Contract

Infrastructure Technical Project Manager

Ref: BBBH68226_1789457907

Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Infrastructure Technical Project Manager (Virtualisation / Migration)

Whitehall Resources currently require an experienced Infrastructure Technical Project Manager (Virtualisation / Migration) to work with a key client based in Sheffield.

**Please note this role falls INSIDE IR35 and requires 3 Days onsite in Sheffield weekly**

Project Delivery & Leadership
* Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure transformation projects from initiation through to implementation and operational handover.
* Manage the delivery of virtualisation, migration, cloud adoption, and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
* Develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, delivery roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and governance artefacts.
* Ensure successful delivery against agreed scope, budget, timelines, quality standards, and business outcomes.
* Drive proactive management of risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
* Coordinate project resources across infrastructure, engineering, architecture, security, operations, and vendor teams.
* Facilitate project governance forums, steering committees, and executive reporting.

Technical Infrastructure Delivery
* Lead infrastructure migration activities including:
o VMware and hypervisor migrations
o Server modernisation programmes
o Data centre exit and consolidation initiatives
o Cloud migration and transformation projects
o Operating system upgrades and refresh programmes
o Storage and network infrastructure migrations
* Coordinate technical readiness assessments, migration planning, testing, deployment, and business validation activities.
* Ensure technical solutions align with enterprise architecture, operational standards, and cybersecurity requirements.
* Support migration wave planning and execution across multiple applications and business services. Stakeholder Management
* Build strong relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders.
* Act as the primary point of contact for project delivery across internal teams and external suppliers.
* Facilitate collaboration between architects, engineers, service managers, risk functions, and business representatives.
* Present project status, risks, delivery metrics, and decisions to senior leadership audiences.

Governance, Risk & Compliance
* Ensure adherence to project management standards, control frameworks, and governance processes.
* Manage project financials, budgets, forecasts, and resource plans.
* Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, data protection, resiliency, and security requirements.
* Support change management processes, implementation reviews, and postproject lessons learned activities.

Vendor & Third-Party Management
* Manage infrastructure vendors, system integrators, and delivery partners.
* Track supplier performance against agreed deliverables and SLAs.
* Escalate and resolve commercial, technical, and delivery issues where necessary.

Knowledge & Experience Essential Experience
* Significant experience delivering large-scale infrastructure and technical transformation projects.
* Proven experience managing virtualisation and migration programmes within enterprise environments.
* Strong understanding of:
o VMware vSphere
o Hyper-V
o Virtualisation platforms
o Windows and Linux server environments
o Storage technologies
o Enterprise networking
o Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS and/or GCP)
* Experience managing cross-functional technical teams operating across multiple regions.
*Demonstrated ability to deliver complex infrastructure initiatives within controlled and regulated environments.
* Strong stakeholder management experience with senior technology and business leaders.
* Experience managing project budgets, resource plans, and third-party suppliers. Preferred Experience
* Experience within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
* Experience delivering:
o Data centre migration programmes
o Cloud transformation initiatives
o Application migration projects
o Infrastructure refresh and remediation programmes
o Resilience and disaster recovery initiatives
* Working knowledge of DevOps, automation, and infrastructure-as-code capabilities.

Technical Skills
* VMware vSphere and associated migration technologies
* Cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP)
* Windows Server and Linux platforms
* Storage and backup technologies
* Enterprise networking concepts
* Infrastructure monitoring and operational tooling
* Service management principles (ITIL)
* Project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
* RAID management and governance reporting
* Financial and resource management

All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.

Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.