Project Manager

Job: Project Manager

Location : Richmond VA Hybrid

Duration: 12 Months

***Candidate MUST possess PMP certification through PMI or VITAs PM certification***

Client is seeking senior Infrastructure Project Manager to manage and deliver a complex IT project(s) with multiple teams and work streams coordinated to an aggressive delivery schedule.

Under the program manager the project manager is responsible for the outcome of the assigned projects. The project manager leads the team through the Commonwealth Standard for Project Management for successful completion of the project phases: PreSelect Initiation Planning Execution and Control and Closeout.

The selected candidate will:

Serve as a handson technical project manager with development staff and business groups.

Coordinate and communicate with ITD management and staff to coordinate work tasks and resourcing.

Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.

Collaborate with vendors consultants and contractors in the execution of projects including contract management and working with the procurement office(s).

Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements; coordinate with VDOT and VITA Project Management Offices.

Maintain project budget plans tasks schedules risks and status and disseminate information to team members and customers as defined in the communications plan.

Ensure documentation of requirements and use cases facilitate design workshops for assigned projects.

Ensure definition of test objectives designed test plans and test cases for assigned projects.

Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for ontime and onbudget delivery.

Define measure and clearly communicate progress with metrics.

Support system and application training efforts.

Qualifications Required:

A minimum of 5 years of project experience in IT infrastructure delivery Network infrastructure Network architecture wireless technologies Cloud implementation vendor management.

Familiarity with telecommunications network technologies network standards and practices.

Manage projects consisting of network switches routers firewalls load balancers VPN fiber optics and internet services.

Experience in the modern fabricbased networks Network Fabric underlay overlay and SD WAN Experience with VoIP infrastructure a plus.

Experience managing large multistream projects.

Experience in reviewing carrier bid feedback and present carrier/circuit recommendations to the Management Committee for approval.

Work with the crossfunctional IT teams to identify/extend enable and deliver a scalable secure reliable and costeffective cloud solution that can be managed and delivered

Responsibility for integrating technical knowledge and business knowledge to develop innovative solutions to automate projects activities.

PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4 Projects. See: