Infrastructure Project Manager
Length: 3 months + 2 x 6 month extensions
Location of work: Melbourne

The Project Manager will work alongside other Project and IT professionals to deliver to the business outcomes. The project manager will be working with a broad range of data centre network and compute, cloud and security technologies, with a wide variety of stakeholders and challenging timeframes and dependencies. This role will require extensive skills in driving delivery in a complex, constrained, high availability environment with significant interdependencies and integrations to navigate.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the delivery of assigned projects and programs, under a PRINCE2-based framework
• Manage scope in line with the Project and Program Plans and approved Designs
• Manage project documentation, in accordance with requirements
• Develop and manage the IT project schedule and engage relevant parties across the organisation
• Co-ordinate project resources to deliver work packages and products
• Coordinate the delivery of services and manage Design, Build, Testing, Transition to Operations (including GoLive Documentation, where appropriate), Technology Change Management, Implementation and Post Implementation Review, as required
• Manage project level risks, issues, dependencies, changes and quality
• Work closely with program managers and key stakeholders to ensure they are engaged and informed
• Act as main point of contact with internal and external stakeholders for the projects assigned
• Manage financial tracking and reporting for the project including using the EPMO-endorsed project tracking tools
• Manage procurements of hardware, software and services as required for projects, including ensuring appropriate resourcing and funding is available for transition and operation
• As and where necessary, organise and manage external IT services to complete the assigned projects
• Facilitate knowledge capture and transfer as a consistent way-of-working
• Utilise methods from Agile, ITIL and ADKAR on a daily basis
• Facilitate the onboarding of resources as appropriate

About You:

• Familiarity with modern Data Centre, Cloud, Information, Communications and Security Technologies
• Certification with 1 or more Project Management methodologies.
• Knowledge of the PRINCE2 framework
• Management of large teams and partners to deliver complex projects
• Be a team player, working with the practices of the teams you work with, as appropriate
• Be customer focussed. Liaise with customers and deliver outcomes based on their needs and that defined in the project or work-package
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project and Jira in an enterprise context
• Proven experience implementing site relocations, including to new data centres
• Strategic thinking
• Nurtures productive working relationships
• Communicates with influence
• Working with Office365 including SharePoint, Teams and collaboration tools such as Gitlab

About Araza:
Our organisation works with Australia’s largest enterprise and government clients providing project and program teams and resources to ensure success. We pride ourselves on being a trusted technology partner and working collaboratively.
We're partnering with a leading Australian department to deliver high-quality projects that drive impactful results, focused on protecting national interests through intelligence, cybersecurity, and strategic operations to combat global threats.
We can talk about Araza all day but instead, here are a few links if you are interested.  www.araza.com.au
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3613383/


Why Araza?
We are GREAT. Our purpose is to have our teams align with our client’s needs to assist them on their most interesting and innovative projects.  We do this by aligning our clients and teams to our core values of Be Great and Be Grateful.  This focus has helped make us an employer of choice and the consultancy of choice in the Australian market.

We are DIVERSE and INCLUSIVE. We are recognised leader in diversity with an excellent representation of women in leadership and a team with differing backgrounds, ethnicities, experiences and abilities.
We care. Araza is a company that cares for their people. It's that simple. You will work with truly talented switched on and collaborative team members that help each other to succeed.
We rock. #HumbleBrag is that a lot of other companies think we are great as well!
Our awards list:
2023 CRN Impact Award – Emerging Innovation Winner
2020 Financial Review Fast 100
2020 Financial Times High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
2019 Deloitte Technology Fast50 Australia
2019 Deloitte Technology Fast500 APAC
2019 CRN Fast50
2019 ARN Homegrown Service Provider Winner
2019 EY Winning Women Program Winner
2019 Cisco Diversity Initiative Award Winner
2019 Cisco Rising Star Winner
2019 30 Under 30 Tech Awards Winner
2018 CRN Fast50
2018 Deloitte Technology Fast50 Australia
2018 Deloitte Technology Fast500 APAC
2018 CRN Fast50
2018 ARN Start Up Entrepreneur Winner
2018 ARN Personal Innovation Sales Excellence Winner
2018 Westpac Business of Tomorrow Winner
2018 Financial Times 1000: High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
2017 Deloitte Technology Fast50 Australia
2017 Deloitte Technology Fast1000 Asia/Pacific
2017 CRN Fast50
2017 ARN WIICTA Entrepreneur of the Year Winner
2017 Westpac Business of Tomorrow Winner
2017 Optus myBusiness Business Leader of the Year Winner
2016 Deloitte Rising Star
2016 CRN Fast50


Next Steps
If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, apply now!  Our team would love to hear from you