Data Center/Cloud Project Manager

Job Description

Candidate Must Be Local

On-site as needed - surrounding states to CT

The State of Connecticut, Department of Administrative Services, Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (BITS), maintains data-centers in various locations in the state. Of these, the Groton data-center location is part of a lease agreement with Pharmaceutical. With a 5 year lease extension currently in effect March 2024, it will be vacated, with conclusion by Q1 2029.

Responsibilities

Reporting to John Walshaw, Director of Infrastructure Services, the Data Center/Cloud Project Manager is responsible for the following initial major stages in 2024-2025:

• Identification of alternatives and options for future computing needs
• Sunset and migration strategy
• Architecture and capacity planning
• Capital and operating expense planning
  
  

The major phases outlined, will bring forth a deep understanding and evaluation of the needs and costs for on-prem, co-location, cloud based and hybrid solutions. This will span the existing foot-print in Groton and other smaller sites whose needs can be more effectively solved through additional consolidation.

The Incumbent Will Bring Experience In The Following Areas

• Project management
• Presenting updates to major stakeholders and executive leadership
• data-center capacity analysis
• data-center and co-location cost evaluation
• public cloud cost analysis
  
  

Required Skills And Experience

• Financial Analysist (7-9 Years)
• Data center management (7-9 Years)
• Project management (7-9 Years)