Senior IT Project Manager

Description:
Diversified Systems is searching for a Senior IT Project Manager to lead and coordinate a portfolio of technical and infrastructure-focused initiatives. This position will manage complex technology projects involving infrastructure modernization, software platform upgrades, system integrations, cloud services, and application delivery.

Candidates who possess both project management expertise and a practical understanding of enterprise infrastructure, software delivery, and technical architecture will be especially successful in this role.

The ideal candidate possesses strong project management skills combined with a solid technical foundation, enabling them to effectively collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, security teams, and executive stakeholders. Experience managing infrastructure projects, system migrations, software upgrades, and enterprise technology initiatives is highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple concurrent IT projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Manage project schedules, scope, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource coordination.
• Coordinate technical teams including infrastructure, application development, database, cloud, security, and vendor resources.
• Facilitate project governance activities including status reporting and executive communications.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts including project charters, schedules, RAID logs, work plans, meeting minutes, and status reports.
• Partner with technical leads and architects to identify project impacts, implementation risks, and deployment considerations.
• Manage vendor and contractor activities to ensure deliverables meet project objectives and timelines.
• Support organizational technology modernization efforts and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Ensure project alignment with agency standards, governance processes, and strategic objectives.
• Support initiatives including infrastructure modernization and data center migration activities.
• Support Windows Server, SQL Server, and .NET platform upgrades.
• Support application modernization efforts.
• Support system integration and API projects.
• Support cloud and hybrid technology initiatives.
• Support regulatory and business system enhancements.
• Support enterprise software implementation projects.

Requirements:

• 7 years of IT Project Management experience required.
• Experience managing technical or infrastructure-focused projects required.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects required.
• Experience working with cross-functional technical teams required.
• Strong risk management, issue management, and stakeholder management skills required.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Hybrid) required.
• Experience managing infrastructure upgrades, migrations, or modernization initiatives highly desired.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server environments, databases, cloud platforms, networking, or enterprise applications highly desired.
• Experience coordinating with architects, engineers, and software development teams highly desired.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Planner, Jira, or similar tools highly desired.
• Public sector or government experience highly desired.
• PMP certification preferred required.

About Diversified Systems
Founded in 1990, Diversified Systems is an award-winning Technology Services corporation providing all levels of IT project consulting services nationwide. DSI is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with regional offices in the American Midwest and East Coast. We offer our consultants a number of flexible and competitive compensation benefit packages.

Diversified Systems is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
DSI values authenticity and is committed to making sure our employees and partners are valued and respected. At DSI, we believe building a diverse culture is important because we know when people work together, we can achieve better results as a team. DSI realizes that everyone comes from various backgrounds. We celebrate these differences because our employees are our greatest asset as we strive to best meet the needs of those we serve. As part of our ongoing efforts, DSI is focused on advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion by setting high standards to continually evolve our culture. This includes but is not limited to recruiting, community involvement, client delivery, and career development.