Technical Project
Manager with a strong technical background in the areas of software development
and infrastructure design including servers, storage and networking
The Project Manager will
be responsible for the following:
- Oversee
in-house projects ensuring requirements are met, design reviews are held,
budgets/timelines/priorities are respected, documentation is maintained,
and final hand-offs with training are performed.
- Attending
project scoping meetings to gather technical requirements.
- Articulate
project requirements to design engineers
- Understand
key design concepts including latency, scalability, efficiency and
failover
- Provide
direction to resources, monitor development efforts, assemble key project
deliverables, report project status, and raise awareness on issues
requiring escalation.
- Facilitate
communication and problem solving support across cross-functional
teams/departments and provide information efficiently to all management
levels on outstanding issues, project activities, and progress.
- Manage
the overall project budget inclusive of labor expenses, capital costs, and
proper forecasting to keep budget variances within tolerance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's
& Master degree preferred.
- 8-10
years leading large scale service provider projects and cross functional
teams.
- PMP
and/or Six Sigma certification is a substantial plus.
- Experience
developing project schedules, managing team resources, creating
work
breakdown structures, estimating size and effort for new development
projects,
as well as develop detailed requirements for these projects.
- Must
be extremely organized with the ability to articulate thoughts in a clear
and
concise
manner, lead by positive example, possess excellent interpersonal skills to
develop healthy trustful relationships with customers, vendors, superiors,
peers, and subordinates alike.
- Must
have practical experience with managing technology projects and be
familiar with software development methodologies.
- Experience
with Agile SCRUM Development
- IT
Technology certifications a definite advantage (CISCO, Microsoft,
CompTIA,
VMWare,
SAN/NAS, Oracle)
- Proficient
with productivity tools: MS Office Project, Visio, Word, Excel, and
Outlook