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Genesis10 lists this Senior IT Project Manager opportunity in charlotte, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Senior It Project Manager
Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC. This is a 18+ month contract opportunity.
We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager with extensive experience to lead a large-scale Hadoop environment decommissioning and data migration initiative. The ideal candidate will have a strong background managing complex infrastructure, data platform, application migration, and technology decommissioning projects within large enterprise environments. This role will coordinate cross-functional technology teams, establish project plans, manage risks, and ensure the legacy Hadoop environment is successfully retired with minimal business disruption.
Responsibilities:
Lead the end-to-end project management of a Hadoop environment decommissioning initiative, from planning through final shutdown and retirement
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements
Coordinate migration activities involving Hadoop, Big Data, data platforms, applications, databases, and cloud environments
Work with technical teams to identify applications, data, interfaces, jobs, users, and downstream/upstream dependencies associated with the Hadoop environment
Partner with architects, engineers, infrastructure teams, data teams, application owners, security, and business stakeholders to establish migration and decommissioning strategies
Manage the migration of data and workloads from Hadoop to designated target platforms
Track application remediation, data migration, validation, testing, cutover, and decommissioning activities
Establish and manage RAID logs (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions), project status reporting, and executive communications
Identify project risks and dependencies and develop mitigation and contingency plans
Coordinate multiple workstreams and technical teams to ensure activities remain aligned with the overall project schedule
Manage change control, scope, deliverables, and project documentation
Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, steering committee meetings, and executive status reviews
Establish and track project KPIs and milestones related to migration completion and Hadoop shutdown
Coordinate production cutover and decommissioning activities, including validation and post-migration support
Ensure appropriate documentation, approvals, controls, and signoffs are completed before final environment retirement
Communicate project progress, risks, issues, and decisions to senior leadership and stakeholders
Requirements:
7+ years of IT Project Management experience managing complex technology initiatives
Proven experience managing technology decommissioning and/or application/data migration projects
Strong understanding of infrastructure, application, and data migration lifecycles
Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and complex cross-system dependencies
Experience managing large enterprise projects with multiple stakeholders and workstreams
Strong experience with project planning, scheduling, RAID management, risk management, and executive reporting
Excellent communication, organization, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
Experience working in an Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery environment
Strong ability to translate technical information into clear project status and executive-level communications
Desired skills:
Experience leading projects involving Hadoop or Big Data environments
Pay range: $51.09 - $59.09 per hour
Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
Worksite address
charlotte, NC, 28202, US
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