Project Technical Lead

IPsoft Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Care

Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

Job summary

IPsoft Inc. in New York, NY, is seeking a Project Technical Lead (PTL) responsible for aligning technical support during transition phases. The PTL integrates various IPsoft service offerings to create customized solutions.

Responsibilities include designing end-to-end solutions, spearheading implementations, configuring proprietary software, and staying updated with new technologies. Candidates should have 2+ years in project management and communication skills, with a preference for strong technical backgrounds.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in project driven work.
• 3+ years as a systems or applications/middleware administrator.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer focus.
• A passion for technology and an IT generalist at heart.
• Ability to operate in a fast paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and understand the end-to-end solution for the customer.
• Spearhead the technical implementation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Configure IPsoft proprietary software and monitoring.
• Understand the customer's environment for the scope of support.
• Keep up to date with the emerging processes and technologies.

Skills

Project management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Linux

Technical background

Shell scripting

ITIL Process Framework

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

HP Service Manager

ServiceNow

Nagios

Netcool

Job description

IPsoft automates IT and business processes for enterprises across a wide range of industries. Through our portfolio of world leading autonomic and cognitive solutions we provide services that deliver clear outcomes and allow our clients to secure competitive advantage. Headquartered in New York City, IPsoft has offices in 13 countries across the world and serves more than 500 of the world’s leading brands directly as well as more than half of the largest global IT services providers.

Gartner June 2012 Critical Capabilities Study. Gartner ranks IPsoft #1 overall. Gartner comments: IPsoft is the clear leader in selling highly automated event and incident management services. Only IPsoft is rated higher than good. IPsoft has executed extremely well in terms of creating differentiation from service automation. IPsoft ranked #1 in 6 out of 7 categories.

Job Location

17 State Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004, United States

Job Description

Overview: A Project Technical Lead or PTL is the person or persons that are ultimately responsible for aligning our technical support during the transition phase to meet the client’s requirements and expectations. Our PTL’s are the glue that can take all of IPsoft’s service offerings and blend them together to create effective, customized solutions for our clients. PTL’s have the opportunity to work with a myriad of technologies, from networking, to storage, to applications, to systems, as well as the opportunity to have face to face interactions with the real movers and shakers in the IT industry. They drive our internal roadmap for IPsoft’s technology and constantly innovate on our platform to make IPsoft’s service offerings unique in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Design and understand the end-to-end solution that fully realizes the business case for the customer.
• Own and spearhead the technical implementation of the design throughout the project lifecycle, working with a multidisciplinary team including developers, infrastructure design, and automation experts to effect the solution.
• Configure IPsoft proprietary software and monitoring to effect the solution.
• Work with the customer during Knowledge Transfer to understand their environment for the scope of support and ensure IPsoft Operations is prepared to service the customer.
• Keep up to date with the emerging processes and technologies from the IPsoft product line as well as work with the research and development teams to identify further feature enhancements.

Qualifications

Required:

• 2+ years experience in project driven work.
• 3+ years as a systems or applications/middleware administrator with some exposure to Linux.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a customer focus.
• A passion for technology and an IT generalist at heart, who can quickly grasp new concepts.
• Ability to operate in a fast paced, evolving and changing environment.

Rockstar (Preferred) Qualifications in addition to those required:

• Strong technical background as a Solutions Architect or other L3+ technical role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited 4 year university.
• Proficient in shell scripting, batch processing, and automation technologies.
• Experience with large scale software and hardware deployments.
• Previous experience with ITSM platforms such as HP Service Manager, ServiceNow, or IPcenter. Experience with monitoring systems such as Nagios, Netcool, or HP OpenView.
• Ability to present technical issues to non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of ITIL Process Framework.

Additional Information

• Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance and Vision Care.
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance.