Senior Connectivity & Data Center Program Lead

TEKsystems; United States; On-site; USD 171,924,000 - 229,233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan

Life Insurance

Disability

Health Spending Account

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Paid time off

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Connectivity Infrastructure Project Manager to lead mission-critical data center connectivity programs in hyperscale environments. You will oversee structured cabling, fiber infrastructure, network pathways, and commissioning activities, coordinating with construction, engineering, and operations teams.

This onsite contract role emphasizes vendor management, QA/QC, and turn-key delivery, with a focus on right-first-time execution, operational readiness, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience supporting mission-critical infrastructure projects.
• Experience managing schedules, milestones, vendors, contractors, and project delivery activities.
• Strong background in data center construction, commissioning, infrastructure deployment, or critical facilities operations.
• Experience leading deployments involving fiber optic cabling, structured cabling, network infrastructure, or connectivity systems.
• Experience working within live critical environments requiring strict operational controls and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders across engineering, construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Strong understanding of QA/QC processes, field inspections, and installation verification.

Responsibilities

• Own site-level connectivity infrastructure activities from design review through turnover and operational readiness.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and progress reporting.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including construction, commissioning, engineering, logistics, operations, and vendor partners.
• Identify project risks, drive issue resolution, and elevate critical items when necessary.
• Oversee deployment of structured cabling, fiber optic infrastructure, network pathways, and supporting connectivity systems.
• Review design packages, BOMs, installation plans, and as-built documentation.
• Support installation partners during deployment, validation, testing, turnover, and acceptance activities.
• Ensure field execution aligns with approved designs, standards, and specifications.
• Coordinate activities impacting critical power, cooling, network, and operational systems.
• Participate in commissioning, startup, testing, integrated systems validation, and operational readiness processes.
• Support handoff between construction, commissioning, and operations teams.
• Monitor infrastructure readiness and ensure project milestones support business objectives.
• Manage installation partners, contractors, and third-party service providers.
• Conduct field audits, progress reviews, quality inspections, and installation verification.
• Drive accountability for schedule, safety, quality, and performance.
• Establish a strong "right first time" culture across all project participants.
• Perform field inspections and quality reviews of deployed infrastructure.
• Validate fiber test results, installation quality, structured cabling standards, and network readiness.
• Lead technical issue resolution and coordinate responses to RFIs, field conflicts, and scope gaps.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and lessons learned processes.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Construction management

Data center infrastructure

QA/QC processes

Stakeholder management

Commissioning

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Procore

BMS/EPMS platforms

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Senior Connectivity Infrastructure Project Manager to lead mission-critical data center connectivity programs in hyperscale environments. You will oversee structured cabling, fiber infrastructure, network pathways, and commissioning activities, coordinating with construction, engineering, and operations teams.

This onsite contract role emphasizes vendor management, QA/QC, and turn-key delivery, with a focus on right-first-time execution, operational readiness, and