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Infrastructure Project Manager

Location: Suwanee, GA

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage IT infrastructure projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget
  • Partner with systems engineering, network engineering, data center operations, and facilities teams to successfully deploy infrastructure into new and existing data center sites
  • Facilitate technical discovery efforts and coordinate project requirements across technical and business stakeholders
  • Develop and actively manage detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, resources, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines utilizing Waterfall project management methodologies
  • Collaborate with engineering teams, contractors, and site personnel to support successful infrastructure deployments and site build activities
  • Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations while balancing business objectives and technical requirements
  • Review proposed project changes and work with stakeholders to evaluate, approve, and implement beneficial modifications
  • Provide regular project status reporting to senior leadership and executive stakeholders, including project health, risks, issues, and key milestones
  • Support deployment and lifecycle management of core network, systems, and infrastructure assets across multiple data center locations
  • Partner with general contractors, local contractors, and internal teams throughout data center construction and infrastructure implementation projects
  • Ensure adherence to organizational project management standards, processes, and documentation requirements
  • Continuously improve project management processes, operational procedures, and project documentation

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Coordinate activities between systems engineers, network engineers, data center technicians, facilities teams, contractors, and business stakeholders
  • Manage multiple concurrent infrastructure projects within a fast paced, deadline driven environment
  • Track project tasks, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and resource assignments to ensure successful execution
  • Facilitate project meetings and maintain communication across technical and non-technical teams
  • Support infrastructure deployment activities for new data center builds and expansion projects
  • Work closely with engineering teams to understand technical requirements and ensure project objectives are clearly defined
  • Monitor project risks, issues, and dependencies and drive timely resolution
  • Coordinate activities involving networking, systems, connectivity, power, cooling, and facility infrastructure components
  • Conduct project reviews and support site visits during critical phases of infrastructure deployment projects
  • Maintain project documentation, status reports, meeting notes, and stakeholder communications
  • Assist local site teams with infrastructure asset management and operational readiness activities
  • Ensure project deliverables are completed according to established timelines and quality expectations

Preferred Experience and Attributes

  • Experience managing IT infrastructure projects within enterprise environments
  • Strong project management experience utilizing traditional Waterfall project management methodologies
  • Experience managing infrastructure projects through defined project phases, milestones, dependencies, and change control processes
  • Experience developing detailed project plans and managing project execution against established timelines and deliverables
  • Strong understanding of networking, systems, and infrastructure technologies
  • Experience working closely with systems engineering, network engineering, and infrastructure operations teams
  • Knowledge of routers, switches, firewalls, server infrastructure, storage platforms, and virtualization technologies
  • Understanding of data center environments including power, cooling, connectivity, and space considerations
  • Experience supporting infrastructure deployments within data center environments
  • Experience working on data center construction projects and partnering with contractors throughout project execution
  • Ability to understand both IT infrastructure and facility systems including electrical and mechanical environments
  • Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities
  • Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience presenting project updates to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
  • Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to operate effectively within a fast paced, cross functional matrixed environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Project Management, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
  • Experience in IT, project management, service delivery, or customer relationship management
  • PMP certification preferred
  • ITIL certification preferred
  • Experience with project management applications such as Microsoft Project or Clarity preferred
  • Experience with Salesforce CRM preferred
  • Experience managing customer migration projects preferred