Project Manager

Cynet Systems


Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Toronto, ON
Contract type: Contractor
Job Description:
  • Deliver extensive knowledge of current and emerging 9-1-1 technologies to meet needs identified by the PSAP user community.
  • Demonstrated experience directing project teams (Infrastructure and Network project teams) to ensure project deliverables meet business needs and standards.
  • Experienced in running large-scale infrastructure and network projects and initiatives of a highly technical nature.
  • Experience working with multiple stakeholder groups, including external vendors, partner organizations, and end users, to coordinate timelines, deliverables, etc.
  • Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur to develop proper mitigating strategies.
  • Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.
  • Establish and participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums.
  • Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
  • Source, select, and onboard team members in various disciplines; clarify roles and responsibilities; set task/deliverable/performance expectations for both government unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Experience:
  • Experience with SQL, Linux, Windows 2016 and newer servers, subnets, VLANs, trusted/untrusted zones, DNS, VM (virtual machines, hyper-converge (HCI)), IP, Active Directory (AD), NTP, VPN, remote desktop, Cisco technology, SDWAN, and firewalls.
  • Security systems design and implementation, including operations implementation.
  • Knowledge and experience with current and emerging technologies, including all server computer system technologies, network security, and theory and principles of operating systems, systems design, and development.
  • Knowledge and experience with systems analysis and design methods and techniques to develop systems and methods for managing servers, networks, and firewalls.
  • Knowledge and experience with testing and implementation methods and practices.
  • Experience facilitating diverse system stakeholders in highly integrated and complex solution delivery environments, providing leadership and advice to establish common business objectives and solution roadmaps, while developing business standards and realizing system automation.
  • Demonstrated experience leading projects that involve system vendor management, issues management, and system integration across multiple vendor solutions.
  • Experience identifying and assessing technical project risks, mitigation strategies, and contingency plans.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of interoperability requirements as directed by, and in the application of, the Canadian NENA i3 principles and interoperability continuum.
  • Knowledge of emerging Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies and standards.
Project and Leadership Management Skills:
  • Experience working with Agile/Scrum/DevOps methodologies and tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps).
  • Experience monitoring CRQs (change requests) and providing incident briefings to management and stakeholders.
  • Experience gathering and developing requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
  • Proven track record of meeting strict deadlines and leading technical teams to ensure work on tasks/milestones remains within time and cost constraints.
  • Project management experience and use of project management software as appropriate to the specified experience level.
  • Experience engaging and managing vendor relationships.
  • Experience in developing and implementing project management processes, plans, and communication tools.
Communication/Soft Skills:
  • Experience working with complex, multi-faceted projects with diverse working groups.
  • Demonstrated experience preparing and distributing project updates, progress reports to project stakeholders while managing expectations pertaining to scope and timeline constraints.
  • Ability to work with all stakeholders to create Change Requests (CRQs) and manage the change through implementation.
  • Demonstrated experience communicating across many functional areas (matrix organization) to actively engage project stakeholders, including vendors, and manage client expectations with diverse interests, technical and non-technical backgrounds using appropriate political acuity and messaging for the audience.
  • Demonstrated experience identifying a mix of skilled technical resources necessary to complete project assignments/deliverables, including clarifying roles and responsibilities.

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