Monitoring & Incident Management Manager (Remote)

<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong><span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"><span style="padding:0px;">The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, </span></span><span style="padding:0px;"><span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"><span style="padding:0px;">CT, DC, HI, LA, </span></span></span></strong><span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"><strong><span style="padding:0px;">MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, </span></strong><span style="padding:0px;"><strong>WA, WY</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><span style="padding:0px;line-height:18px;"><span style="padding:0px;"><strong>Future Need - Actively Interviewing</strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Location: </strong>Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement. </span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Protect the operational continuity of a platform that Veterans depend on every day. As the Monitoring & Incident Management Manager, you will lead 24/7 monitoring operations, incident response governance, and observability strategy for a mission-critical cloud environment supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Position Description: </strong>The Monitoring & Incident Management Manager serves as the lead for all platform and application monitoring, incident detection, response coordination, and operational situational awareness while ensuring production issues are detected proactively, escalated, and resolved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Minimum/General Experience: </strong>5 years of experience in cloud platform operations, monitoring engineering, and incident management and response operations</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Minimum Education: </strong>Bachelor's Degree in information technology, computer science or related field</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Essential Skills/Qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent experience managing enterprise monitoring and incident response operations for complex, mission-critical systems</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent experience with modern monitoring, observability, and incident management practices</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., Dynatrace, Splunk)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent experience in dashboard design, alert configuration, and observability best practices</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent knowledge of the four Golden Signals (e.g., latency, error rate, saturation, volume) and incident-free availability measurement across complex distributed systems</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent ability to manage incident response operations including Priority Troubleshooting Calls (PTC) participation, Office of Information & Technology (OI&T) Major Incident Management (MIM) coordination, and executive communication during critical events</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent experience establishing and maintaining actionable alert thresholds, on-call rotation schedules, and escalation procedures for 24/7 coverage</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Above average knowledge of AWS GovCloud monitoring capabilities, CloudWatch, and integration with third-party observability tools in a FedRAMP environment</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Above average ability to produce incident reports including executive summaries, root cause analysis, timeline of events, corrective actions, and lessons learned</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Working knowledge of ServiceNow, Jira-based service request workflows, and Federal incident reporting requirements</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Experience supporting Federal Government programs and enterprise-scale applications operating in cloud or hybrid environments</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Excellent verbal and written communication skills</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>General Physical Requirements needed to perform the essential functions of this job may vary based on the location of the assignment</strong>.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Assignment Location - Remote</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Security</strong>: Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Federal Civilian Public Trust </strong>Consists of a review of up to but not limited to:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">OPM Security Investigations Index (SII)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">National Agency Check (NAC) records</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">FBI name check</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">FBI fingerprint check</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Credit report check</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Law enforcement check</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Court records check</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Education check - Attendance and Degrees</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><a href="https://www.osp.va.gov/docs/PIV_Credential_Identity_Verification_Matrix.pdf">Acceptable Credentials</a></span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Tasks/Activities include, but are not limited to:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Maintains regular communication with the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) and Government technical leadership regarding operational health, incident status, and service restoration activities</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Governs all platforms and application monitoring ensuring automated alerts detect production issues prior to user-reported tickets</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Maintains 24/7 active alert monitoring coverage</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Delivers the Capabilities and Services Monitoring Plan defining alert conditions, thresholds, escalation paths, and on-call coverage for all capabilities</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Oversees delivery and maintenance of the Capabilities and Services Dashboard displaying real-time latency, error rate, saturation, volume, and incident-free availability for all services</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Ensures immediate response to critical service requests</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Coordinates and leads all PTC and OI&T Major Incident Management (MIM) events regardless of culpability</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Delivers bi-weekly and ad hoc Incident Report Briefings</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Presents all incident reports and responds to Government questions with qualified subject matter experts (SMEs)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Maintains a complete, auditable alert log including alerted system, alert description, timestamps, corrective actions, and responsible system</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Coordinates with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), DevSecOps, and Architecture teams to align monitoring requirements across all tenant environments</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><strong>Compensation & Benefits: </strong>The annual projected pay range for this position is $70,612 - $102,584 with consideration being given to various factors including but not limited to qualifications, experience, job responsibilities, and geographic location. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Oxley Enterprises, Inc. offers a full array of benefits including:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage for you and your family.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Life Insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability paid for by the Company.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Supplemental coverages including Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">Additional Life insurance coverage for you and your dependents. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;">401k plan with various options to select based on your retirement goals.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Oxley Enterprises®, Inc. is a certified service-disabled veteran-owned (SDVOSB), veteran-owned (VOSB), and woman-owned small business (WOSB) that has 26 years of experience building and delivering quality IT systems and programs. Oxley is ranked in the INC 5000 7 times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025). Oxley is a 2019 - 2025 Department of Labor HIRE Vets Medallion Award Winner. Oxley is Virginia Values Veterans certified.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.</span></p> <p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position at Oxley Enterprises, Inc., please send an email to our Human Resources Department at: <a href="mailto:careers@oxleyenterprises.com">careers@oxleyenterprises.com</a> with the following information:</span></p> <p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">Subject Line: Accommodation Request</span></p> <p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">Provide a description of your accommodation request</span></p> <p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">Include your contact information: Full name, Email address, Best number to reach you (optional)</span></p> <p style="background:#FFFFFF;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'times new roman', times, serif;color:#000000;">We participate in the E-Verify program. <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify">http://www.dhs.gov/E-Verify</a></span></p>

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