Project Manager - IT / Technical

Position: Project Manager

Location Cary, NC

Job Description:

• 5+ years of recent experience in Cloud and IT transition, transformation, and migration management
• IT Project Manager manages multiple projects to assess existing hosting security controls, and plan for the migration of existing applications to NIST Moderate controls.
• Works closely with IT consultants, architects, technical leads, compliance analysts, and engineers in translating IT strategic goals, roadmaps, and business requirements into future state architectures designed to leverage the cutting-edge functionality.
• Understands the adoption challenges in migrating infrastructure and application portfolios and will be able to bridge the gaps during the migration strategy design process.
• The ideal candidate will have an established background in traditional hosted transition projects for n-tier enterprise architectures.
• Identify, document, and escalate any performance issues and skills deficiencies of members of the project team to the appropriate management team.
• Prepare sample or high-level project plans to satisfy Customer requirements to identify potential implementation options and provide recommendations on implementation approaches.
• Follow established change management procedures should project plans or schedules be used.
• Ensure project designs and specifications provide a reliable blue print for implementation.
• Oversee the knowledge management activities of the delivery team using a knowledge server or a comparable tool.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed team environment
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and staff