Service Level/Capacity Manager (Hybrid)

VIATEQ Corporation•Washington, DC

3d•$93,500 - $123,500•Hybrid

About The Position

VIATEQ Corporation is seeking a Service Level/Capacity Manager to support a federal government customer in Washington, DC. This hybrid role requires 3 days on-site and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. The manager will be the primary owner of enterprise service level management and capacity management practices, ensuring IT services meet objectives, performance is measured, and capacity meets current and future demand across a hybrid infrastructure. The role operates within an ITIL 4-aligned ITSM practice, collaborating with various teams and stakeholders to drive continual service improvement through performance measurement, trend analysis, forecasting, and identifying optimization opportunities. The position is responsible for owning and managing these practices in accordance with ITIL 4 best practices, ensuring clear definition, monitoring, reporting, and improvement of SLAs and SLOs. Concurrently, the role involves proactive capacity planning, demand management, and performance forecasting to ensure sufficient capacity for current obligations and future growth. The ideal candidate is an analytically driven ITSM professional with a strong background in service level management, capacity planning, performance reporting, and federal IT operations, capable of translating complex data into actionable insights for technical teams and senior stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT service management, with at least 3 years of dedicated experience in a Service Level Manager, Capacity Manager, or equivalent ITSM leadership role in an enterprise federal IT environment.
Demonstrated experience managing enterprise SLA programs, including SLA definition, monitoring, breach management, and continual improvement in a 24x7 IT operations environment of comparable scale and complexity.
Demonstrated experience with capacity planning and demand management across hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure environments.
Hands-on experience with enterprise ITSM platforms, preferably ServiceNow, including SLA configuration, dashboard development, and performance reporting.
Ability to obtain and maintain a background investigation, HSPD-12 PIV credentials, and all required IT access authorizations prior to performing work requiring such access.
Exceptional communication skills in English, both written and oral, with the demonstrated ability to translate complex performance data and capacity analysis into clear, concise, and actionable information for both technical teams and senior Government stakeholders.
Deep knowledge of ITIL 4 service level management and capacity management principles and practices, including service catalog management, SLA/SLO definition, demand management, performance reporting, and continual service improvement.
Hands-on proficiency with enterprise ITSM platforms, particularly ServiceNow, including SLA workflow configuration, escalation rule management, capacity tracking, dashboard development, and automated reporting.
Advanced analytical skills with the demonstrated ability to conduct trend analysis, performance modeling, and capacity forecasting using ITSM data, monitoring platform outputs, and cloud utilization metrics.
Experience developing and maintaining comprehensive service level and capacity management performance dashboards and recurring reports for Government stakeholders.
Strong understanding of enterprise IT infrastructure components relevant to capacity management, including network, server, cloud (AWS/Azure), storage, database, and end-user computing platforms.
Demonstrated ability to manage SLA breach events, including formal notification, root cause coordination, corrective action planning, and remediation tracking.
Familiarity with cloud capacity management and optimization practices across AWS commercial and GovCloud and Microsoft Azure Government environments.
Familiarity with federal IT security and compliance requirements, including FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, Zero Trust Architecture principles, and CUI safeguarding requirements.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to simultaneously manage service level monitoring, capacity planning activities, reporting obligations, and improvement program execution with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Teams, Power BI or equivalent data visualization tools, and enterprise collaboration platforms.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience supporting federal civilian agency IT operations programs.
Experience supporting service level and capacity management within hybrid cloud environments, including AWS and Microsoft Azure/365.
Experience working within an Agile IT operations delivery model, integrating ITSM processes with Sprint-based planning and prioritization.
ITIL 4 Foundation certification or higher (e.g., ITIL 4 Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value, ITIL 4 Specialist: High Velocity IT, ITIL 4 Managing Professional).
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) or ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS) – IT Service Management.
Experience developing and managing Capacity Management Plans in a federal IT enterprise environment, including business, service, and component capacity management practices.
Familiarity with AWS CloudWatch, AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Monitor, or equivalent cloud monitoring and capacity management tooling.
Experience with enterprise monitoring platforms (e.g., SolarWinds, Dynatrace, Splunk, or equivalent) as they relate to capacity data collection and performance threshold alerting.
Knowledge of workforce capacity planning methodologies, including shift model design, coverage gap analysis, and surge capacity management for 24x7 operations environments.
Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and experience participating in Sprint ceremonies within an IT operations context.
Experience supporting continual service improvement programs, including CSI register management and improvement initiative tracking in a federal IT environment.
Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), CompTIA Security+, or equivalent professional certification.
Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent data visualization platforms for service level and capacity management dashboard development.
Familiarity with Section 508 compliance requirements as they apply to ITSM reporting tools and performance dashboards.
Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture principles and their practical application to enterprise IT capacity and service level planning.
Experience contributing to Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) activities in a federal IT contracting environment, including performance measurement and surveillance support.
Familiarity with GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract vehicles and federal IT contracting compliance requirements as they relate to service level reporting and performance management obligations.

Responsibilities

Own and manage the enterprise service level management practice, serving as the primary point of accountability for SLA and SLO definition, monitoring, reporting, breach management, and continual improvement.
Establish, maintain, and communicate service level definitions, measurement methodologies, reporting cadences, and acceptable quality levels.
Monitor all service level metrics in real time using the Government's ITSM platform, monitoring dashboards, and supporting analytics tools, proactively identifying SLA breach risks and initiating corrective action.
Develop, maintain, and deliver the monthly service-level and ITSM metrics dashboard to the Government.
Manage SLA breach events, including formal breach notifications, root cause analysis coordination, corrective action plan development, and tracking of remediation activities.
Coordinate with functional area leads to ensure service level data is accurately captured, consistently measured, and regularly reviewed.
Maintain the service catalog in the ITSM platform, ensuring all offered services are accurately described, categorized, and mapped to appropriate service level targets and measurement criteria.
Own and manage the enterprise capacity management practice, ensuring IT infrastructure, platforms, and service delivery teams maintain sufficient capacity.
Develop, maintain, and execute a Capacity Management Plan that addresses business capacity management, service capacity management, and component capacity management.
Conduct regular capacity assessments across all supported infrastructure and platform components, identifying utilization levels, trending patterns, performance thresholds, and projected capacity shortfalls or over-provisioning conditions.
Develop capacity forecasts and demand projections based on historical utilization trends, planned business initiatives, and emerging technology integrations.
Provide capacity planning recommendations and reports to program leadership and the COR, supporting informed decision-making regarding infrastructure scaling, cloud resource optimization, and workforce capacity adjustments.
Monitor staffing capacity across NOC, Service Desk, and all functional areas, ensuring workforce levels are sufficient to meet coverage obligations and SLA commitments.
Coordinate with the Program Manager and functional leads to ensure staffing capacity plans account for leave, training, certification activities, attrition, and transition periods.
Support cloud capacity optimization activities across AWS and Azure Government environments, identifying opportunities to right-size resources, reduce waste, and improve cost efficiency.
Serve as the program's primary performance data steward, ensuring all service level and capacity metrics are accurately collected, validated, analyzed, and reported.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive suite of performance reports and dashboards supporting Sprint Reviews, Monthly Status and Performance Reports, and ad hoc Government data requests.
Conduct trend analysis and performance modeling across all service level and capacity metrics, identifying patterns, anomalies, and improvement opportunities and translating findings into clear recommendations.
Maintain historical performance data archives in the Government's ITSM platform and supporting analytics tools.
Support the development of Sprint velocity and level-of-effort reporting.
Lead the development and execution of a data-driven continual service improvement (CSI) program, using service level performance data, capacity analysis, incident trends, customer satisfaction scores, and Sprint Retrospective outcomes.
Develop and maintain a CSI register, ensuring all identified improvement opportunities are documented, assigned, prioritized, tracked, and reported.
Collaborate with the Incident Manager, Problem Manager, Change Manager, and functional leads to ensure improvement actions arising from post-incident reviews, problem investigations, retrospectives, and capacity assessments are integrated into the CSI program.
Present CSI findings, progress, and outcomes at Sprint Reviews, Monthly Status Reviews, and other Government-facing forums.
Administer and maintain service level management and capacity management configurations within the Government's ITSM platform (ServiceNow or equivalent).
Ensure ITSM platform data quality standards are maintained across all service level and capacity management records.
Collaborate with the automation and analytics team to develop automated SLA monitoring alerts, capacity threshold notifications, and self-service reporting capabilities.
Participate in Sprint ceremonies as required, including Sprint Planning, backlog refinement, and Sprint Retrospectives.
Maintain service level and capacity management-related backlog items in the Government's Agile/ITSM tooling.
Provide Sprint-level service level and capacity performance data to the Program Manager and Agile delivery leadership.
Ensure all service level and capacity management activities comply with applicable Federal security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Support audit readiness activities by maintaining accurate, complete, and readily accessible service level and capacity management records, reports, and documentation.