IT Infra Project Manager

Cognizant; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant Singapore is recruiting for an IT Infrastructure Project Manager to support the Tuas facility rollout. You will drive plans, coordinate networking, hosting, cloud integration, and security with internal and external resources to deliver end-to-end IT infrastructure deployments.

You will manage budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications, ensuring governance, service transition planning, and benefits realization across multiple sites and vendors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience.
• Experience setting up new site IT infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with IT network and hosting.
• Program management skills in networking/hosting (computing, storage, backup, edge computing) and cloud (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Agree and deliver project plans including activities, resources, costs, roles and quality according to the IT Project Management Methodology (ADF).
• Deliver IT Infrastructure projects including Public/Private Cloud, On-Prem delivery and coordinate with cloud architects/engineers.
• Manage footprint projects (new site setup, relocation, room uplifts) and collaborate with global conferencing teams.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, risks, changes, and status reporting to stakeholders and review boards.
• Coordinate with suppliers and business stakeholders to capture requirements and ensure commitment to objectives.
• Provide on-site support during remote technical implementations and ensure adherence to governance and standards.
• Develop service transition plans for hand-over to support and maintenance.
• Lead governance and decision point reviews with steering committees and ensure benefits realization.
• Support development of project management excellence and best practices.

Skills

Project management

Networking/Hosting

AWS / Cloud

Stakeholder management

Tools

ADF Methodology

Job description

Work Location - Tuas

Job Summary

• Support the Singapore new facility project as a member of IT infrastructure workstream. Supporting the IT infrastructure workstream leads to coordinate the network, local hosting, cloud hosting, Audio and Visual, Cyber security implementation with internal and external technical resources

• Provide on-site hands & eyes support to remote technical resources to access the IT infrastructure devices

• Follow the hosting provision process to complete virtual machines, database, storage and backup setup for multiple IT and OT applications

• Follow the internal change management process to handle IT infrastructure changes during the project lifecycle

Key Responsibilities:

• Agree and deliver plans for projects / programmes, including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities and quality as defined in the IT Project Management Methodology (ADF).

• IT Infrastructure Project management delivering Public and Private Cloud / On Prem Project delivery and working closely with IT consultants, cloud solution architects and cloud engineers in translating IT strategic goals, roadmaps, and business requirements into future state architectures designed to leverage the cutting-edge functionality delivered through commercial and private cloud service providers

• Manage footprint projects including new site setup, site expansion, site relocation, existing meeting room solution uplift, refresh etc. Collaborate with global conferencing team, conferencing vendors and site IT team to provide end-to-end footprint projects delivery.

• Manage project / programme budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, risks, change management, and status to support effective decisions and project reporting to stakeholders and review boards. Coordinate status and delivery of project workstreams. Identify / manage dependencies between projects (intra-program and across portfolio).

• Manage relationships with key business stakeholders to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/program objectives. Responsible for steering / stakeholder meetings, communication of status, issues, risks.

• Ensure effective risks & issues management processes are in place and effectively used. Resolve problems and escalat

• Build a cohesive project team and provide the leadership necessary to maximize the team’s success. Provide individual coaching and development of team members as needed.

• Manage changes to project/programme scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to stakeholders and review boards.

• Develop service transition plans including controlled hand-over into support and maintenance.

• Ensure the project team adheres to all standards including ADF, quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities, and best practices. Establish program governance and lead Decision Point reviews; member Steering Committee.

• Ensure expected benefits realization is consistent with project deliverables and clearly understood by stakeholders and project team.

• Support continued development of a world-class centre of excellence for project management capabilities and ensure that best practice is adopted and reinforced.

• Typical project cost in the range of $100k - $1m, with a project team of up to 12 people.

• Effectively collaboratively with:

  • Supplier Management function to manage delivery of small to medium-sized supplier contracts

  • Suppliers to ensure delivery of agreed products and services while ensuring adherence to project delivery standards

  • Key business stakeholders to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitment to project/programme objectives

  • Provide on-site hands & eyes support during the implementation of the remote technical team

Job Requirements

• 5 years + project management experience

• Be familiar with new site IT infrastructure setup

• Hands-on experience for IT network and hosting experience

• Program Management Skills along with Networking/Hosting (computing, storage, backup, edge computing)/Cloud (AWS)

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