Technical Project Manager - Networking background

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Network Project Manager

2-3 stage interview process

Locations: Birmingham

Up to £55,000 - £62,000

Our client, a leader in the Professional Services industry is actively looking to a hire a Permanent Project Manager who has come from a Technical Networking background.

The Role Ideal candidates will have a proactive attitude and previous experience of supporting complex projects at a technical level, who can demonstrate:

Key Responsibilities:

* Planning, leading, and managing teams responsible for projects, including internal partner solutions and lifecycle management initiatives

* Defining, planning, documenting and communicating project scope, implementation and timelines

* Coordinating the deployment of the solution. Engaging the vendors, setting timelines, providing high-level technical details and providing the RFS dispatch team with daily updates

* Effectively managing and reporting on project risks, taking corrective action where necessary

* Gaining buy-in from stakeholders to project approach and delivery objectives

* Managing technical staff and resources as required in a matrix organizational structure

* Technical Project Management for Network and Firewall deployments

* Managing multiple projects ranging from a few days' work to major network infrastructure projects

* Ensuring the effective delivery of services through tools, process, procedures and reporting

* Responsible for integrating technical and business knowledge to developing innovative solutions to automate projects activities

Skills and Qualifications:

* Technical networking and firewall knowledge to CCNA level - be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following, as a minimum; TCP and IP protocols, IP networking/subnetting, Good understanding of L2 switching and routing, Switching and Routing, Current industry-standard network hardware platforms (marketing-level familiarity), Structured cabling systems, WAN/MAN technologies, WLAN and VLAN's

* A highly proactive self-starting ethos, with strong customer focus, outstanding team skills and the ability to effectively support colleagues

* The capability to represent Network Project Services internally and externally to the high professional standard expected

* The ability to effectively manage quality standards and ensure a consistently high degree of successful delivery

* Strong co-ordination skills and the ability to understand business drivers / IT requirements.

* Good level of understanding of Cisco Networking Devices, including troubleshooting of routers and switches

* Good understanding of routing protocols such as OSPF, BGP

* Network Security knowledge including Extranets, Firewalls and Proxies

* F5 Deployment experience

* General level of understanding of IT infrastructure technologies; DNS, Market Data, Unix/Linux, Wintel Servers, Storage.

* Experience of Change Control

* Experience of successfully managing multiple projects across multiple time zones

* Qualification in Project Management

* ITIL Certification (preferred)

* CCNA (preferred)

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Credit Reference and a Basic CRB Disclosure check.

If you believe you have the direct experience in line with the above specification please send your cv and covering letter explaining why

Many Thanks.