Technical Project Manager Data Center Migration & Infrastructure Modernization
- Client: Large, wellknown IT Managed Services Provider (MSP) / Hosting company
- End Client: Government agency
- Type: Remote (occasional travel as needed, ~once a month to Wisconsin)
- Contract: 6 12 months, extension possible
Position Overview
The Technical Project Manager will support a major government client through a largescale data center migration, environment separation, and greenfield implementation of distributed Open Systems, VMware, and cloud modernization initiatives. This role focuses on planning, coordinating, and executing infrastructurecentric workstreams while collaborating closely with a team of 3 4 project managers, technical leads, and client stakeholders.
The TPM ensures structured execution, risk management, and senior level reporting for complex technical projects spanning servers, storage, networking, VMware virtualization, and cloud migration. This position requires handson technical understanding, strong coordination skills, and the ability to work in a multiclient MSP environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead technical project planning, scheduling, RAID tracking, and delivery execution for data center migration and cloud modernization efforts.
- Coordinate activities across compute, storage, networking, VMware, and cloud engineering teams.
- Support governance, reporting cadence, and integration across multiple PMs and technical leads.
- Manage scope, risks, dependencies, change control, and documentation in a MSP environment within the structured PMO
- Ensure adherence to project management best practices, change management processes, and delivery methodologies.
- Provide clear, executivelevel status reporting to both client leadership and internal management.
- Drive crossfunctional collaboration with architects, operations, security, and external vendors.
- Ensure auditready project documentation and compliance with government sector requirements.
Experience & Qualifications
- 8 10+ years of experience in Project management including experience in managing technical infrastructure or data center migration projects.
- Previous work within a IT outsourcing or Managed Services Provider (MSP) environment strongly desired.
- Proven success leading complex infrastructure modernization efforts, including: Data center relocations/separations, Greenfield builds, migrations to Cloud, transformation initiatives. Any experience with mainframe projects will be great to have
- Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure components: Servers and hardware platforms, Networking and connectivity, VMware and virtualization platforms, Operating systems (Linux/UNIX/Windows) and Cloud
- Experience supporting government clients or highly regulated industries like healthcare preferred.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to present at the senior management level.
- Strong proficiency in risk management, change management, and structured delivery frameworks.
- Understanding of ITIL and ITSM principles would be needed
- PMP or equivalent project certification beneficial but not required.
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