ITIL/ITSM Coordinator

Ness Digital Engineering

Chicago, IL

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time
SKILLS
Change Management, Change Requests/Orders, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, DevOps, IT Service Management (ITSM), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), Incident Management, Leadership, Maintain Compliance, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Network Security, Operations Management, Organizational Skills, Risk Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Service Level Agreement (SLA), ServiceNow, Team Player, Time Management
LOCATION
Chicago, IL
POSTED
6 days ago

Description

Role Overview

We are seeking 5 highly driven Incident / Problem / Change / Release Coordinators to join our growing Service Operations team.
This role is critical to ensuring operational stability across enterprise platforms. The selected candidates will take full ownership of incidents — from triage through resolution — coordinating across technical teams to drive timely fixes, minimize business impact, and ensure structured governance across ITIL processes.
If you are someone who thrives in high-visibility, high-accountability environments and can drive issues to closure with urgency and structure — we want to talk to you.

Key Responsibilities

Incident Management

  • Triage incoming incidents and prioritize based on impact and urgency
  • Take full ownership of incident lifecycle from detection to resolution
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams (Infrastructure, Application, Network, Security, etc.)
  • Lead Major Incident bridges and stakeholder communications
  • Ensure SLA adherence and minimize downtime
  • Provide executive-ready status updates during critical incidents

Problem Management

  • Identify recurring incidents and drive root cause analysis (RCA)
  • Facilitate post-incident reviews
  • Track corrective and preventive actions to closure
  • Work with engineering teams to eliminate systemic issues

Change Management

  • Coordinate and review change requests
  • Ensure proper risk assessment and backout planning
  • Facilitate CAB meetings
  • Monitor change execution and manage change-related incidents

Release Coordination

  • Coordinate release schedules across multiple teams
  • Validate deployment readiness
  • Ensure proper communication before and after releases
  • Monitor post-release stability

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years in IT Operations / Service Management roles
  • Strong hands-on experience in:
    • Incident Management
    • Problem Management
    • Change & Release coordination
  • Deep understanding of ITIL framework (ITIL certification preferred)
  • Experience working in enterprise environments with cross-functional teams
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills (technical + business)
  • Ability to manage high-severity (P1/P2) incidents under pressure
  • Experience with ServiceNow or similar ITSM platforms
  • Strong documentation and reporting skills

 Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience leading Major Incident bridges
  • Experience working in regulated or high-availability environments
  • Familiarity with DevOps / CI-CD release cycles
  • Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
  • Experience driving SLA/SLO compliance

About the Company

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Ness Digital Engineering