Senior Project Manager

Valiant Technologies LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Atlanta is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end AWS infrastructure projects, govern delivery, and drive SAFe ceremonies. You will manage schedules, resources, budgets, risks, dependencies, and collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and leadership to ensure on-time, quality delivery.

Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK is required, and knowledge of Life & Annuity insurance platforms is a plus.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience with project management focus.
• Strong governance and Agile/SAFe experience.
• Hands-on AWS cloud infrastructure knowledge.
• Knowledge of EC2, containers, serverless, VPC, IAM, RDS, SQS, SNS.
• Experience with Terraform, CloudFormation and AWS CDK.
• Stakeholder management, sprint planning, risk handling and release coordination.
• KPI/SLA tracking, quality management, and managed services transitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, governance, and execution of AWS infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive Agile/SAFe ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog management, and release coordination.
• Manage project schedules, resources, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Track and report KPIs, SLAs, project milestones, and delivery performance.
• Establish quality gates and ensure adherence to delivery standards and timelines.
• Oversee managed services transitions and operational handovers.
• Manage delivery activities related to Life & Annuity insurance platforms and applications.
• Coordinate AWS infrastructure engineering initiatives involving compute, containers, serverless services, networking, and databases.
• Oversee infrastructure automation and IaC initiatives using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Ensure effective monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, automation, and platform operations.

Skills

AWS Cloud

Agile/SAFe

Governance

Stakeholder management

Release coordination

SLA tracking

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

• Job Title:Senior Project Manager
• Location: Atlanta,GA
• Duration: 6 Months
• Bill Rate: $88/hour (C2C)
• Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
• Client: To Be Discussed Later
• Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description:

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, governance, and execution of AWS infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive Agile/SAFe ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog management, and release coordination.
• Manage project schedules, resources, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and leadership.
• Track and report KPIs, SLAs, project milestones, and delivery performance.
• Establish quality gates and ensure adherence to delivery standards and timelines.
• Oversee managed services transitions and operational handovers.
• Manage delivery activities related to Life & Annuity insurance platforms and applications.
• Coordinate AWS infrastructure engineering initiatives involving compute, containers, serverless services, networking, and databases.
• Oversee infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Ensure effective monitoring, backup, disaster recovery, automation, and platform operations.

Required Skills:

• 10+ years of overall IT experience with strong Project Management experience.
• Strong experience in delivery governance and Agile/SAFe methodologies.
• Hands-on understanding of AWS Cloud infrastructure and services.
• Knowledge of AWS EC2, containers, serverless, VPC, IAM, RDS, SQS, and SNS.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK.
• Experience in stakeholder management, sprint planning, risk management, and release coordination.
• Experience with KPI/SLA tracking, quality management, and managed services transition.
• Knowledge of Life & Annuity insurance domain and delivery processes.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.