medium/top management, etc.)
  • Ability to work under pressure

Requirement

  • Infrastructure or Application support hands on experience of 4-6 years is mandatory
  • Overall IT experience: 8 Years +
  • Crisis Management
  • IT Literacy: Knowledge of IT Ecosystem & Operations Background with experience in IT for Capital Market and Corporate Banking to the extent of knowing Front office to back office application flow
  • Having knowledge about monitoring tools and scheduling jobs would be plus
  • Good understanding of transversal technologies (SAN, Unix, Windows, Network, DBA, CTRL-M, MQ)
  • Technologies and/or Applications background with ability to grasp impact and interdependencies

Shift/Oncall & Weekend Support

Shift Timings in IST:

• Mon to Fri 6:00 am to 09:30 pm OR 10:30 pm (2 shifts, 1st starts at 6:00 am IST and 2nd starts at 12:30 or 01:30 pm - depending on DST in France)

• Weekday On-call - From 09:30 pm OR 10:30 pm to following day 6:00 am

• Weekend On-Call - From 09:30 pm OR 10:30 pm Friday to 6:00 am Monday

Day light savings Period- Nov to Mar ( 1hour ahead)

Oncall Support- To provide Oncall support services on rotational basis

  • 09.30 PM to 6.00 am on weekdays after end of the evening shift work (Apr to Oct)
  • 10.30 pm to 6.00 am on weekdays after end of the evening shift work ( Nov to Mar)
  • 09:30 pm OR 10:30 pm on Friday to 06:00 am Monday

Weekend On-Call Support - based on high critical P1 incidents and P2 that have potential of becoming P1.

Public Holiday Support - Paris Holidays (Client Holiday) will be followed as public holidays and not India holidays

Process & Tools

• ITSM tool- Service Now - Ticketing tool for INC/SR/Change /Problem tickets

• Inhouse tools

• intermediate knowledge on ITIL Process & Practices

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Information/Computer technology preferred

Key Competencies:

• 8+yrs of relevant experience in Incident Management / Infrastructure / Application Support

• Experience of working in a banking environment.

• Customer service oriented, able to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and troubleshooting skills

• Must be self-motivated and directed and demonstrate a keen attention to detail and possess the ability to work autonomously

If you encounter any suspicious mail, advertisements, or persons who offer jobs at Wipro, please email us at helpdesk.recruitment@wipro.com. Do not email your resume to this ID as it is not monitored for resumes and career applications.

Any complaints or concerns regarding unethical/unfair hiring practices should be directed to our Ombuds Group at ombuds.person@wipro.com.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.

Client-provided location(s): Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Job ID: Wipro-1140069755
Employment Type: Other