Principal Technical Program Manager (Infrastructure)

Santa Clara County, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 110 - 130

Experience Required: 8-10years

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Technical Program Manager

As the Technical Program Manager (TPM) in our Infrastructure-RESS IT PMO team will be responsible for leading IT infrastructure programs for office and lab projects: new build expansion retrofit relocation and de-commissioning. You will clarify and challenge objectives develop roadmaps assess the complexity and risks unblock as needed and partner with highly skilled technical resources to deliver quality solutions with agility and partnership with senior IT leaders you will be responsible for global execution of your programs ensuring consistency and timely execution in line with our PMO processes. You are required to inspect and assess programs health; provide input for improvements needed or seek support in a timely manner for quick resolution.

What youll be doing:

Lead multiple concurrent large and complex programs or projects
Lead the planning execution and monitoring of CLIENT site IT infrastructure
Develop project plans along with agreed upon timelines provide cost estimations procure IT assets required for the infrastructure programs guide implementation or deployment of IT assets on site track timelines ensure thorough UAT is conducted at the site and do spot tests as TPM provide hyper care with all functional teams and resolve UAT issues and ensure adherence to project objectives
Work with project owners to identify project scope define success criteria build and manage project budget and outline resource requirements
Identify & manage multi-functional dependencies
Main responsibilities include collaborating with the real estate and facilities leadership group within the region coordinating with various IT teams such as network active network passive storage compute end-user support & A/V procuring required IT assets for all functions and participating in the setup and management of labs and infrastructure at different sites across North America
Communicate with stakeholders regularly to manage expectations and to provide project updates on scope budget and velocity
Involve project steering committee for guidance and key decisions
Provide quality status reports consistently
Interact and collaborate with multi-functional teams and different org levels

What we need to see:

Bachelors degree in computer science or other related technical subject area (or equivalent experience)
12-15 years of IT experience. 10 years of Technical Program Management experience successfully leading IT Infrastructure programs in a fast paced multi-faceted enterprise environment
Ability to drive large transformation programs at scale & behave as an owner
Collaborate with internal teams external vendors and business partners to gather requirements address concerns and ensure alignment with project objectives
Champion effective communication and lead collaborator expectations throughout the project lifecycle
Agile execution expertise is a must. Use of Atlassian tools such as Jira and / or Jira Align is a must
Proven track record of delivering solutions when needed while navigating a fast-paced environment with frequent shifts in priorities.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal/presentations. Ability to bridge from high-level objectives to project details and vice-versa. Ability to produce good Status Reports on a weekly and monthly basis. A good command over English language is a must
Ability to engage with IT & business leaders to unblock/advance projects as needed. Strong stakeholder management skills are required
Willingness to work with distributed team members across different time zones
Ability to work with AI tools such as: Co-pilot Gemini Chat GPT Perplexity Cursor etc.
Business travel is required with an estimated travel of once a quarter for about a week primarily to locations within North America

Required Skills:

Sr. Network Automation Engineer - Hybrid on site 2 days/week Santa Clara CA About the Role Were seeking a hands-on Infrastructure Systems Developer who thrives in building full-stack systems with a focus on network automation. This is not your traditional network engineering role were looking for someone who comes from the DevOps or systems development world and has ventured into networking by building tools platforms and automation frameworks that interact with network infrastructure. You will own the architecture and development of a full-stack system that ingests stores and acts on network telemetry and configuration data from backend frameworks to frontend UI to device interaction and automation. Key Responsibilities Design and architect an end-to-end automation system for network configuration and telemetry. Choose and implement the right technologies: Database: SQL NoSQL or MDM SQL solutions. Backend: Python (FastAPI Flask) Go or similar. Frontend: React Vue or modern JS framework. Build integrations with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins). Implement configuration management and telemetry collection using Ansible SaltStack or similar tools. Create APIs and services to interface with network devices. Ensure scalable data storage and retrieval for network metadata and telemetry. Collaborate with network engineers DevOps and security teams. Requirements Strong programming skills in Python Go or equivalent languages. Experience designing and building production-level infrastructure systems. Deep understanding of system architecture and software lifecycle. Familiarity with network automation concepts and tools even if not a traditional network engineer. Hands-on experience with: CI/CD: Jenkins or equivalent. Config Management: Ansible Salt. Database systems: SQL and NoSQL (MongoDB PostgreSQL etc.). Frontend frameworks: React Vue or similar. Comfort working across the full stack and owning the entire lifecycle of a system. Nice to Have Exposure to network protocols and device-level APIs (e.g. NETCONF RESTCONF). Experience in telemetry collection parsing and visualization. Contributions to open-source DevOps or automation tools. Experience with MDM/metadata modeling.

Required Education:

Masters preferred

Technical Program ManagerAs the Technical Program Manager (TPM) in our Infrastructure-RESS IT PMO team will be responsible for leading IT infrastructure programs for office and lab projects: new build expansion retrofit relocation and de-commissioning. You will clarify and challenge objectives devel...

Technical Program Manager

What youll be doing:

Lead multiple concurrent large and complex programs or projects
Lead the planning execution and monitoring of CLIENT site IT infrastructure
Develop project plans along with agreed upon timelines provide cost estimations procure IT assets required for the infrastructure programs guide implementation or deployment of IT assets on site track timelines ensure thorough UAT is conducted at the site and do spot tests as TPM provide hyper care with all functional teams and resolve UAT issues and ensure adherence to project objectives
Work with project owners to identify project scope define success criteria build and manage project budget and outline resource requirements
Identify & manage multi-functional dependencies
Main responsibilities include collaborating with the real estate and facilities leadership group within the region coordinating with various IT teams such as network active network passive storage compute end-user support & A/V procuring required IT assets for all functions and participating in the setup and management of labs and infrastructure at different sites across North America
Communicate with stakeholders regularly to manage expectations and to provide project updates on scope budget and velocity
Involve project steering committee for guidance and key decisions
Provide quality status reports consistently
Interact and collaborate with multi-functional teams and different org levels

What we need to see:

Bachelors degree in computer science or other related technical subject area (or equivalent experience)
12-15 years of IT experience. 10 years of Technical Program Management experience successfully leading IT Infrastructure programs in a fast paced multi-faceted enterprise environment
Ability to drive large transformation programs at scale & behave as an owner
Collaborate with internal teams external vendors and business partners to gather requirements address concerns and ensure alignment with project objectives
Champion effective communication and lead collaborator expectations throughout the project lifecycle
Agile execution expertise is a must. Use of Atlassian tools such as Jira and / or Jira Align is a must
Proven track record of delivering solutions when needed while navigating a fast-paced environment with frequent shifts in priorities.
Strong communication skills both written and verbal/presentations. Ability to bridge from high-level objectives to project details and vice-versa. Ability to produce good Status Reports on a weekly and monthly basis. A good command over English language is a must
Ability to engage with IT & business leaders to unblock/advance projects as needed. Strong stakeholder management skills are required
Willingness to work with distributed team members across different time zones
Ability to work with AI tools such as: Co-pilot Gemini Chat GPT Perplexity Cursor etc.
Business travel is required with an estimated travel of once a quarter for about a week primarily to locations within North America