Sr Technical Project Manager ( Data Center & Application Migration to AWS Cloud )

IT Associates is a billion dollar IT Managed Services Infrastructure provider seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager for Data Center and Application Migration to AWS Cloud. The role involves providing executive-level project management expertise, managing complex infrastructure and data center migration projects, and ensuring client satisfaction by adhering to project specifications and timelines.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with stakeholders to:
• Ensure business requirements are clearly defined, understood and documented
• Define the scope, risks, potential issues and resources of the project
• Ensure benefits can be realized while managing the impact of the organizational change to the business and clients
• Develops phases of the program and interprets them into a measurable project plan(s)
• Communicates both internally and externally regarding delivery of work products and services, planning efforts, personnel relationships with other organization and resources
• Manages the program and projects adhering to Ensono’s project management methodology
• Manages program and project scope in terms of mission, objectives, and requirements
• Manages program and project schedule in terms of dates and milestones
• Ensures effective team identification of program and project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies; acts as an escalation point for the team and implements effective mitigation strategies by taking corrective action to achieve resolution project goals
• Provides leadership and strategic direction to the project team
• Oversees the various work streams of activities in the project, including timeline, quality of work, risks, issue escalations, and collaboration amongst the various stakeholders
• Works with all stakeholders to ensure governance is in place and a continuous improvement/ transformation plan is in place
• Establishes deadlines, assigns tasks and monitors and summarizes progress of projects making up the program
• Develops business insights based on analysis of results and communicates key findings to various members of management to facilitate data-driven decision-making
• Works with management to secure appropriate resources and people to complete assigned projects on time and within budget
• Appropriately escalate barriers, issues and risks to meeting timelines and deliverables
• Manages the development of polished executive-level presentations; delivers information to internal business associates and external clients in a clear and concise fashion
• Manages the program and project status reporting according to prescribed timelines for a given project
• Develops measurement processes/methods for assessing progress towards goals and project outcomes
• Manage costs and budget
• Facilitate cross-training to ensure job rotation and minimize assignment coverage gap
• Provide coaching and performance feedback to all team members

Requirements:

• Experience in Project management including experience in managing technical infrastructure or data center migration projects to AWS cloud (infrastructure and application migration)
• Strong technical understanding in Open Systems, VMware, server/storage/networking technologies, and AWS cloud migration
• Previous work with or in an IT outsourcing or Managed Services Provider (MSP) environment strongly desired
• Proven success leading complex infrastructure modernization efforts, including: Data center relocations/separations, Greenfield builds, migrations to Cloud, transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components: Servers and hardware platforms, Networking and connectivity, VMware and virtualization platforms, Operating systems (Linux/UNIX/Windows) and AWS Cloud Migration
• Excellent communication skills with ability to present at the senior management level
• Strong proficiency in risk management, change management, and structured delivery frameworks
• Understanding of ITIL and ITSM principles would be needed; working in a PMO PMP or equivalent project certification beneficial but not required