Role description

Project planning notes on a glass wall in the Engenious office

Infrastructure IT Project Manager

IT Infrastructure & Project Delivery - US North Carolina/South Carolina/East Coast

Engenious is looking for an experienced Infrastructure IT Project Manager on behalf of one of our clients. This is a long-term opportunity to lead and coordinate IT infrastructure projects in an enterprise environment. The initial contract term is two years, with the possibility of extension and longer-term cooperation. Candidates must currently be based in North Carolina, South Carolina, or another eligible location on the US East Coast.


Responsibilities

  • Lead IT infrastructure projects from initiation and planning through implementation and delivery.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource allocation plans.
  • Coordinate infrastructure engineers, IT operations teams, architects, security teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors.
  • Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
  • Monitor project progress and proactively address delivery challenges.
  • Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder updates, and project governance activities.
  • Communicate project status, risks, and key decisions to technical teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Coordinate infrastructure implementations, upgrades, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
  • Manage vendor deliverables and third-party dependencies where applicable.
  • Ensure appropriate documentation, project handover, and transition to IT operations.


Requirements

  • Proven experience as an IT Project Manager or Infrastructure IT Project Manager.
  • Demonstrated experience managing and delivering IT infrastructure projects in an enterprise environment.
  • Good understanding of IT infrastructure concepts, including servers, networking, storage, data centers, cloud infrastructure, and infrastructure migrations.
  • Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple technical teams and stakeholders.
  • Strong communication, organizational, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with project management methodologies, governance processes, and reporting tools.
  • Professional fluency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with infrastructure transformation, data center migrations, cloud adoption, or infrastructure modernization.
  • Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, hybrid infrastructure, virtualization, networking, or enterprise storage.
  • Experience working with external vendors and service providers.
  • PMP, PRINCE2, or another recognized project management certification.
  • Experience managing complex projects in large or distributed organizations.


What can you expect

  • Team of passionate people who love what they do.
  • Opportunity to learn and grow. 
  • Private Medical Care - INTER Polska. 
  • Co-funded Multisport Card.
  • Possible training or certification subsidies.
  • Daily rate: Up to $800 per day, depending on experience and qualifications.
  • Initial contract term: 2 years.
  • Extension: Possibility of continued long-term cooperation.