Project Manager (VMWARE/VOD/IPTV/CISCO)-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA - Georgia IT Inc.

Job Title: Project Manager (VMWARE/VOD/IPTV/CISCO)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PA
Position Type: Contract
Rate: DOE W2 $58/hr
Interview Process: Phone then F2F Interview required

Preferred only GC EAD, Green Card and U.S. Citizens

• 7+ years proven track record delivering large-scale, distributed systems in a complex ecosystem
• 7+ years in VMware: infrastructure virtualization, cloud deployments & IT
• 7+ years deploying, operating, triaging Web and/or video IPTV.

Department: VIPER Operations (IP video operations)
We are looking for an organized Project Manager to support capacity planning and management for Client's advanced video ops team (VIPER Operations).
In this highly visible position, you will help balance the capacity estimates from Engineering and Analytic teams with real-world observations of usage within our operation, supporting improved estimation and effective augment timing.
Experience in a highly accountable industry where KPI measurement and accountability is the norm is a plus. Candidates with prior work experience as a technical SME role is a plus: Web service operations, Web development/QA, IT, "big data Analytics.
This role reports into IP video operations (VIPER Operations).
Key Accountability:

• Improve our team's ability to execute, evaluate progress, and empower leaders to make management decisions for our IP video product ops.
• Remove obstacles slowing team progress, balancing dependencies, and escalating blockers to Management to negotiate smooth resolution.
• Coordinate root case analyses and ensure lessons-learned are turned into Backlog tasks, e.g. process improvements, architecture tweaks, bug fixes.
• Ask insightful questions and leverage team strengths to expose and resolve operational and architectural challenges for video programs.
• Identify, communicate & manage dependencies, risks, & mitigation plans.
• Promote a collaborative environment that fosters creativity & innovation.
• Occasional travel for cross-team meetings with Eng. & Deploy teams.

Qualifications:

• Able to establish technical credibility quickly to earn trust and results
• 7+ years proven track record delivering large-scale, distributed systems in a complex ecosystem
• 7+ years in VMware: infrastructure virtualization, cloud deployments & IT
• Certifications or 7+ years experience to basic Cisco networking and an understanding of unified computing system components and services
• 7+ years deploying, operating, triaging Web and/or video IPTV.
• Proven track record building motivated and collaborative teams
• Able to flourish in a rapidly changing, matrix environment.
• Effective facilitator w/ excellent consensus building skills
• Excellent organizational skills in service to both smooth execution and enterprise-level communications.
• Courageous, assertive and determined to remove impediments
• Excellent verbal and written communication and time management skills.

Nice-to-Haves:

• 5-10 years working as an Engineer: IT, software, analytics.
• 5-10 years in a highly accountable, data driven business or operation.
• Formal education in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or similar.
• Familiarity with advertising technology, operations or specs (SCTE)
• Scrum Master, PMP or equivalent certification.