IT Operations Manager

Company Description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We help to redefine lending practices, uncover and prevent fraud, simplify healthcare, create marketing solutions, and gain deeper insights into the automotive market, all using our unique combination of data, analytics and software. We also assist millions of people to realize their financial goals and help them save time and money.

We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more industry segments.

We invest in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. As a FTSE 100 Index company listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN), we have a team of 22,500 people across 32 countries. Our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Learn more at experianplc.com.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

The TOC Manager is a hands-on technical management position that requires a breadth and depth of technological understanding, to ensure progress in both working practices and ongoing support. The position will have a “hands-on” role in managing the TOC team, monitoring all IT systems/applications, and responsibility for understanding and escalating business issues. The TOC Manager will coordinate updates to core monitoring applications with an overall understanding of the organization and the drive to ensure issues are driven to resolution. Some key responsibilities include:

• Hands-on management of the TOC team at ECS
• Senior level knowledge across all enterprise ECS monitoring tools
• Performing audits on monitoring tools to ensure the entire IT enterprise is being properly monitored
• Proactively working with IT and business to put into place more specific monitoring
• Understanding all IT applications and services that could impact customers and the business
• Taking the initiative to create and maintain documents, procedures, and runbooks without direction
• Ensuring TOC maintenance notifications are accurate and sent out within published SLAs
• Ability to explain, in clear terms, complex IT issues to executive leadership
• Responsibility for Security vulnerability management (patching) TOC activities and security audit needs
• Responsibility for SSL certificate management and all associated process activities (ensuring documentation is accurate, reviewed regularly, and updated as needed
• Responsibility for the Event Management function including full ownership/accountability on monitoring, process and policies, and enactment within the environment
• Ensuring the team of TOC Analysts and TOC DevOps Analysts are:
• Provisioning and decommissioning certificates inclusive of generating CSRs (Certificate Signing Request)
• Managing certificates for various websites and internal tools
• Working directly with a CA (Certificate Authority) to order/renew certificates (SSL/TLS)
• Managing at least four (4) TOC Analysts directly and more indirectly
• Professional management capabilities are expected, inclusive of:
• Ensuring staffing levels and owning the shift scheduling application (Sling)
• Setting clear expectations and performance standards for TOC Analysts
• Coaching, developing, and motivating team members to ensure team morale and eNPS satisfaction
• Addressing performance gaps early and constructively
• Building succession and bench strength
• Availability to cover any shift if staffing issues are encountered
• Availability to work weekends and holidays should the need arise (staffing issues or major incidents)
• Must be available for on-call duties
• Ability to work with vendors, carriers, and suppliers in the provisioning and maintenance of services

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years of experience in Information Technology and in a Technology Operations and/or DevOps environment
• AA or BA degree preferred
• ITIL 4 advanced certifications and/or Managing Professional preferred
• Proven ability to: work effectively with cross-functional teams, flexibility to work with different technical skill levels and skill sets in a highly dynamic environment, and strong working knowledge of modern IT monitoring systems such as Datadog
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven working knowledge of modern IT operations systems/tools such as Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Statuspage, and xMatters

Additional Information

Our uniqueness is that we celebrate yours. Experian's culture and people are important differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously and focus on what matters; DEI, work/life balance, development, authenticity, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on. Experian's people first approach is award-winning; World's Best Workplaces™ 2024 (Fortune Top 25), Great Place To Work™ in 24 countries, and Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2024 to name a few. Check out Experian Life on social or our Careers Site to understand why.

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Innovation is an important part of Experian's DNA and practices, and our diverse workforce drives our success. Everyone can succeed at Experian and bring their whole self to work, irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, religion, colour, sexuality, physical ability or age. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at the earliest opportunity.

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