(2) Senior Project Manager, IT Infrastructure & Operations

Location: Canada or the US

Work model: Remote

Type: Long term contract, possible contract to hire

Engagement: Independent contractors only

No C2C

GemTek Recruiting is partnering with a large global organization to hire a Senior Project Manager for its IT Infrastructure & Operations team.

This is not a general PM role. The successful candidate must have deep infrastructure knowledge and the credibility to challenge architects, engineers, vendors, and technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex infrastructure, cloud, networking, systems integration, and operational transformation projects

• Define scope, dependencies, risks, timelines, resources, and technical requirements

• Challenge architecture decisions and manage scope changes

• Lead governance forums, steering committees, CAB, and technical working groups

• Manage vendors, risks, priorities, budgets, and operational readiness

• Ensure documentation, training, monitoring, runbooks, and rollback plans are complete before go live

• Provide clear reporting to senior technical and business stakeholders

Mandatory Experience

• 12+ years in IT infrastructure, operations,



systems engineering, or a related technical environment

• 7+ years leading infrastructure, cloud, networking, or systems integration projects

• 5+ years in senior project, program, technical lead, or architecture roles

• Strong cloud experience across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments

• Solid networking and security knowledge, including LAN, WAN, SD WAN, VPN, firewalls, SASE, SSE, or Zero Trust

• Experience with systems integration, IAM, SSO, APIs, data centres, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability

• Strong ITIL, ServiceNow, Jira, CAB, risk, and vendor management experience

• Proven ability to create technical scope, not simply manage an existing plan

Preferred

• PMP, ITIL, PRINCE2, SAFe, AWS, or Azure certification

• Terraform or Ansible

• Monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds, Datadog, or New Relic

• Bilingual French and English

• Experience in global 24/7 environments

Please ensure your resume clearly shows the infrastructure projects you personally led, the technical scope you defined, and the measurable results achieved.

📌 Senior Infrastructure Project Manager (Ontario)
🏢 GemTek
📍 Ontario