VMware Migration Project Lead for Enterprise Cloud

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Lewisville (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company is seeking an IT Project Manager to drive large-scale infrastructure and virtualization transformations, focusing on VMware migrations and hybrid-cloud environments. The role requires 5+ years of PM experience, strong Azure DevOps skills, and hands-on migration tooling expertise.

You will lead planning through cutover, coordinating vendors and internal teams to minimize disruption while navigating complex compliance and risk considerations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT Project Management experience in tech environments.
• Azure DevOps experience including epics, work items, and tracking.
• Hands-on with patch scheduling, updates, and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with platform/infrastructure migration tooling.
• Experience with compliance frameworks, automation tools, and dependency mapping.
• Strong understanding of virtualization and hypervisor architecture.
• Experience with hypervisor design, performance tuning, and workload optimization post-migration.
• Experience managing data center, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Proven ability to manage infra migrations across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud with minimal disruption.
• Strong risk, cutover, timeline, and vendor-constraint management.
• Experience leading migrations driven by vendor exits or licensing changes.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale infrastructure and virtualization transformation programs from planning through cutover, validation, and rollback.
• Drive high-visibility VMware migration initiatives and modernization.
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery and minimal disruption.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Virtualization

Hypervisor architecture

Migration tooling

Compliance frameworks

Automation tools

Dependency mapping

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/Project Management or equivalent

Job description

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company is seeking an IT Project Manager to drive large-scale infrastructure and virtualization transformations, focusing on VMware migrations and hybrid-cloud environments. The role requires 5+ years of PM experience, strong Azure DevOps skills, and hands-on migration tooling expertise.

You will lead planning through cutover, coordinating vendors and internal teams to minimize disruption while navigating complex compliance and risk considerations.