Azure Project Manager - Eastern or Central Time Zone
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1752841959
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The role is for a Project Manager specializing in Azure Migration, focusing on establishing Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions. The position requires managing the migration of over 100 production servers to Microsoft Azure while ensuring the project meets quality standards and deadlines. Candidates must have extensive experience in cloud migration projects, particularly with Microsoft Azure. This is a remote contract position, limited to candidates in the Eastern or Central Time Zones.
Key Responsibilities:
- Project Planning & Execution
- Stakeholder Communication
- Team Coordination
- Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Quality Assurance
- Post-Implementation Support
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- Azure certifications
- 10+ years overall IT experience
- 6+ years IT Project Management
- 2 years Azure Cloud Migration Project Management
- 2 years Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) planning and implementation
- Experience with both cloud and on-premise server infrastructure (Windows and Linux) and NAS systems
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
**REMOTE CONTRACT POSITION. EASTERN OR CENTRAL TIME ZONE CANDIDATES ONLY PLEASE. UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO WORK C2C OR SPONSOR VISAS**
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Project Manager to lead and oversee an Azure Migration project focused on establishing a Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) solution. The project involves performing a "lift-and-shift" migration of 100+ production servers and three Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers to Microsoft Azure. The production environment will continue to operate on-premises, but Azure will be utilized as a DR/BC platform.
The Project Manager will work closely with the technical team, the development team, key stakeholders, vendors, and Microsoft Azure professionals to ensure the project is delivered on time, within scope, and to a high standard of quality. This role requires prior experience managing cloud migration projects, particularly involving Microsoft Azure. Key responsibilities include Project Planning & Execution, Stakeholder Communication, Team Coordination, Risk Assessment & Mitigation, Quality Assurance, Post-Implementation Support
Required
- Bachelor s degree
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification
- Azure certifications
- 10+ years overall IT experience
- 6+ years IT Project Management
- 2 years Azure Cloud Migration Project Management
- 2 years Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) planning and implementation.
- Experience with both cloud and on-premise server infrastructure (Windows and Linux) and NAS systems.