The selected candidate will:

- Serve as a hands-on technical project manager with development staff and business groups.

- Coordinate and communicate with ITD management and staff to coordinate work tasks and resourcing.

- Communicate timelines and expectations to technical and business staff.

- Collaborate with vendors, consultants, and contractors in the execution of projects including contract management and working with the procurement office(s).

- Collaborate with technology leads and solution architects to incorporate agency best practices into project plans.

- Adhere to VDOT and VITA project management practices and governance requirements; coordinate with VDOT and VITA Project Management Offices.

- Maintain project budget, plans, tasks, schedules, risks, and status and disseminate information to team members and customers as defined in the communications plan.

- Monitor progress by third-party vendors and define and measure their progress with metrics.

- Ensure documentation of requirements and use cases, facilitate design workshops for assigned projects.

- Ensure definition of test objectives, designed test plans and test cases for assigned projects.

- Provide the management of project milestones and deliverables for on-time and on-budget delivery.

- Define, measure, and clearly communicate progress with metrics.

- Support system and application training efforts.

Required:

- The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years experience managing large projects and a bachelor's degree.

- Experience in IT Infrastructure delivery (networking, physical plant, vendor management, site provisioning).

- Experience managing large, multi-stream projects.

- PMP or Qualified under Commonwealth of Virginia Qualification Standards for IT Project Managers for Category 4 Projects. See: http://www.vita.virginia.gov/oversight/projects/default.aspx?id=589

Preferred:

- Experience in both Agile and Waterfall project management.

- Agile Scrum Master certification

- Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Visio, PowerPoint, Project Server)

Special Instructions to Applicants:

- This position requires a fingerprint-based background check.

- PMP certification from PMI Required

Required/Desired Skills

Skill Required/Desired Amount of Experience A proven track record of successfully managing large-scale, complex IT projects, with a specific focus on cloud migrations (preferably Azure). Required 10.0 Years Experience managing migration project budgets and schedules. Required 5.0 Years Azure services: Familiarity with a wide range of Azure services, including Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Database Migration Service Required 5.0 Years Cloud concepts: A strong understanding of cloud computing principles (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid cloud environments. Required 5.0 Years DevOps: Knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines. Required 5.0 Years Automation: Working knowledge of scripting (e.g., PowerShell, Azure CLI) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Desired 5.0 Years PMP and Agile/Scrum Required 5.0 Years Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively translate complex technical concepts for all levels of the business Required 10.0 Years Leadership: The ability to guide and motivate cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder expectations. Required 10.0 Years Problem-solving: Strong analytical skills to anticipate and mitigate risks and resolve issues during the migration process. Required 10.0 Years Adaptability: The ability to thrive in a fast- paced, demanding environment and manage multiple concurrent projects. Required 5.0 Years Azure Certifications (Administrator Associate, Azure Solutions, Architect Expert, Azure Migration/Modernization Specialist) Desired 5.0 Years

Skills:

A proven track record of successfullymanaging large-scale, complex IT projects,with a specific focus on cloud migrations (preferably Azure)., Experience managing migration project budgets and schedules., Azure services: Familiarity with a wide range ofAzure services, including Azure Migrate, AzureSite Recovery, and Azure Database MigrationService, PaaS, SaaS)and hybrid cloud environments., DevOps: Knowledge of DevOps principles andCI/CD pipelines., PMP and Agile/Scrum, Adaptability: The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment and managemultiple concurrent projects.