Recovery and Incident Manager with AI-Ops

We currently have a career opportunity for a Recovery and Incident Manager with AI-Ops to join our team in Charlotte, NC or Tempe, AZ or NYC, NY. 

Job Overview:

We are seeking a Recovery and Incident Manager with AI-Ops to lead incident management, operational resilience, and intelligent automation initiatives across enterprise technology environments. This role will partner with Network Operations Center (NOC), Infrastructure Operations, Cloud Engineering, DevOps, and Application Support teams to proactively detect, respond to, and prevent technology incidents. The ideal candidate combines hands-on incident management expertise with experience implementing observability, automation, and AI-driven operational solutions to improve system reliability, reduce operational overhead, and enhance customer experience. The candidate should possess deep expertise in AIOps, ITSM, ITIL, SRE, Incident Management, Cloud Operations, and Enterprise Infrastructure. 

 Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Incident & Recovery Management

• Monitor, document, and analyze major incident response efforts and service recovery activities.
• Serve as a senior escalation point for Tier 1 and Tier 2 operational incidents.
• Conduct incident reviews, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Improve Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR).

Site Reliability Engineering

• Implement SRE practices to improve platform reliability, scalability, and resiliency.
• Define and monitor SLAs, SLOs, and operational KPIs.
• Develop proactive reliability and availability strategies.

AIOps & Automation

• Implement AIOps solutions to automate incident detection, diagnosis, remediation, and prevention.
• Build and optimize AI-powered operational agents and self-healing workflows.
• Reduce operational effort through intelligent automation.

Observability & Monitoring

• Lead enterprise monitoring initiatives using Dynatrace and related observability platforms.
• Improve visibility across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and user experiences.
• Enable predictive monitoring and anomaly detection.

ITSM & Service Operations

• Develop and enhance incident, problem, change, and event management frameworks aligned with ITIL and ITSM best practices.  
• Leverage ServiceNow workflow automation to improve service delivery.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Infrastructure, DevOps, Cloud, Security, Application Development, and NOC teams.
• Mentor operational teams and promote an automation-first culture. 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in IT Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, Network Operations, or Production Support environments.
• 5+ years of experience leading incident management, operational transformation, or reliability engineering initiatives.
• Strong experience with:  
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
  • IT Service Management (ITSM)
  • ITIL Framework
  • Incident, Problem, Change, and Event Management
  • Network Operations Center (NOC)
  • Infrastructure Operations
  • Service Desk Operations
  • Application Production Support
  • Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • DevOps Practices and Toolchains
• Hands-on experience with Dynatrace, monitoring platforms, and observability solutions.
• Experience using ServiceNow for ticketing, workflow automation, and service management.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, networking, cloud architecture, and enterprise application ecosystems.
• Proven experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive controls.
• Experience leading enterprise AIOps implementations.
• Experience building AI-powered operational agents and intelligent automation solutions.
• Certifications such as:  
  • ITIL Foundation or ITIL Managing Professional
  • Certified Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
  • AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud certifications
  • ServiceNow certifications
• Experience with workflow orchestration and enterprise automation platforms.
• Familiarity with predictive analytics, machine learning operations, and autonomous operations frameworks. 

ABOUT THE TEAM

Our Automation team empowers organizations to work smarter by connecting digital process automation (DPA), robotic process automation (RPA), and AI into seamless, intelligent workflows. We help leading brands streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and unlock new business potential. By embedding advanced AI models into automation strategies, we enable smarter decision-making, adaptive processes, and continuous optimization at scale. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.​

 Disability Accommodations: Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.​

 Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed.​

 The salary range for this position takes into consideration a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, level of experience, applicable office location, training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The new hire salary range displays the minimum and maximum salary targets for this position across all US locations, and the range has not been adjusted for any specific state differentials. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the unique facts and circumstances regarding each candidate. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this position is $ 73,008 to $ 170,640. Please note that the salary range posted reflects the base salary only and does not include benefits or any potential variable compensation programs. Information regarding the benefits available for this position are in our benefits overview.

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