Senior IT Project Manager

Talentify; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K

Sick Pay

Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager in Charlotte, NC for an 18+ month contract to lead a Hadoop decommissioning and data migration initiative. The role requires coordinating cross-functional teams, developing plans, managing risks, and ensuring a smooth retirement of the legacy environment with minimal business disruption.

The candidate will oversee end-to-end project activities, including planning, timelines, dependencies, change control, and executive reporting, with strong

Qualifications

• 7+ years of IT Project Management experience in complex technology initiatives.
• Proven experience with technology decommissioning and/or data migration projects.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, data migration lifecycles.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and cross-system dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management of Hadoop decommissioning from planning to final shutdown.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and dependencies.
• Coordinate migration activities involving Hadoop, Big Data, data platforms, apps, databases, and cloud environments.
• Identify applications, data, interfaces, jobs, users, and dependencies related to the Hadoop environment.
• Partner with architects, engineers, and stakeholders to establish migration/decommissioning strategies.
• Manage data/workload migration from Hadoop to target platforms; track remediation and validation.
• Establish RAID logs, project status reporting, and executive communications.
• Identify risks and dependencies and develop mitigation/contingency plans.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams to align with the project schedule; manage change control and deliverables.
• Facilitate meetings and executive status reviews; track KPIs and milestones.

Skills

IT project management

RAID management

risk management

executive reporting

stakeholder management

cross-functional leadership

agile/waterfall/hybrid

communication

Job description

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC. This is a 18+ month contract opportunity.

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with extensive experience to lead a large-scale Hadoop environment decommissioning and data migration initiative. The ideal candidate will have a strong background managing complex infrastructure, data platform, application migration, and technology decommissioning projects within large enterprise environments. This role will coordinate cross-functional technology teams, establish project plans, manage risks, and ensure the legacy Hadoop environment is successfully retired with minimal business disruption.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end project management of a Hadoop environment decommissioning initiative, from planning through final shutdown and retirement
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements
• Coordinate migration activities involving Hadoop, Big Data, data platforms, applications, databases, and cloud environments
• Work with technical teams to identify applications, data, interfaces, jobs, users, and downstream/upstream dependencies associated with the Hadoop environment
• Partner with architects, engineers, infrastructure teams, data teams, application owners, security, and business stakeholders to establish migration and decommissioning strategies
• Manage the migration of data and workloads from Hadoop to designated target platforms
• Track application remediation, data migration, validation, testing, cutover, and decommissioning activities
• Establish and manage RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), project status reporting, and executive communications
• Identify project risks and dependencies and develop mitigation and contingency plans
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and technical teams to ensure activities remain aligned with the overall project schedule
• Manage change control, scope, deliverables, and project documentation
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, steering committee meetings, and executive status reviews
• Establish and track project KPIs and milestones related to migration completion and Hadoop shutdown
• Coordinate production cutover and decommissioning activities, including validation and post-migration support
• Ensure appropriate documentation, approvals, controls, and signoffs are completed before final environment retirement
• Communicate project progress, risks, issues, and decisions to senior leadership and stakeholders

Requirements:

• 7+ years of IT Project Management experience managing complex technology initiatives
• Proven experience managing technology decommissioning and/or application/data migration projects
• Strong understanding of infrastructure, application, and data migration lifecycles
• Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and complex cross-system dependencies
• Experience managing large enterprise projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams
• Strong experience with project planning, scheduling, RAID management, risk management, and executive reporting
• Excellent communication, organization, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in an Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery environment
• Strong ability to translate technical information into clear project status and executive-level communications

Desired skills:

• Experience leading projects involving Hadoop or Big Data environments

Pay range:

$51.09 - $59.09 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.