Infrastructure Project Manager

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Company: SysMind Tech

Location: Jersey City, NJ 07305

Description:

Position: Infrastructure Project Manager

Location: Remote

Duration: 6-12+ Months

Job Description:
  • Create and manage detailed project plans utilizing the Program Office standards (MS Project)
  • Creates cohesive project plans with identifiable critical path, task dependencies, and major milestones, and manages the approved plans and schedules, ensuring successful completion within scope, budget, time, and quality parameters.
  • Work closely with Engineering, Hosting, Network, Operations, and business engagement, as well as partnering with IT, Cyber Security, and business technology groups to deliver projects.
  • Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies, and develop plans to escalate and mitigate them.
  • Identify dependencies across the current technical infrastructure and any current development efforts to ensure that teams are in sync.
  • Provide project governance with clear and consistent communication of project level status to executive leadership, project sponsors, and stakeholders.
  • Represent the PMO and advocate for project management standards and best practices.
  • Collaborating across departments to establish release and product development schedules.
  • Supporting product, development, and quality teams with iteration planning, story breakdown, breakdown activities.
  • Calculating and tracking team productivity (velocity), to help determine and manage to release timelines.
  • Communicating release schedules and timelines to other departments.
  • Create hour by hour cutover plan, that includes all planned infrastructure/device migration/deployment activities, including periodic updates.
  • Work on end user communication plan to ensure adaptability of new infrastructure/device and minimal operational impact to the users.
  • Facilitate/participate in key Agile rituals across Scrum teams.
  • Coach team members as needed, including resolving conflict.
  • Manage projects in Sharepoint and Confluence; create process flows or other architectural diagrams.
  • Above all else, foster and model a collaborative team environment driven to build great software while having fun.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
  • 3+ years of experience working in Infrastructure/Network/Security areas
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or PMP preferred
  • Good knowledge of Infrastructure server provisioning and configuration in virtualized environment
  • 3-6 years hand on experience on infrastructure projects in a matrix organization covering a range of areas (data center on-prem and virtual, network, logistics, supply chain, compliance, and other infrastructure and security applications)
  • Experience in Jira, Rally (or similar development tracking tools) and Confluence (or similar wiki based knowledge management tools)
  • Experience in server decommissions and/or upgrades with coordinated application migrations
  • Experience in network expansion (wireless and/or fiber) in both new facilities and in production environments
  • Proven leadership and motivation skills
  • Strong written and oral communication skills a must; can present formally or informally
  • Experience using Agile performance metrics to drive accountability and continuous improvement
  • Can maintain a high level of energy and engagement
  • A love to learn and improve as a Scrum Master, always looking to bring something new and helpful to the team
  • Understanding of contemporary agile methodologies, best practices, and trends required.
  • Experience working as a scrum master or agile coach required.
  • Experience with Agile development processes like Scrum, Kanban, XP preferred.


Essential Functions:
  • Must be able to work cooperatively and adaptively in a team setting.
  • Must be able to work under pressure, multitask and produce high quality work in a deadline driven environment.
  • Must be able to utilize computers, software systems and tools.
  • Must be able to work irregular and/or long hours
  • Must be able to sit and/or stand for periods of up to 12-14 hours
  • Must have valid driver's license and be able to drive if necessary
  • Must be able to travel
  • Must be able to handle up to 30 pounds of equipment,
  • Must be able to engage physical movement on uneven surfaces in inclement weather subject to outside environmental conditions and noise

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