IT Project Manager

IT PM

Location: Owings Mills, MD

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Pay Rate: $75.00–$80.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The Technology Infrastructure Project Manager is responsible for leading complex, large-scale infrastructure projects and initiatives. This role will partner with cross-functional teams, ensure alignment with business objectives, and oversee the successful planning, execution, and delivery of technology infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in IT infrastructure (networking, storage, servers, cloud, data centers), excellent project management skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise-scale storage migration initiatives, transitioning on-premises storage environments to cloud-based platforms in support of broader cloud migration strategies.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to define migration strategies for enterprise storage platforms, including data replication, archival considerations, backup alignment, performance requirements, and operational readiness.
• Manage and oversee project management activities such as project reporting, project planning, issue/risk identification and tracking, scope management, estimation, internal client management, relationship management, and other project documentation preparation and turnover to production for technology projects of high complexity.
• Coordinate migration activities across infrastructure, storage engineering, application teams, cloud teams, information security, architecture, operations, disaster recovery, and business stakeholders.
• Drive planning and execution of data center exit and migration activities, including discovery, dependency mapping, migration wave planning, cutover sequencing, validation, and decommissioning readiness.
• Drive collaboration between technical teams (network, server, storage, cloud, security) and business units to ensure project alignment.
• Facilitate project meetings, status updates, and stakeholder communications, providing clear and concise reporting on project progress, risks, and issues.
• Manage vendor relationships, contracts, and service delivery as required for infrastructure projects.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and security requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify and resolve project issues and conflicts, escalating as appropriate.
• Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors.
• Continuously improve project management processes, tools, and best practices.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure environments, including storage, compute, network, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and application hosting dependencies.
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and drive results across cross-functional teams.
• Hands-on or working knowledge of enterprise storage technologies, including Isilon (Dell EMC) storage platforms and NetApp storage solutions.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, team-building, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
• Experience with project management software (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Planner).
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities.
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization.
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions.
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment.
• May be required to work outside of standard business hours to support project delivery.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or related field required.
• MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• PMP or PMI certification.

Required Experience

• 10 years of experience managing IT infrastructure projects, preferably in a financial services or regulated industry, with significant experience leading large-scale infrastructure or platform transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing enterprise technology migration programs, including data center migration, data center exit, infrastructure modernization, storage migration, or cloud transformation efforts.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.