Information Technology Service Management Analyst
Kintetsu Global I.T., Inc.
Job Description
Job Summary
We are looking for a hands-on IT Service Management (ITSM) Analyst. The ITSM Analyst is responsible for ensuring stability, reliability, and continuous improvement of IT services supporting global logistics operations. This role plays a critical part in major incident management, ITSM process excellence, and ITSM tool (e.g., ServiceNow) administration, ensuring minimal disruption to time‑critical supply chain and logistics services.
The ITSM Analyst works closely with infrastructure, application, security, and vendor teams to restore services quickly, provide clear communication to stakeholders, and drive process maturity across Incident, Problem, Change, and Service Request Management
Key Responsibilities
1. Major Incident Management
- Act as the incident commander for high‑severity (Priority 1 / 2) incidents impacting logistics, warehouse, transportation, and customer‑facing systems
- Lead incident bridge calls and coordinate cross‑functional technical teams and external vendors
- Drive rapid service restoration while maintaining accurate timelines and documentation
- Provide clear, timely, and structured updates to business and IT stakeholders
- Ensure root cause analysis (RCA) is completed and corrective actions are tracked to closure
2. ITSM Process Excellence
- Operate and continuously improve ITSM processes including:
- Incident Management
- Problem Management
- Change Enablement
- Request Fulfillment
- Knowledge Management
- Ensure adherence to defined service management procedures and governance
- Support audit and compliance activities by maintaining accurate service records and evidence
3. ITSM Administration & Development
- Perform hands‑on configuration and administration of ITSM tools such as ServiceNow
- Configure workflows, business rules, UI policies, automation, and notifications across ITSM modules
- Maintain CMDB data quality and service mapping (as applicable)
- Support Case Exchange & Integrations between ITSM Platform and other IT systems
- Develop dashboards and operational reports for service performance visibility
- Ensure ITSM processes and platform remain aligned with ITIL framework and industry best practices.
4. Service Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Identify recurring incidents and systemic issues affecting logistics operations
- Partner with IT teams to reduce incident volume and mean time to restore service (MTTR)
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives and ITSM maturity roadmap
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve incident response and resolution processes
- Support knowledge base creation & upkeep to improve first‑contact resolution
5. Stakeholder & Vendor Coordination
- Act as a single point of coordination across IT, business teams, and external service providers during critical service disruptions
- Support 24x7 operations, including shift rotation, to meet global logistics support requirements
Qualifications and Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
- Minimum 5+ years of experience supporting Enterprises in an IT Service Mgmt or IT Operations roles
- Strong hands-on experience in ServiceNow administration and development (scripting, workflows, automations, integrations).
- Experience in configuring ServiceNow workflows and forms.
- Experience with creating and maintaining ServiceNow objects like tables, business rules, client scripts, UI actions, UI policies, Script Includes, workflows etc.
- Strong understanding of Discovery, Service Mapping, and Event Management principles and best practices.
- Proven track record in Major Incident Management, ideally in a 24x7 operations environment.
- Solid understanding of ITIL practices; ITIL Foundation certification preferred.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, especially under pressure.
- Ability to work across time zones and with globally distributed teams
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to handle critical issues calmly and effectively.
- Able to leverage AI and machine learning tools to drive efficiency, insights and innovation is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) or Certified Application Developer (CAD).
- Experience with JavaScript, APIs, or other scripting languages used in ServiceNow.