What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Project Manager- Data Center & Firewall position at Intuites LLC?
Position Title* IT Project Manager (Data Centre & Firewall)-NY
Job Order Type * Contract
W2 Position
Position Responsibilities
Role: IT Project Manager- Data Center & Firewall
Location: New York
Hybrid
Allowed Work Authorization US Citizen, Green card Holder,H1B,EAD,OPT,H4-EAD
Note: Local profiles only!
*The candidate will work Friday evenings after business hours and some Saturday mornings. Please indicate at the top of the resume when was the last time they worked those shifts and where.
About the Position:
Seeking an IT project manager with Data Center build experience to focus on the network hardware refresh of Cisco switches and Fortinet firewalls throughout all North America Data Centers. To ensure the firm protects their production infrastructure, the role requires the PM to lead firewall refresh and encryption activities on all data center hardware and circuits at both Northeast Data Centers. The candidate will be responsible for working with network engineers and operations teams to understand technical requirements and scope. Candidate will lead the implementation, installation of hardware and circuits. Also lead the weekend cutover events and coordinate test and turn up of infrastructure. This is not a PMO role. This is a technical delivery role. The candidate will be leading the project, not reporting on the project. The candidate will work Friday evenings after business hours and some Saturday mornings.
About You:
- A confident and articulate self-starter.
- A team player with a high level of commitment and enthusiasm.
- Able to work in a high-pressure environment while juggling multiple tasks.
- Has excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Demonstrate time management, ability to prioritize tasks and to meet deadlines across multiple projects.
- Possess strong interpersonal skills and able to communicate at all levels and influence others.
- Display strong leadership skills, with a proven track record of leading projects at times of change.
- Experience with working some Friday evenings and Saturdays during the installation phase.
Required:
- 12-15 years of technology project management experience.
- Build Data Center and Co-Location network core infrastructure.
- Experience with Cisco and Arista hardware and understands how to partner with vendors for installation.
- Experience with Fortinet / Forti-gate Firewalls.
- Experience with project lifecycle of network integrations, infrastructure build, data center builds and/or Experience with data. encryption and potentially MACSEC products.
- Plan, coordinate, implement, and track deliverables related to the request.
- Manage delivery across internal teams and third-party contractors/ consultants.
- Gather technology requirements and partner with engineering and operations for high level design.
- Responsible for managing delivery across internal teams and third-party contractors/ consultants.
- Coordinate deployment resources including Smart Hands.
- Identify and manage issue log.
- Develop, track and coordinate schedule.
- Manage Hardware deliveries, with vendors, including staging.
- Create and Manage the Technology Change Management tickets.
- Develop, track and coordinate circuit installations and scheduled.
- Provide weekly status reports both internally and externally, as required.
- Schedule UAT testers and BAU signoffs.
- Logistics coordination including delivery and invoice closeout.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, and Project.
- Strong Excel, SharePoint, MS project, ServiceNow Skills.
Skills Desired:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience within financial services / consulting.
- Circuit implementation / testing / turn-up.
- Dark Fiber, WAN, LAN.
- Data Center Builds, Consolidations, Decommissions.
- Branch Restacks and Renovations or office builds.
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