Senior Project Manager - IT Infrastructure

Mekas Cloud Services is a leading provider of comprehensive IT solutions for businesses of all sizes of government and commercial clients. Our services include SOC (Security Operations Center) services, MSP (Managed Service Provider) services, security consulting, IT staffing, Cloud strategy, Cloud migrations, and Remote IT management. One of our state government client is looking for a Senior Project Manager to manage their IT infrastructure project to work Hybrid/onsite.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and coordinate infrastructure project goals and objectives, Manage infrastructure portfolio of projects.
  1. Create, develop, implement project plans by assessing needs analyses and project specifications.
  2. Establish project timelines, workflows, and budget and track progress to ensure deliverables are on schedule and within budget.
  3. Coordinate with various CTA departments and staff to implement project plans that incorporate data collection for evaluation of pilots, a change management strategy, and communications support to achieve outcomes. Establish work plan and staffing needs for each phase of projects.
  4. Support launch and management of procurement and purchasing processes and identify solutions to improve timeliness of deployment and rollout.
  5. Identify and resolve project issues and risks and monitor successful execution of revised action plans.
  6. Partner with other PMs and team members to advance departmental priorities and projects related to communications systems and field technology.
  7. Track communication systems capital program budget and expenditures, status, and metrics by funding source.
  8. Report project financials vs budget and create forecasts for each project.
  9. Track vendor invoices, payments with contractual payment milestones/purchase order requisitions to ensure compliance and follow up as needed.
• Develop communications and make presentations that provide insights into the program's status and value to community and CTA. Support executives' decision making processes around the program with reports and data as requested.
• Work with the CTA departments and business stakeholders to prepare scopes, task orders, justification memos and specifications for procurement of technical and human resources.
• Work with various business and IT departments to create business cases for pilot projects and proof of concepts to scale to systemwide implementations of infrastructure requirements.
• Managing multiple priorities while keeping projects on schedule and within budget.
• Adhering to project guidelines and schedules.

Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Engineering, or a related field, plus ten (10) years of experience implementing companywide initiatives and process improvements, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• At least five (5) years of previous project management experience is required. Experience with infrastructure systems projects in an industrial environment. Transportation or railroad experience highly desired.

Knowledge. Skills. and Abilities

• Self-starter with strong ability to work independently.
• Detailed knowledge of project management principles and practices.
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of MS Project, Access, PowerPoint, and other computer software.
• Strong analytical and complex problem-solving skills with a bias toward data driven decisions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate with a variety of audiences in a variety of formats, including active listening skills.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize complex quantitative data into easy to understand and actionable recommendations through a consulting mind set.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, balance multiple priorities, deadlines, and budget constraints with minimal supervision.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

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