Infrastructure Project Manager

Genuent is hiring an Infrastructure Project Manager for our direct client in Houston, TX. Qualified candidate should send their resume (Word format) to Nate Ackerman at . Infrastructure Project Manager - Houston, TXContract Key Responsibilities:Relying on experience and judgment, the Project Manager is responsible for accomplishing the following assignments.

• Manage projects involving multiple department or cross-functional teams, focusing on both successful integration of technology or implementation of new IT solutions.
• Manage schedules and ensure timely completion of project milestones.
• Anticipate bottlenecks and provide escalation management.
• Anticipate and make tradeoffs, balance business needs versus technical constraints, and encourage risk-taking behavior to maximize business benefit.
• Adhere to IT project management methodology within the organization.
• Identify and manage interdependencies between concurrent IT projects.
• Management of project finances, including budgeting and forecasting.

• PMI PMP certified
• Agile certification (Scrum Master, etc.)
• Basic familiarity with ServiceNow or Remedy (not critical)
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects on-time, on-budget in the following areas:
  • Cloud Access Management (CAM) tool implementation
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM) tool implementation
  • Network Macro / Micro Segmentation design / deployment in a datacenter environment
  • Network Access Control (NAC) implementation
  • End-Point Management tool implementation
• Project management discipline (looking for STRONG project hygiene)
  • Ability to estimate cost, forecast expenditure, track actual cost to budget and calculate estimate to complete, estimate at complete
  • Strong communication skills (written, oral)
  • Ability to lead and drive team members in maintaining project hygiene
  • Ability to drive team through project-based activity, tasking (project team members are operationally focused, need strong leadership to draw focus to project-based workflow, tasking)
  • Ability to communicate across all levels of management (from CIO to entry-level staff)
  • Ability to develop Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and build-out in MS Project / ServiceNow
  • Ability to lead team in identifying and managing Risks, Issues, Action Items
  • Ability to lead team in thinking through complex problems and developing alternatives and recommendations
• Management Discipline
  • Ability to manage both upward and downward
  • Interest in / ability to provide mentoring to junior team members
  • Ability to develop short presentations, status messaging related to project position, activity
  • Strong capability in MS productivity suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Teams)