Our government client is looking for an experienced IT Project Manager on an onsite 12+ months renewable contract role in Harrisburg, PA.
Position- IT Project Manager
Senior IT Project Manager (Contractor)
Infrastructure, Modernization, and Technical Delivery
Candidates who possess both project management expertise and a practical understanding of enterprise infrastructure, software delivery, and technical architecture will be especially successful in this role.
Position Summary
Senior IT Project Manager (Contractor)
The agency is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of technical and infrastructure-focused initiatives. This position will manage complex technology projects involving infrastructure modernization, software platform upgrades, system integrations, cloud services, and application delivery.
The ideal candidate possesses strong project management skills combined with a solid technical foundation, enabling them to effectively collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, security teams, and executive stakeholders. Experience managing infrastructure projects, system migrations, software upgrades, and enterprise technology initiatives is highly desirable.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent IT projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Manage project schedules, scope, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource coordination.
- Coordinate technical teams including infrastructure, application development, database, cloud, security, and vendor resources.
- Facilitate project governance activities including status reporting, and executive communications.
- Develop and maintain project artifacts including project charters, schedules, RAID logs, work plans, meeting minutes, and status reports.
- Partner with technical leads and architects to identify project impacts, implementation risks, and deployment considerations.
- Manage vendor and contractor activities to ensure deliverables meet project objectives and timelines.
- Support organizational technology modernization efforts and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Ensure project alignment with agency standards, governance processes, and strategic objectives.
Current Project TypesThe selected contractor may support initiatives such as:- Infrastructure modernization and data center migration activities
- Windows Server, SQL Server, and .NET platform upgrades
- Application modernization efforts
- System integration and API projects
- Cloud and hybrid technology initiatives
- Regulatory and business system enhancements
- Enterprise software implementation projects
Required / Desired Skills- 7 years of IT Project Management experience Required
- Experience managing technical or infrastructure-focused projects Required
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects Required
- Experience working with cross-functional technical teams Required
- Strong risk management, issue management, and stakeholder management skills Required
- Familiarity with project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Hybrid) Required
- Experience managing infrastructure upgrades, migrations, or modernization initiatives Highly desired
- Working knowledge of Windows Server environments, databases, cloud platforms, networking, or enterprise applications Highly desired
- Experience coordinating with architects, engineers, and software development teams Highly desired
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Planner, Jira, or similar tools Highly desired
- Public sector or government experience Highly desired
- PMP certification Required
About Vector:
Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization''s operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY
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