Infrastructure Project Manager - W2 & C2C - New York - Direct Client

Requirements:
- Comfortable working on-standard business hours [Friday evenings / Saturdays]
- Ability to work on-site 3 days per week
- 12-15 years of technology project management experience
- Build Data Centers and network core infrastructure, switches, and routers.
- Experience with Cisco and Arista hardware and understands how to partner with vendors for installation.
- Experience with network installations
- Experience with project lifecycle of network integrations, infrastructure build, data center builds and/or network hardware refresh.
- Plan, coordinate, implement, and track deliverables related to the request.
- Manage delivery across internal teams and third-party contractors/ consultants.
- Gather technology requirements and partner with engineering and operations for high level design.
- Responsible for managing delivery across internal teams and third-party contractors/ consultants.
- Develop, track and coordinate schedule.
- Manage Hardware deliveries, with vendors, including staging.
- Create and Manage the Technology Change Management tickets.
- Provide weekly status reports both internally and externally, as required.
- Schedule UAT testers and BAU signoffs
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, and Project Strong Excel, Sharepoint, MS project, ServiceNow

Skills Desired:
- CCNA and/or CCNP preferred
- Dark Fiber, WAN, LAN
- Bachelor s Degree + Must have experience within financial services and/or technical role at a technology hardware vendor
- Data Center Builds, Consolidations, Decommissions
- Technical delivery, implementation management
- Kanban and Agile experience