IT Infrastructure Project Manager-Irvine, CA

We are a world-class international consulting company looking for a Senior Consultant I to join our team. We offer a supportive company culture with positive energy, forward momentum, flexibility, and inclusiveness. Responsibilities will focus on planning, organizing, and integrating cross-functional IT initiatives such as MDF/IDF upgrades, network remediation, and wireless installations, while liaising with other technical groups. The ideal candidate for this position is a self-starter who can work well in a fast-paced environment.

The candidate should have strong knowledge of server teams, VM teams, cloud deployments, load balancers, etc.

The Senior Consultant I (IT Infrastructure Project Manager) at Thinkbox Technology Group is a professional that possesses the typical project management skillsets while acquainted with modern IT technologies

This position will consist of periodic domestic travel as per client demand. The role calls for great communication and analytical skills, with the ability to bridge to gap between the business and IT.

• Identify and sequence core project activities while compiling the details into a document (schedule)
• Explain implications of changes to project scope and/or objectives to the client and the project team
• Lead the team to prioritize signed off project work based on analysis of strategic importance, tasks outstanding, obstacles or barriers, budgets, resources, and deadlines
• Manage the client stakeholders, team members, or contract personnel to design a solution and establish associated project timelines and budgets that allow for the delivery of the most strategic function within the project constraints
• Establish and maintain a usable and well-communicated schedule for all phases of a project

• Fundamental understanding of cost management
• Accurately forecast project financials, utilization, and cost performance
• Manages project budget
• Follows up with clients, when necessary, regarding unpaid invoices

• Sufficient proficiency in the following suite of technologies to hold conversations with experts, identify actions in meetings, and articulate meaningful updates to clients using the appropriate technology terminology. Examples of subject matter below
• Infrastructure cabling within MDFs, IDFs, Small Office Buildouts, and Data Centers
• Electrical requirements for MDFs, IDFs, and Data Centers in order to support always-on devices
• Exposure to HVAC and power requirements
• Understanding of wired LAN networks and all the necessary devices/components that such networks are comprised of
• Understanding of site-to-site and client-to-site connection strategies
• Fundamental understanding of concepts of IP schemas, VLANs, and routing protocols
• Fundamental understanding of QoS within a network
• Understanding of wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions including Wireless Access Points (WAPs), Wireless Lan Controllers (WLCs), common wireless installation processes, common wireless survey methods, and common wireless validation methods
• Familiar with dealing with service providers and carriers
• Capability to interpret wireless, cabling, elevation, HLD, and logical network designs or work with client SMEs to decipher relevant components
• Ability to put together equipment BOMs and track quantities of materials as per design specifications articulated by the customer
• May be responsible for obtaining entry-level technical certifications at the client’s request for emerging technologies
• Responsible for research on modern technical concepts and methodologies to present to clients and mentor teams
• Responsible for interpreting technical language into business-level/user-level terminology to streamline communications

• Manage scope…