IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Insight Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A professional services firm is seeking an experienced Project Manager specialized in infrastructure delivery for trading technology programs. Candidates should have 8–12 years in project management with a strong background in trading system infrastructure. Responsibilities include building project plans and managing the entire SDLC. The ideal candidate possesses knowledge in finance and must be proficient with Agile methodologies and relevant tools. This role is based in New York, NY, and requires strong stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of project/program management experience.
• 5+ years delivering trading system infrastructure.
• Knowledge of financial domain and market data.

Responsibilities

• Own infrastructure delivery for strategic trading technology programs.
• Build and manage project plans focusing on infrastructure.
• Drive end-to-end SDLC for various projects.

Skills

Project Management

Trading System Infrastructure

Stakeholder Management

Agile/Scrum

Database Proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Monday

Job description

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Certifications: PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, CSM; CFA/FRM or capital markets coursework.
• Cloud and data streaming exposure (AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka), CI/CD pipelines, observability (Grafana, Splunk)

Job Description

• Own infrastructure delivery for strategic trading technology programs
• Build and manage project plans and deliverables with a focus on infrastructure
• Drive end-to-end SDLC: business case, requirements, design, implementation, testing, UAT, cutover, and operations.
• Govern change/release management with robust runbooks, rollback plans, and production readiness criteria.
• Spearheading HA (high availability) / DR (disaster recovery) implementations

• 8–12+ years of project/program management, including 5+ years delivering trading system infrastructure in buy-side or sell-side environments.
• Strong financial domain experience: Knowledge of market data, connectivity and protocols, post-trade flows, multi asset programs
• Demonstrated delivery in high-availability, low-latency environments with strong resiliency and failover practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management from trading desks to engineering leaders and compliance.
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery; tools such as JIRA/Confluence, Monday
• Solid understanding of SDLC, QA/UAT, and production change control; ability to read logs and basic SQL for triage.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field; or equivalent experience.