Job Description
Work Location: Buffalo/Cheektowaga, NY (100% Remote)
Ability to Work Remote: Yes, Occasional travel as required by projects. Candidate should be located in Eastern Time Zone, US (Client will also consider someone in Central Time Zone open to working in Eastern Time).
Role Description: Azure Project Manager (Infrastructure)
Tentative Start Date: ASAP
Term Duration (in months): 6 months (with possibility of extension)
Working Hours (i.e. 8am - 5pm): 8:30am - 5:00pm, occasional after hours (as dictated by project requirements)- YOUR CANDIDATE MUST MEET THE REQUESTED JOB TITLE & YRS. OF EXP. FOR EACH SKILL SET IN THE JD BELOW.
- ALL RESPONSES DUE TO CLIENT BY 3PM ET 3/18 (PLEASE HAVE YOUR TOP RESOURCE (1 ONLY) TO ME NO LATER THAN 3/13, AS I STILL NEED TIME TO PHONE SCREEN THEM, & PREP SUBMITTALS.
rs of Experience Required: - BS in Computer Science or MIS, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of Microsoft Azure experience.
- 7+ years of experience in Project Management of Technical and Infrastructure Services.
- 3+ Years of experience with designing and implementing effective technology processes.
- International experience a plus, ability to speak fluent English a must. Portuguese, Spanish, French and/or not necessary but would be a plus.
Required Qualifications: - Experience with managing projects related to building & hosting new and modernization solutions in the cloud, primarily Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with Agile methodology especially scrum (epics, user stories, features, MVP...) (SAFE preferred).
- Experience facilitating a group of IT professionals to develop project goals, set clear objectives, creating roadmaps to the cloud and implementing systems in Microsoft Azure as part of a build team.
- Experience assembling project teams, identifying resource needs, assigning responsibilities, developing schedules for timely task completion, and tracking project expenses against budget.
- Experience working in Azure DevOps.
- Strong knowledge of IT quality assurance methods and process controls.
- Experience working with a senior management team in a fast-paced environment and reporting out via executive summaries and project dashboards.
- Must be familiar with typical IT Operations and Infrastructure roles, responsibilities, services, terminology and technologies.
- Proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, tasks and issues resolution activities.
- Must be able to produce a portfolio of documents that demonstrate actual experience in managing the typical aspects of large complex projects and process improvement initiatives.
- Must be willing to adjust to early and or late business meetings to adjust for interacting with colleagues or partners across time zones.
TECHNICAL SCREENING QUESTIONS (PLEASE SHARE CANDIDATES RESPONSES W/ RESUME SUBMITTAL):
#1: Scope of Cloud Projects
Answers will vary but should include: - Team size (i.e., > 5 + Global exposure (preferred)) ?
- Type of Azure projects (i.e., New to Azure, Migration to Azure, Rebuild/Refactor projects)?
- Infrastucture as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and/or Software as a Service(SaaS) ?
- # of applications (i.e., >= 10-12 /year)
# 2: What is Migration Assistant tool in Azure Websites?
#3: Explain DevOps
#4: Explain Agile/Scrum
Job Tags
Immediate start, Remote work,