Coordinator - Major Incident and Problem Management at MTN

Job Description

Reports To: Manager Integration

Division: Information Technology

Description:

  • Ensure process compliance from initiation to closure of incidents.
  • Drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the incident management process with resolver teams.
  • Execute the steps to recover services as per the MI checklist provided for each severity type of major incidents.
  • Provide MIR updates within the major incident recovery window, documenting all logs and steps taken by the technical team.
  • Ensure that all incidents are resolved within Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) while managing incidents to avoid breaches.
  • Trigger appropriate technical escalation levels (L2 and L3) when necessary.
  • Create and link known error articles where applicable and guide resolver teams in using the Known Error Database (KEDB) to reduce Mean Time to Repair (MTTR).
  • Reduce Severity 3 and Severity 4 incidents by applying LEAN principles to control incident volume.
  • Ensure a Year-on-Year decline in Severity 3 and Severity 4 trends.
  • Follow up rigorously on the closure of Severity 3 and Severity 4 incidents over business and non-business hours, weekends, and holidays to minimize service disruption.
  • Regularly audit to ensure that relevant Configuration Items (CIs) are tagged correctly by technical teams.
  • Produce analytical reports on non-compliant support groups based on audit findings.
  • Convert recurring or unknown issues into problems with an objective of achieving a ZERO repeat incident policy.
  • Invoke High Availability (HA) and/or Disaster Recovery (DR) switchover as per defined checklists for service recovery.
  • Identify, initiate, schedule, and conduct incident War-Room/Technical Bridge meetings for all major incidents.
  • Ensure the closure of all resolved incident records confirmed by end-users and escalate unresolved cases to IT management.
  • Verify and validate resolutions with end-users before closing assigned incidents as per policy.
  • Review incident handling by DCFLS/Service Desk and implement measures to close identified gaps.
  • Establish continuous process improvement cycles to review and enhance process performance, policies, and procedures.
  • Chair the daily Incident Management Meeting, publish daily incident reports, and contribute to IT Service Management (ITSM) weekly/monthly reports.
  • Publish at least one case study per quarter in the Knowledge Management Database (KMDB) and register Continuous Service Improvement (CSI) initiatives.
  • Ensure all ITIL guiding principles are applied within the MTNN IT Division, covering Incident Management, Problem Management, Configuration, Release, and Change Control.
  • Train and coach the Service Desk and DCFLS teams to ensure accurate incident categorization and assignment to technical teams.
  • Train Call Center agents and Customer Relations units to prevent duplicate incident logging during widespread cases.
  • Conduct training and awareness sessions for the IT team on Incident Management Process compliance each quarter.
  • Highlight key learnings from past incidents, identifying positives (successes) and areas for improvement.
  • Engage Vendor Management for OEM-related cases where incidents take longer to resolve.
  • Engage third-party partners when service recovery is needed for third-party-related incidents, joining War-Room/Technical Bridge discussions with internal teams.

Education:

  • First degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (Telecoms, Computer Science, IT).
  • Fluent in English.

Experience:

  • 3 - 7 years of experience, including:
  • A good understanding of ITIL practices and guiding principles.
  • Basic knowledge of IT infrastructure, application support, and cloud technologies.

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