Service Delivery & Environment Operations Manager - It Operations
Toronto, Canada Area
Lead, developed, coached and mentored a highly motivated team of Tier 1 IT Services Operations and Application Services Support professionals responsible for the administration, maintenance and operational improvement of the company’s complex and sensitive core telecommunication IT infrastructure.Core responsibilities also included vendor management, enterprise architecture, budgetary planning (CAPEX and OPEX), capacity planning, automation, performance management, the formalization and implementation of key ITIL processes, disaster recovery, extensive IT project management, and constant co-ordination, collaboration and communication with key business stakeholders. • Extensive practical ITIL process management experience related to development and implementation of incident, problem, change, and release, configuration, service request and knowledge management• Continual state of improvement and evaluation driven by improving service excellence and overall system availability and reliability. Coach teamwork and guide the team regarding industry trends, new technologies and solutions to streamline and automate core operating procedures and production environment support responsibilities. • Responsible for the reporting of KPIs, Service Levels, analytics and metrics relating to system uptime and availability, business SLA/SLO’s and performance metrics as they relate to incident, problem, and change management.• Implemented formal asset management plans and processes to better manage costs and time.• Accountable for the 24/7 availability, application support, monitoring, operation and security of mission critical systems and network resources.• Co-ordinated scheduled and prioritized all preventative maintenance, upgrade and currency activities and projects.• Worked directly with the design, development, enforcement, and monitoring of IT policies and standards related to business continuity, disaster recovery plans, governance, and access control.