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Professional Services/ IT Operations ManagerSummit 7 is a people incubator. Summit 7'ers regularly speak at conferences, and architect environments for Inc 5000 or top Defense and Aerospace companies. They also write industry leading books. Summit 7 has a history of employing some of the leading Microsoft experts in knowledge management and security. Continuing this practice, the team is comprised today of rock star administrators, developers, and architects that are the guiding voices amongst tech forums and in the board rooms of our clients. Additionally, Summit 7 is in the serious business of protecting the US defense industrial base from cyber threats and helping them meet challenging security and regulatory compliance challenges.We do cool work here. Take it from "Microsoft" as we are a Microsoft Partner of the Year 2020! The IT Operations Manager and will be responsible for the delivery of IT services and projects from engineering to operations. Responsibilities include overall leadership of the, risk, and compliance. In this role, he or she will lead the analysis, planning and implementation of IT initiatives in support of client operations. The IT Operations Manager shall identify IT operational requirements, provide day-to-day leadership and quality control to enable performance objectives and successful cost and schedule performance.
- Demonstrates the ability to discuss tasks with employees in a manner which gives guidance and best practices does not dictate implementation.
- Creates and drives the project schedule, working with dev management task assignments, and managing schedule progress; from large phases through to detailed tasks, including understanding and managing dependencies.
- Collaborates with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units (including subject matter experts, design teams, and technology teams) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, project goals, expectations, and tasks.
- Tracks the status of project activities and ensures that schedules and priorities are being met.
- Ensures critical issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated if necessary.
- Manages daily/weekly project communication and status reporting.
- 5+ years of experience working in a program/project management capacity for software development.
- Experience with/exposure to IT Security operations/compliance/vulnerabilities and similar complex inter-dependent technologies.
- Seasoned team coach that manages and alleviates (instead of running from) persistent obstacles
- Experience with Systems Development Lifecycle and Project Management Methodologies, specifically IT.
- Experience owning a program/ portfolio of products/features, scoping requirements, planning milestones, and being an active resource for technical teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Must enjoy consensus-driven environments where collaboration, honest and open communications are paramount.
- Must work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team.
- Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail and have the ability to make logical timely decisions.
- Excel with proactively and independently driving for results in small team environments
- Demonstrate self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment.
- Ability to extrapolate context from complex technical conversations, provide teams with valuable summations around action items and next steps.
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