CISO Technical Project Manager

Bernard Nickels & Associates; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Bernard Nickels & Associates is seeking a CISO Technical Project Manager in Irving, TX to drive cybersecurity and infrastructure initiatives within a large enterprise. You will partner with Security Operations, Public Cloud, Engineering, Data Center, Application, Systems Administration, and Database teams to deliver projects end-to-end.

The ideal candidate brings 5–8+ years of technical project management experience and deep knowledge of cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, networking, and

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of Technical Project Management experience.
• Experience managing projects within cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise technology environments.
• Strong project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of virtual environments, networking, enterprise data centers, databases, storage, and cloud technologies.
• Experience identifying and managing project critical paths, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Strong Microsoft Project skills, including building and maintaining complex project schedules with multiple dependencies.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and lookup functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, execution, tracking, and delivery for cybersecurity and infrastructure initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Gather business and technical requirements and coordinate standardized security solution designs.
• Partner with Security and Risk teams to ensure projects align with security policies and requirements.
• Coordinate with Operations, Engineering, Application, Systems, Database, and Infrastructure teams.
• Identify project risks and issues and drive mitigation, resolution, and path-to-green plans.
• Monitor project progress and ensure deliverables and milestones are completed on schedule.
• Maintain project documentation in accordance with established project management standards and procedures.
• Prepare and communicate regular project status reports, metrics, risks, and executive updates.
• Escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies to leadership as needed.
• Coordinate global virtual teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Support data center migration and infrastructure planning initiatives.
• Manage multiple concurrent technical projects and workstreams.

Skills

Technical Project Management

Cybersecurity

Security Operations

Cloud Infrastructure

Data Center Migrations

Network Infrastructure

Firewalls

DMZ

Illumio

Risk Management

Project Planning

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Infrastructure

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

Illumio

Job description

Location: Irving, TX (Dallas/Fort Worth Area)

Pay Rate: $73/hr W-2

Duration: 12 months

Employment Type: Contract

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced CISO Technical Project Manager to manage cybersecurity and infrastructure initiatives within a large-scale enterprise environment. This role will partner closely with Security Operations, Public Cloud, Engineering, Data Center, Application, Systems Administration, and Database teams to drive projects from planning through successful delivery.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical project management capabilities with a working knowledge of cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, networking, data centers, databases, and enterprise technology environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, execution, tracking, and delivery for cybersecurity and infrastructure initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Gather business and technical requirements and coordinate standardized security solution designs.
• Partner with Security and Risk teams to ensure projects align with security policies and requirements.
• Coordinate with Operations, Engineering, Application, Systems, Database, and Infrastructure teams.
• Identify project risks and issues and drive mitigation, resolution, and path-to-green plans.
• Monitor project progress and ensure deliverables and milestones are completed on schedule.
• Maintain project documentation in accordance with established project management standards and procedures.
• Prepare and communicate regular project status reports, metrics, risks, and executive updates.
• Escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies to leadership as needed.
• Coordinate global virtual teams across multiple regions and time zones.
• Support data center migration and infrastructure planning initiatives.
• Manage multiple concurrent technical projects and workstreams.

Required Qualifications

• 5–8+ years of Technical Project Management experience.
• Experience managing projects within cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, or enterprise technology environments.
• Strong project planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Working knowledge of virtual environments, networking, enterprise data centers, databases, storage, and cloud technologies.
• Experience identifying and managing project critical paths, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Strong Microsoft Project skills, including building and maintaining complex project schedules with multiple dependencies.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables and lookup functions.
• Experience maintaining and reporting project delivery tracking and metrics.
• Proven ability to manage multiple parallel initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and effectively within a global, matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with network infrastructure, firewalls, and DMZ environments.
• Experience supporting data center migrations.
• Exposure to Illumio Adaptive Security Platform or similar security technologies.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise or highly regulated environments.
• ITIL and/or CISSP certification preferred but not required.

Key Skills

Technical Project Management | Cybersecurity | Security Operations | Cloud Infrastructure | Data Center Migrations | Network Infrastructure | Firewalls | DMZ | Illumio | Risk Management | Project Planning | Microsoft Project | Microsoft Excel | Infrastructure | Stakeholder Management