AWS Infrastructure Project Manager

System One; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking an AWS Infrastructure Project Manager to lead complex cloud and infrastructure initiatives in a large financial services environment in Knoxville, TN. This contract-to-hire role requires coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering on AWS, networking, security, and databases with an emphasis on minimizing production disruption.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of PM experience and solid Agile/Scrum knowledge, with strong stakeholder and executive communication skills

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent, time-sensitive infra projects.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud environments.
• Strong Agile/Scrum knowledge.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery and coordination of complex infrastructure and cloud initiatives in a large financial services environment.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects spanning AWS, databases, networking, security, production support, upgrades, migrations, and remediation.
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and action plans.
• Coordinate AWS, database, network, security, infrastructure, migration, upgrade, and remediation initiatives.
• Drive readiness and coordinate activities across application owners, infrastructure, security, and other stakeholders.
• Identify upstream/downstream impacts of infrastructure changes and secure commitments.
• Report status, risks, and decisions to senior management and facilitate governance meetings.
• Provide after-hours or weekend support for scheduled implementations or major incidents.

Skills

Project management

AWS cloud

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

Roadmap development

Risk & issue management

Executive communication

Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Title: AWS Infrastructure Project Manager
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Type: Contract To Hire
Compensation: $95,000.00
Work Model: Onsite - onsite
Hours: 40.0
Security Clearance: Not specified

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery and coordination of complex infrastructure and cloud initiatives within a large-scale financial services environment.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects spanning AWS cloud infrastructure, databases, networking, security, production support, upgrades, migrations, and remediation efforts.
• Develop and maintain project roadmaps, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and action plans.
• Coordinate AWS, database, network, security, infrastructure, migration, upgrade, and remediation initiatives.
• Drive implementation readiness and coordinate activities across application owners, infrastructure teams, security teams, and other stakeholders.
• Identify upstream and downstream application impacts associated with infrastructure changes.
• Obtain commitments from participating teams and follow through on actions through completion.
• Identify and escalation delivery risks, resource constraints, production impacts, and schedule concerns.
• Translate technical discussions into clear business impacts, decisions, risks, and executive-level updates.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, readiness reviews, and stakeholder discussions.
• Prepare project status reporting, presentations, dashboards, and remediation updates for senior management.
• Support incident and remediation coordination with a focus on minimizing production disruption.
• Provide occasional after-hours or weekend support for scheduled implementations, critical remediation, or major incidents.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project management experience, with a strong background managing enterprise infrastructure, cloud, database, network, security, or production support initiatives.
• Proven experience managing multiple concurrent, time-sensitive infrastructure projects across a large enterprise.
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud environments and infrastructure concepts. Hands-on AWS engineering expertise is not required.
• Good understanding of enterprise networking, databases, infrastructure, security, and application dependencies.
• Experience building and maintaining project roadmaps and managing schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and remediation plans.
• Strong Agile/Scrum knowledge and experience working within enterprise technology delivery environments.
• Ability to assess and communicate upstream/downstream impacts of infrastructure and cloud changes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including coordinating across multiple teams and gaining commitments without direct authority.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to turn complex technical discussions into clear status, risk, impact, and decision points.
• Solid experience with Excel for project tracking, reporting, and analysis.
• Strong risk and issue management skills, including timely escalation and consistent follow-through.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.