Project Manager

Applied Information Sciences (AIS) is a mission-driven company that values collaboration and continuous growth. They are seeking a Project Manager with a strong technical foundation in Azure infrastructure to lead complex cloud deployment initiatives, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Azure infrastructure deployment projects, from initiation through planning, execution, testing, cutover, and transition to operations
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, RAID logs, dependency tracking, and executive status reporting
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including cloud architects, Azure engineers, network engineers, identity engineers, security teams, operations teams, and third-party vendors
• Drive deployment planning for core Azure infrastructure components such as landing zones, subscriptions, management groups, virtual networks, connectivity, identity integration, monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery
• Translate technical delivery activities into clear project plans, timelines, work packages, and stakeholder communications
• Manage project resources to standards
• Facilitate project-related meetings, such as design reviews, readiness reviews, risk reviews, and management updates
• Identify delivery risks, environmental constraints, and interdependencies early, and drive mitigation plans to resolution
• Ensure alignment with enterprise security, compliance, and operational standards, especially for regulated or mission-critical environments
• Partner with technical leads to validate deployment readiness, testing completion, cutover planning, and support transition requirements
• Track deliverables, action items, and decisions to maintain execution discipline and accountability across teams
• Support customer and leadership communications with concise, accurate reporting on progress, blockers, financials, and next steps

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field
• 3+ years of project management experience leading enterprise IT infrastructure or cloud transformation initiatives
• 3+ years of experience managing Azure infrastructure deployment projects
• Strong understanding of Azure core infrastructure services, including: Azure landing zones, Virtual networks, routing, and connectivity, Identity and access management with Microsoft Entra ID, Subscription and governance models, Security controls and policy enforcement, Monitoring, backup, and resiliency concepts
• Demonstrated experience managing technical delivery teams in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed project schedules, resource plans, RAID logs, status reports, and executive briefings
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies including waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery models
• Proven ability to manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and management audiences
• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, or similar project management certification
• Microsoft Azure certification such as Azure Administrator, Azure Solutions Architect, or Azure Fundamentals
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and DevOps-enabled delivery models using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Azure DevOps, or GitHub
• Experience supporting Azure migrations involving servers, applications, storage, or virtual desktop environments
• Familiarity with enterprise governance and security frameworks such as Zero Trust, NIST, CIS, or Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
• Experience in regulated environments such as government, defense, healthcare, or financial services
• Experience managing operational readiness and transition-to-support activities for cloud services