Senior Infrastructure Project Manager (PMP)

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager / Project Manager – PMP & ITIL Certified

Location: Frankfort, KY (Hybrid Preferred; Remote Acceptable)

Duration: Long-Term, Indefinite Contract

Client: State Government – Child Support Services

Job Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager / Project Manager to lead complex enterprise IT projects involving infrastructure modernization, data center migration, application development, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, and disaster recovery.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical project management experience, the ability to translate business requirements into executable technical plans, and a proven track record of delivering projects within approved scope, schedule, and budget. This role requires hands-on project execution, cross-functional team coordination, vendor management, risk mitigation, and executive-level reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead IT infrastructure, application development, cloud, cybersecurity, and data center modernization projects from initiation through implementation and operational handover.
• Translate high-level business needs into detailed system requirements, project plans, schedules, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage project scope, budget, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, and change control.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, network and security teams, application owners, operations teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
• Lead data center consolidation, migration, infrastructure deployment, and application production cutovers.
• Oversee infrastructure assessments, architecture reviews, migration sequencing, rollback planning, disaster recovery, and operational readiness.
• Establish project governance, maintain RAID logs, and prepare executive reports, dashboards, and status updates.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, regulatory requirements, and governance standards, including applicable NIST, SOC, and FedRAMP requirements.
• Manage vendor performance, stakeholder expectations, and cross-functional delivery dependencies.
• Mentor project managers and technical team members in project management practices and delivery standards.

Required Qualifications:

• Active PMP and ITIL certifications.
• 7 years of project management experience delivering technical and cross-functional business projects in enterprise IT environments.
• 5 years of experience translating business requirements into system requirements.
• Strong experience with project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, SDLC, and ITIL.
• Proven experience delivering complex IT infrastructure, application development, cybersecurity, or cloud projects.
• Experience with data center migration, consolidation, modernization, active-active architectures, and large-scale application migrations.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, infrastructure lifecycle management, and IAM integrations, including provisioning workflows and access controls.
• Experience with risk management, project governance, budget tracking, vendor management, and executive stakeholder communication.
• Proficiency with project reporting and tracking tools such as Jira, Power BI, and ServiceNow.
• Experience working with cloud providers, colocation providers, engineering teams, and managed-service organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Additional certifications such as CSM, PMI-ACP, PgMP, SAFe, AWS, Azure, CISM, or DevOps.
• Experience with ERP, billing, financial systems, and general ledger implementations or upgrades.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data center architecture, networking, cybersecurity, compute, storage, virtualization, and disaster recovery.
• Experience developing migration strategies, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and operational handover frameworks.

Tools and Technologies:

Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, Visio, Lucidchart, SQL tools, Postman, Control-M, Microsoft Azure, and AWS.

What Success Looks Like

• Delivering project milestones within approved scope, schedule, and budget.
• Completing infrastructure or application production cutovers successfully.
• Identifying and mitigating risks and dependencies proactively.
• Ensuring technical and operational readiness before production deployment.
• Improving infrastructure resilience, scalability, security, and service performance.

Interested candidates: Please apply with your updated resume highlighting relevant enterprise IT project management experience, technical infrastructure projects, and current PMP and ITIL certifications.