Project Manager

Project Manager

Work Type: Hybrid schedules are permissible with a minimum of 3 days on-site depending on assignment. Duration: 12+ months Payrate: $60/hr. - $65/hr. on W2 (All Inclusive) Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7.5-hour workday with.5-hour unpaid lunch, paid for time worked only (37.5) Notes: Client does not provide laptops. Instead, they will provide desktops and dedicated workstations, Candidates will use their own equipment's when working remotely during the week.

Project Overview

The Project Manager will be heavily involved in the planning, execution, and oversight of infrastructure projects. This position involves meticulous coordination of project teams, ensuring timely and budget-conscious project delivery, and adeptly managing stakeholder expectations. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders, the Project Manager is instrumental in driving successful project outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background and extensive experience in IT project management, particularly in infrastructure-related initiatives.

Job Functions & Responsibilities

• Focus on the planning, execution, and delivery of infrastructure projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the required quality standards.
• Skillfully develop project budgets, meticulously tracking expenditures to ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic initiatives.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, identifying necessary resources, milestones, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to track project progress and success.
• Proactively identify potential risks, issues, and dependencies, and develop mitigation strategies to minimize their impact on project timelines and deliverables.
• Effectively communicate project status, risks, and successes to stakeholders, providing regular updates and conducting project reviews as needed.
• Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors, contractors, and technical teams, ensuring clear communication and collaboration throughout the project lifecycle.
• Engage in regular communication with project stakeholders, providing transparent updates, soliciting feedback, and adeptly managing expectations.
• Ensure projects follow established IT governance framework and collaborate with teams on timely completion of governance requirements and expectations.

Skills

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in IT project management, with a focus on infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical background and understanding of infrastructure technologies, including network infrastructure, servers, storage, virtualization, cloud services, and security.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering complex infrastructure projects on time and within budget
• Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure design and planning, server and operating systems management, network infrastructure and protocols, network virtualization, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, network security, monitoring and performance optimization, and vendor management
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities, with the capacity to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyze complex situations, identify solutions, and drive successful outcomes.
• Experience with project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall) and project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Azure DevOps).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thorough understanding of project management phases, techniques and tools: Initiate, Planning: definition/scope/requirements, Execute & Control: scope, work plans, resources, deliverables, Q/A, transition planning, etc, Closure: completion and assessment.
• Strong and tested project management skills including: Customer satisfaction management, Sponsor expectation management, Vendor and consultant management, Risk management and issue resolution, Financial management including budgeting, forecasting and reporting, Change Management.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes, analyze decisions and actions for their support of the larger area's strategic direction; and work with senior management to resolve more complex problems.
• Understanding of the SDLC and other life cycles for the deployment of infrastructure, networking and other non-software projects.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field. Certification in project management (e.g., PMP) is desired.
• Other possible desired certifications for a project manager working with infrastructure projects may include: ITIL, CompTIA Network+, Cisco, AWS