Wasiq Omar

Major Incident Manager @Cognizant

Kitchener, ON, CA
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WORK HISTORY

Jun 2025 — Present

Major Incident Manager @Cognizant

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Brampton, ON, CA

Ensuring enterprise Major Incident Management, restoring business-critical services across 100+ Major and Critical Incidents through decisive triage, escalation, and recovery aligned with ITIL and SLAs- Directing end-to-end incident governance in ServiceNow, delivering executive communications, leading Post-Incident Reviews and RCA, and driving measurable service resilience and continuous improvement- Driving cross-functional teams in a 24/7 environment, strengthening operational maturity through runbooks, SOPs, automation, and senior-level incident leadership across On-shore and Off-shore teams.

EDUCATION

2007 — 2009

Mastermind

A levels

2018 — 2019

Saint Mary's University

Master's degree, Computing and Data Analysis

2017 — 2017

Fanshawe College

Post Graduate Certification, Software and Systems Testing

2009 — 2015

BRAC UNIVERSITY

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

2019 — 2020

Toronto Film School

Video Games Design and Development

N/A

George Brown Polytechnic

Graduate Certificate, CyberSecurity

SKILLS

Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelPowerpointPublic SpeakingHtmlLeadershipEvent ManagementC++Customer ServiceMicrosoft WordTeam LeadershipMicrosoft PowerpointTeamworkTeam ManagementJavaWindowsResearch

ABOUT WASIQ OMAR

I am a senior Major Incident Manager adept at analyzing major incidents and formulating action plans by engaging with all relevant support teams imperative to resolve the incidents for Loblaw Companies Limited. I pride myself in being versatile while being proficient at critical thinking and problem solving in high-pressure environments. Throughout my career, I have enjoyed several achievements, including:• successfully resolving 100+ major incidents• contributing to improving incident management processes and workflows• leading a team of incident response specialists and training 15+ new hiresIn my spare time, I enjoy learning about Digital Forensics, Ethical Hacking, and more about Incident Response to stay ahead of industry trends.

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