Project Manager - Azure

Contract Position

Hybrid – 1–2 days/week in office

Pay Rate: $55- 60/hr

Industry: Banking

***Candidates must have experience in the bullets that are bolded under Responsibilities and Required Qualifications in the description below.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the planning, coordination, and delivery of cloud migration and infrastructure projects, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Take ownership of assigned workstreams and smaller cloud infrastructure projects, driving activities from planning through execution while ensuring successful delivery against scope, schedule, and quality objectives.
- Track project milestones, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies using project management tools.
- Maintain project documentation, including meeting minutes, action items, project plans, status reports, RAID logs (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies), and other project artifacts.
- Coordinate project meetings, sprint planning sessions, stakeholder updates, and follow-up activities.
- Work closely with project managers, cloud architects, infrastructure, security, and technical teams to ensure successful project execution.
- Assist with vendor coordination and third-party engagement where required.
- Support project budgeting, financial tracking, forecasting, resource planning, reporting, and overall project governance.
- Help ensure projects comply with organizational security, compliance, and governance standards.
- Identify and escalate project risks, issues, and blockers to senior project leadership as needed.
- Promote collaboration, continuous improvement, and Agile delivery best practices.

Required Qualifications





- 4–7 years of experience managing IT infrastructure and Microsoft Azure cloud migration projects, including demonstrated ownership of end-to-end delivery of smaller to medium-sized initiatives.
- Familiarity with cloud technologies, preferably Microsoft Azure. Azure certifications are considered an asset but are not required.
- Basic understanding of IT infrastructure concepts, including networking, servers, storage, and security.
- Solid organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
- Experience working within Agile and/or Scrum delivery environments is preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage project activities, prioritize competing priorities, and drive delivery with minimal supervision.
- Experience managing project budgets, financial reporting, forecasting, and resource allocation.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice to Have

- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification.
- Experience supporting cloud migration, data center transformation, Windows Server refresh, or infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow and ITSM processes.
- Experience working within large enterprise environments, such as banking, financial services, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.
- Experience independently leading smaller infrastructure or cloud projects from initiation through delivery.

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