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TEKsystems Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in North Chicago, Illinois

Infrastructure / Network Project Manager

Top Skills:

1.) 5-10 years of Technical Infrastructure Project Management experience

2.) Experience working in a technical PM function supporting LAN, WAN and firewall projects globally

3.) Strong Project Management fundamentals, including: reporting, communication and managing project schedules / plans

Description:

Fortune 500 Customer is seeking a Technical Project Manager to assist with projects supporting their global Network Services division. The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for helping support global initiatives for physical infrastructure and network services (LAN, WAN and Firewall) upgrades, implementations and deployments.

Projects may include:

• Manage global Site related projects (new sites, site consolidations, site closures)- work closely with a Physical Infrastructure resource to manage all IT service related activities

• Coordinate and manage IT acquisition and divestiture initiatives related to integration and/or separation of IT infrastructure. This includes, but not limited to LAN, WAN and Border (firewall) technologies

• Facilitate IS War Rooms and participate in War Room on-call 24x7 rotation

Candidates responsibilities will include:

• Align with IT business units and associated individuals from other companies as appropriate to plan and schedule IT tasks associated to successful acquisition and divestiture projects.

• Provide project management support during weekday and weekend implementation tasks, and hyper care support process for IT implementation tasks.

• Be able to produce and maintain status reports, meeting minutes, dashboards, milestones and other documents as part of project delivery.

• Maintain and drive closure of open risks, issues, and action item (registers)

• Provides primary communication point for all IT components and be point of escalation with other project managers and sponsors.

• Escalate plan slippage and/or resource constraints to the leadership

• Develop and manages the project plan, including project scope, WBS, development/delivery schedule, resource requirements and integration efforts

• Budgeting and Control - Responsible for putting together, tracking and adhering to project budgets. Familiarity and knowledge of all project budget components is a must.

• Communicate with designated users or point persons on schedules, testing requirements and integration support associated to IT tasks.

• Communicate with 3rd party service providers and IT hardware and software vendors as needed to support IT tasks.

• Support weekend and off hours infrastructure migration projects, including ‘HyperCare’ shift rotations.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

Ability to work well and build relationships with business stakeholders.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

§ Medical, dental & vision

§ Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

§ 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

§ Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

§ Short and long-term disability

§ Health Spending Account (HSA)

§ Transportation benefits

§ Employee Assistance Program

§ Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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