Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Sr. Network Infrastructure Project Manager position! This is a 6-12+ month contract and will be hybrid onsite in Buffalo, NY in the United States.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead large-scale infrastructure transformation initiatives, including data center builds, migrations, cloud adoption, and network modernization across global technology environments.
- Partner with engineering teams to deliver solutions spanning data centers, cloud technologies, networking, firewalls, routing, and enterprise infrastructure architecture.
- Manage complex technology programs using Agile and Waterfall methodologies, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budgets of up to $5M annually.
- Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to analyze infrastructure requirements, provide strategic recommendations, and drive successful connectivity and network initiatives.
- Oversee project planning, financial management, status reporting, and governance using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Clarity, and Microsoft Project.
- Act as a subject matter expert for network and infrastructure programs, managing vendor relationships and influencing cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed organization.
- Drive organizational and technology change initiatives while building strong partnerships with senior leadership, executive stakeholders, and external suppliers.
- Champion automation and infrastructure platform modernization to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and service delivery across enterprise technology environments.
What You'll Need To Have:
- Understanding of / ability to engage with technical teams on Data center, Cloud technologies, Networking Infrastructure, Firewalls, Routing, Solution Architecture and Design etc.
- 15+ years of experience of delivering change programmes within a Technology organization, with in telecom Infrastructure.
- Project Management experience of working on Data center build, migrations, and Infrastructure transformation projects.
- Proven knowledge on automation products in managing Automation, Data center Networking projects with platform experience.
- Experience in status reporting and tools like clarity, Jira, Confluence and MS Project.
- Business analysis skills to assess and provide recommendations which will aid in negotiation of connectivity infrastructure projects.
- Excellent understanding and proven experience of Project Management methodologies including Waterfall and Agile in a Technology environment.
- Ability to direct and influence people in a matrix orientated environment and establish working partnerships at a junior and senior organizational level.
- Change agent with proven ability of implementing large scale organizational, procedural, technology and people related change programmes.
- SME within Networks, Infrastructure environment and build relationship with external suppliers.
- Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with Senior Executives across the business.
- Outstanding relationship management, collaboration, and influencing skills at Exco level within a Technology environment.
- Manage financials and budgets up to $5m annually
- Proven experience in dealing global teams and managing stakeholders
- Must have strong Data Center, Networking and Infrastructure background.
Pay Range: $70-$80/hr
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