Infrastructure Project Manager

Software Placements; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Placements is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a major infrastructure and cloud migration programme tied to a recent acquisition within a global financial services client.

The role requires hands-on delivery across IBM i/iSeries, on-premises infrastructure and AWS environments, coordinating multiple technical teams and vendors to ensure secure, compliant migration and successful cutovers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT Project Management experience.
• Extensive infrastructure, data centre and cloud migration experience.
• Experience managing multi-vendor/third-party projects.
• Experience with data/backup migrations.
• Strong network and security concepts knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder coordination and communication skills.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or PMI-ACP or similar certification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of infrastructure and cloud migrations.
• Manage multi-vendor and third-party service providers.
• Coordinate iSeries data and backup migrations between on-premises hosting environments.
• Oversee migration of AWS workloads into the target AWS environment.
• Coordinate Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Security and Application teams.
• Govern RAID, RACI, dependencies, and migration governance.
• Ensure connectivity, security approvals, and compliance ahead of migration.
• Oversee migration testing, cutover and contingency/rollback planning.
• Provide progress reports and escalation to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure delivery aligns with security, compliance and audit requirements.

Skills

IT Project Management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Cloud migrations

AWS / IBM iSeries knowledge

Job description

Our client, a global financial services company, is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a major infrastructure and cloud migration programme associated with a recent acquisition.

This is a hands-on delivery role managing multiple technical teams, third-party vendors and managed service providers across IBM i/iSeries, on-premises infrastructure and AWS environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end planning and delivery of infrastructure and cloud migrations
• Manage third-party vendors and managed service providers responsible for migration activities
• Coordinate iSeries data and backup migrations between on-premises hosting environments
• Manage the migration of existing AWS workloads into the client's AWS environment
• Coordinate Infrastructure, Cloud, Network, Security and Application teams
• Manage RAID, RACI, dependencies, critical paths and migration governance
• Ensure network connectivity, routing and security approvals are in place ahead of migration
• Coordinate migration testing, cutover and contingency/rollback planning
• Provide clear progress reporting and escalation to senior stakeholders
• Ensure delivery meets security, compliance, change management and audit requirements

What We're Looking For:

• 7+ years' IT Project Management experience
• Strong infrastructure, platform, data centre and/or cloud migration experience
• Proven experience managing complex multi-vendor/third-party projects
• Experience with data and/or backup migrations
• Good understanding of Network and Security concepts
• Strong stakeholder management and technical coordination skills
• IBM i/iSeries experience or knowledge would be highly advantageous
• AWS experience or knowledge would be advantageous
• Financial services, insurance or regulated-industry experience would be beneficial
• PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP or similar certification is desirable

This is an excellent opportunity to take a key role in a large-scale acquisition integration and technology migration programme within a global financial services organisation.

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