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Daniel - Nicolae Paiuc

Daniel - Nicolae Paiuc

Summary

Experienced IT professional with 5+ years background in Problem and Incident Management, currently supporting Vodafone Netherlands. Demonstrated expertise in ITIL-based service management with significant involvement in Change Management processes, including active participation in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings. Skilled in identifying root causes, aligning them with preventive change plans, and ensuring smooth, low-risk deployments for problem and known error eradication. Adept at cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder communication, and improving change success rates across complex IT environments. Certified in ITIL 4 and SAFe, with hands-on experience using BMC Helix and Remedy.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Problem Manager

Vodafone
01.2023 - Current

· Manage the full lifecycle of problems and known errors for Vodafone Netherlands, focusing on mobile network and IT domains.

· Lead root cause investigations into major incidents, recurring issues, and severe performance degradation.

· Collaborate closely with the Change Management team and actively participate in Change Advisory Board meetings.

· Ensure change requests tied to known errors and recurring incidents are thoroughly scoped, risk-assessed, and scheduled to minimize service disruption.

· Drive improvements in change success rate through strategic alignment between problem resolution and change planning.

· Serve as escalation point for technical teams, customers, and stakeholders regarding problem management related topics

· Develop and update the end-to-end Problem Management process based on ITIL principles.

· Oversee proactive problem management, including preventive network health checks.

Incident Manager

Vodafone
09.2020 - 01.2023

· Managed major incident resolution across multiple Vodafone markets: the following Vodafone markets: Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Ireland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Greece and Albania.

· Facilitated and coordinated communication and alignment between cross-functional teams, local markets, 3rd party vendors and senior leadership during major and critical incidents.

· Contributed to post-incident Root Cause Analysis and integrated findings into the problem management and continual service improvement processes.

· Acted as primary escalation point for the D-NOC support teams during complex outages.

· Collaborated with vendors and partners to drive resolution and process enhancements.

First Line Network Operations Center Engineer

Vodafone
05.2019 - 08.2020

· Performed 24/7 monitoring and acted as first escalation point for fixed network outages in the Netherlands.

· Verified change implementations with field teams to ensure execution and success.

· Investigated and resolved network alarms across multiple technologies.

· Coordinated with internal teams to prioritize and route network service requests.

Business Services Intern

Telekom
06.2018 - 09.2018

· Supported field engineers with service installations and maintenance for business clients.

· Conducted basic configuration and troubleshooting of telecom systems.

Education

Telecommunications And Information Technology

Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
07-2020

Skills

  • Communication: English (C1/C2), French (A2), Italian (A1), Romanian (native)
  • Problem Management & Major Incident Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Management
  • Root Cause Analysis & Service Improvement
  • Change Management (CAB participation, change risk assessment, scheduling)
  • Conflict Management & Escalation Handling
  • Analytical Thinking & Decision Making
  • Process Development & Optimization

Trainings and Certifications

· ITIL 4 Foundation – PeopleCert / IT Academy

· ITIL 4 Specialist: Drive Stakeholder Value – PeopleCert

· ITIL 4 Specialist: Create, Deliver, and Support – PeopleCert

· Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist (Updated from SAFe 5 in July 2024) – Scaled Agile Inc

· Certified SAFe® 6 Product Owner/Product Manager – Scaled Agile Inc

· Data Analytics Essentials – Vodafone University

· CCNA: Introduction to Networks – Telacad

Timeline

Problem Manager

Vodafone
01.2023 - Current

Incident Manager

Vodafone
09.2020 - 01.2023

First Line Network Operations Center Engineer

Vodafone
05.2019 - 08.2020

Business Services Intern

Telekom
06.2018 - 09.2018

Telecommunications And Information Technology

Polytechnic University of Bucharest
Daniel - Nicolae Paiuc