Program Manager IT Infrastructure

GBIT (Global Bridge InfoTech Inc); Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GBIT (Global Bridge InfoTech Inc) is seeking a Technical Program Manager (Infrastructure & Migration) to lead complex migration programs across cloud, data center, and on-premise platforms. You will work with infrastructure engineering teams, architects, and business stakeholders to plan and execute strategic migrations from strategy through implementation.

The role emphasizes hands-on program leadership with deep infra expertise, ensuring security, change management, and operational

Qualifications

• Experience leading Infrastructure/IT transformation programs.
• Hands-on understanding of infrastructure migration methodologies and execution.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructure, preferably Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong understanding of servers/compute, storage, databases, data centers, disaster recovery, security, and monitoring.
• Experience with cloud migration and data center migration/consolidation programs.
• Understanding of infrastructure automation and DevOps practices (Terraform, CI/CD, scripting, IaC).
• Ability to understand technical architecture, identify dependencies, and challenge technical assumptions.
• Experience managing complex technical dependencies across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure migration and modernization programs, including planning, execution, cutover, and stabilization.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to understand architecture, dependencies, capacity, performance, and operations.
• Develop migration roadmaps, work plans, milestones, dependencies, and release/cutover strategies.
• Coordinate activities across compute, storage, networking, databases, security, backup, monitoring, and cloud platforms.
• Define migration approaches, sequencing, risks, and rollback plans with architects and engineers.
• Manage discovery, dependency mapping, readiness assessments, and migration waves.
• Drive cloud migration, data center consolidation, infrastructure refresh, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Monitor program health, risks, issues, and delivery timelines; lead architecture reviews and status sessions.

Skills

Infrastructure transformation

Cloud & hybrid infra

Azure or AWS

Servers/Compute

Storage & Backup

Databases

Data Centers

Disaster recovery

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

CI/CD

Scripting

DevOps practices

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Role: Technical Program Manager (Infrastructure & Migration)

Contract: Long term W2 Contract

Role Overview

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) with strong infrastructure expertise and hands‑on experience managing enterprise infrastructure migrations, modernization, and transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate combines program leadership with a solid technical understanding of cloud, data center, networking, compute, storage, security, and infrastructure operations. This role requires someone who can work closely with infrastructure engineering teams, architects, application teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to plan and execute complex migration programs from strategy through implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure migration and modernization programs, including planning, execution, cutover, and stabilization.
• Work hands‑on with infrastructure teams to understand architecture, dependencies, capacity, performance, and operational requirements.
• Develop detailed migration roadmaps, work plans, milestones, dependencies, and release/cutover strategies.
• Coordinate infrastructure activities across compute, storage, networking, databases, security, backup, monitoring, and cloud platforms.
• Partner with technical architects and engineers to define migration approaches, sequencing, technical risks, and rollback plans.
• Manage infrastructure discovery, dependency mapping, readiness assessments, and migration waves.
• Drive execution of cloud migration, data center consolidation, infrastructure refresh, platform modernization, and technology transformation initiatives.Monitor program health, technical risks, issues, dependencies, resource requirements, and delivery timelines.
• Lead technical working sessions, architecture reviews, migration planning meetings, and executive status reviews.
• Coordinate with vendors, managed service providers, internal engineering teams, and application owners.
• Ensure infrastructure changes follow appropriate change management, security, compliance, and operational processes.

Technical Experience

• Strong experience managing Infrastructure/IT Transformation programs.
• Hands‑on understanding of infrastructure migration methodologies and execution.
• Experience with cloud and hybrid infrastructure, preferably Azure and/or AWS.
• Strong understanding of:
• Servers / Compute
• Storage and Backup
• Databases
• Data Centers
• Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
• Infrastructure Security
• Monitoring and Observability
• Experience with cloud migration and data center migration/consolidation programs.
• Understanding of infrastructure automation and DevOps practices such as Terraform, CI/CD, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to understand technical architecture, identify infrastructure dependencies, and challenge technical assumptions.
• Experience managing complex technical dependencies across multiple engineering teams.