Tier II Incident & Problem Management Analyst (government)

AT&T AT&T · Telecom · San Antonio, TX

This role is for a Tier II Incident & Problem Management Analyst supporting the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in a Department of War (DoW) environment. Responsibilities include providing 24x7x365 support for escalated tickets, performing root cause analysis, overseeing planned outages, acting as a point-of-contact for external teams, monitoring license usage, and mentoring Tier I staff. A Secret clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide 24x7x365 Tier II support to handle escalated tickets (network issues, complex user access problems, system errors). Use their deeper expertise to resolve issues and close tickets with thorough documentation.
  2. Ensure any outages or security incidents are reported to leadership within 60 minutes; coordinate with Tier I to verify alerts and trigger the formal incident response process.
  3. Perform root cause analysis for recurring incidents or major problems. Identify patterns in incidents using analytics from DISA Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) or monitoring tools to prevent future disruptions.
  4. Oversee planned service outages or changes (Authorized Service Interruptions). Schedule and announce maintenance, manage ITSM change records, and ensure users/Mission Partners are informed at least 21 days ahead.
  5. Lead creation of detailed root cause analysis reports for outages and major incidents (downtime > 1 hour), including corrective action plans and service improvements

Skills

Required

  • Secret clearance
  • Experience supporting DoD or DISA IT service programs

Nice to have

  • A+ certification
  • Network+ certification
  • ITIL Problem Management processes
  • root cause analysis methodologies
  • creation of post-incident reports
  • Ability to use scripts or tools to analyze logs
  • automate monitoring tasks
  • Experience acting as a liaison between service desk and engineering teams
  • strong written communication

What the JD emphasized

  • contractual compliance
  • 24x7x365
  • within 60 minutes
  • root cause analysis
  • at least 21 days ahead