Incident & Event Management Expert Critical & Major Incident Mgt

Job description

Job Description

Novartis Business Services IT (NBS IT) is working to support Novartis to deliver better patient outcomes through innovative use of information and technology. As technology is reshaping the healthcare industry, IT will be a differentiator for our businesses, inspiring new ideas and enabling Novartis to reimagine medicine.

To continue to add even greater value for the business we need to have the right people with the right capabilities in the right location. We need to be customer-oriented and focus on bringing the best services and solutions to the business – both globally and locally – to support our patients.

NBS IT offers this extraordinary work experience with a real opportunity to develop in a highly fast-paced technology-driven environment where collaboration and innovation are at the heart of who we are and what we do.

•The candidate should have strong Infrastructure knowledge in any of the following fields: (Windows /UNIX/ Networks/DB/SAN/NAS, etc.), monitoring and escalation experience and the ability to coordinate the Major Incident Management process.
•ITIL Certified
•Strong knowledge of ITIL process (IM, PM, EM, KM).

•Ability to assess and coordinate high severity incidents.
•Own Predict and prevent operations for assigned scope with target to identify gaps and reducing incidents within the scope in collaboration with resolver groups.
•Responsible to oversee Operationally critical application, event correlation and engagement with customers on feedback and service improvements.
•Publish reports based on defined periodicity
•Be responsible to oversee shift management when required including that of vendor staff.
•Publish reports based on defined periodicity.
•Undertake ad-hoc projects as assigned.
•Provide technical expertise for the planning and definition of new requirements: perform feasibility and performance studies, including benchmark, capacity planning, sizing, etc.
•Contribute to continuous improvements, cost reduction and performance of the NOC services. Contributes to technical efforts for integrating new and existing technologies Drive/Manage service quality, performance and improvement of service delivery processes as per established governance and reporting
•Support Major Incident Management process and handle all Critical/Major incidents in the organization.
•Initiating bridge calls and sending communications
•Prepare Major IM analysis reports on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis to be provided to the Leadership team.
•Demonstrate clear and definitive understanding of business needs and requirements.
•Address any potential technical and non-technical issues and escalations within and outside of team which might impact the team’s performance adversely. Maintain overview of daily records, incident logs & shift planners.
•Responsible for 1st level Service Continuity of the operations during regional/location outages.
•Seek and provide feedback, mentoring, support, and career development to and from team.
•Routinely provides informal coaching, technical trainings, through suggestions, feedback and encouragement to less experienced team members.
•Be the 1st point of contact in case of any untoward Incidence with respect to work/team dynamics/attitude & approach by team members.
•Ensure positive team satisfaction and strong relationship is maintained for service delivery with cross functional teams • Achieve agreed targets in terms of quality and time. • Ensure business is not affected under any circumstance at all times. • Achievement of service levels corresponding to industry best practice.
Position Title

Incident & Event Management Expert Critical & Major Incident Mgt

Desired profile

Minimum requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or appropriate technical/functional discipline or equivalent technical certifications. Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Total 8-10 years of experience in a Command Center/Datacenter environment.
• More than 3 years of experience in Service Management of a global or regional service portfolio in similar areas, across geographies and business areas.
• ITIL Certification is a must.
• Certifications on Server/Networks will be an added advantage.
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel (globally).

About Novartis
Novartis provides innovative healthcare solutions that address the evolving needs of patients and societies. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis offers a diversified portfolio to best meet these needs: innovative medicines, cost-saving generic and biosimilar pharmaceuticals and eye care. Novartis has leading positions globally in each of these areas. In 2016, the Group achieved net sales of USD 48.5 billion, while R&D throughout the Group amounted to approximately USD 9.0 billion. Novartis Group companies employ approximately 121,000 full-time-equivalent associates. Novartis products are sold in approximately 155 countries around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.novartis.com
Job Type

Full Time
Country

India
Work Location

Hyderabad
Functional Area

Information Technology
Division

NBS
Business Unit

IT NBS
Employment Type

Regular
Company/Legal Entity

Nov Hltcr Shared Services Ind