Senior Technical Incident Manager at Confidential Columbia, SC

Senior Technical Incident Manager Position Description

Do you want to take your career to the next level? CGI is looking for dedicated Technical Incident Managers with a passion for solving business problems to join our team. At CGI, you will solve important business and technical problems as a full-time consultant serving local, enterprise clients. You'll be part of a team of dedicated people like yourself and make an impact with both internal and client partners.

Consider joining CGI, a premier consulting firm that inspires personal and professional growth and values your ideas.

This position is located in Columbia, South Carolina in a hybrid environment.

CGI is seeking an Senior Technical Incident Manager to support enterprise production systems within a fast-paced financial services environment. This role is responsible for monitoring the health and availability of cloud-based applications, responding to production incidents, and working with cross-functional teams to restore services as quickly as possible. The successful candidate will help troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues, analyze monitoring data, participate in incident response activities, and contribute to root cause analysis and continuous operational improvements.

This position requires hands-on experience with AWS, enterprise monitoring tools, and IT service management processes. The ideal candidate is comfortable working in a 24x7 operational environment, communicating effectively with both technical and business stakeholders, and helping maintain reliable, highly available production systems.

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise production environments or IT operations
• Deep knowledge of and hands‑on experience with multiple aspects of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including AWS services such as EC2, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Route
  53, S3, ELB, Lambda, ECS, or RDS
• Experience monitoring production applications using tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Cloud Watch, Solar Winds, or similar platforms
• Familiarity with Major Incident Management or Production Support processes
• Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across AWS environments
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows server administration
• Experience using Service Now for Incident, Problem, and Change Management
• Familiarity with observability concepts and tools, including Open Telemetry, is a plus
• Understanding of networking fundamentals including DNS, Load Balancers, SSL, VPNs, and firewalls
• Experience documenting incidents and operational procedures using Jira and Confluence
• Basic knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Cloud Formation is preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly identify production issues
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple technical teams
• Ability to work in a 24x7 support environment, including participation in an on-call rotation
• Exposure to financial services or other highly available enterprise environments is a plus
• Basic scripting experience with Power Shell or Python is beneficial

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification is preferred
• ITIL Foundation certification is a plus

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)

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