Technical Program Manager

Company: Apex Systems
Location: Austin
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Job Type: W2 Contract Location: Austin, TX Pay Rate: $65/hr Only if you meet qualifications below, send resume in Word format to Essential Functions: --- End-to-end Program Management of multiple initiatives across the Technology and Product groups with alignment to strategic business objectives. --- Work closely with cross-functional groups including internal stakeholders (Product Managers, Engineers, Architects, etc.), and external customers and vendors to formalize program and project roadmaps & priorities to plan, design, build, and deliver hardware and software infrastructure for platforms and solutions to meet a deadline. --- Understand full architectural landscape and interactions/performance between systems and components (i.e. what are the impacts of accessing shared storage (NAS/SAN) across different networks in terms of performance, latency, and network load) --- Ability to quickly estimate cost/complexity impact on projects due to requirements changes --- Proactively identify architectural deficiencies / missing components in proposed solutions --- Able to facilitate cross functional collaboration between multiple teams (Project Managers, Architects, Security, Developers, etc.) --- Comfortable raising concerns and pushing back on clients to ensure clarity and remove ambiguity --- Responsible for managing project scope and change control, creating accurate and inclusive estimates, management of program budgets vs actual spend, and project schedules, while proactively mitigating risks that could impact milestones and deliverables. --- Drive clear, concise and actionable meetings that bring the right partners to the table and drive decision-making --- Lead transformation of raw thoughts into clear technical requirements to formalize technical designs and infrastructure blueprints. --- Lead technical discussions and communicate regularly with senior leadership on technical issues, program status, and escalations --- Provide leadership and oversight of program performance and ensure compliance with management and information security policies --- Work with virtual teams located in different time zones and with differing cultures --- Use abilities to positively influence customers and stakeholders, and properly manage divergent expectations --- Improve team processes that accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and/or improve quality Must Have Skills: 6-8+ years' experience in Technical PM role Infrastructures knowledge (containers, network, etc.) / Project and program manager skills Familiarity with Hadoop (on infrastructure side) Good familiarity Middleware, containers, database, compute, storage, network --- Good well-rounded infra structure experience (compute/storage/network etc.) --- Big Data exposure/experience on Infra side not development (Hadoop) --- Containers experience --- Technical Project management experience (not mere PMs) --- Familiarity/experience with Disaster recovery and Continuous availability --- Good communication skills Nice To Have Skills: Familiarity with budgeting very nice to have / Knowledge with public clouds EEO Employer Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at

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