Onsite Program Manager

Vacancy: 1

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Location: Washington DC 20005

Employment Type: Contract

Engagement Type: W2 or 1099 only; no C2C

Position Overview

Dhaka Technologies Limited is seeking a highly experienced Program Manager to support the deployment of Cisco Meraki MV cloud-managed security cameras across multiple municipal facilities for one of its clients.

The selected candidate will provide full lifecycle program and project coordination services oversee vendor installation activities support site readiness coordinate building access validate technical requirements maintain project documentation and ensure installations meet approved standards and acceptance criteria.

This role requires a senior-level program manager with strong experience managing enterprise technology deployments coordinating work across multiple remote locations leading vendor activities maintaining structured documentation and supporting onsite implementation at government or municipal facilities.

Key Responsibilities

Project Coordination

• Serve as the primary point of contact for all deployment-related activities.
  
• Coordinate with internal teams facility stakeholders vendors and technical personnel to support successful camera deployment.
  
• Obtain and review building plans site layouts and deployment documentation.
  
• Confirm camera placement site readiness installation requirements and access needs.
  
• Schedule vendor site walks and coordinate building access for vendors and authorized personnel.
  
• Coordinate approved user roles and privileges for each site within the Cisco Meraki Dashboard.
  
• Ensure required network ports are properly configured patched and ready to support camera deployment connectivity and dashboard integration.
  
• Coordinate deployment activities across multiple facilities and remote locations.
  
• Establish priorities track progress and manage project activities across the full lifecycle.
  

Technical Review and Planning

• Review architectural drawings low-voltage plans security layouts and related site documentation.
  
• Validate camera locations cable paths mounting requirements power needs environmental constraints and installation feasibility.
  
• Identify conduit cabling patching or site preparation needs and coordinate required work.
  
• Support planning for network connectivity device configuration naming standards and dashboard readiness.
  
• Coordinate with technical teams to address infrastructure constraints and resolve site-specific deployment issues.
  

Installation Oversight

• Oversee vendor installation activities to ensure work is completed according to approved plans and standards.
  
• Verify proper mounting labeling patching camera positioning and alignment.
  
• Ensure cameras are brought online and configured in the Cisco Meraki Dashboard using approved naming conventions and tagging standards.
  
• Track installation progress and resolve issues that may affect schedule quality or acceptance.
  
• Coordinate field-level decisions escalations and follow-up actions as required.
  
• Support quality assurance activities and confirm completion of installation verification checklists.
  

Documentation and Reporting

• Maintain accurate and organized project documentation throughout the deployment lifecycle.
  
• Update and manage as-built drawings QA checklists site walk reports deployment logs issue logs and risk logs.
  
• Prepare weekly status reports summarizing completed work upcoming activities schedule status risks issues and dependencies.
  
• Maintain a master deployment schedule and ensure project milestones are tracked.
  
• Document installation outcomes final camera locations cable IDs switch port assignments and dashboard validation results.
  
• Prepare final acceptance packages including QA results installation verification dashboard validation and supporting documentation.
  

Training and Acceptance Support

• Coordinate training for designated personnel on dashboard access camera review procedures and basic troubleshooting.
  
• Ensure each facility meets completion criteria before acceptance.
  
• Confirm that all QA issues are resolved prior to final acceptance.
  
• Support final documentation review sign-off and acceptance activities.
  

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
  
• 16 years of experience in a progressive consulting leadership role providing full lifecycle services in an enterprise environment.
  
• 16 years of experience managing coordinating and establishing priorities across the entire project lifecycle.
  
• 5 years of experience working at various government or municipal sites in Washington DC.
  
• 5 years of experience leading projects across multiple remote locations.
  
• Strong experience managing enterprise technology deployments infrastructure projects field implementation work or facilities-based technology rollouts.
  
• Experience coordinating vendors technical teams facility stakeholders and project leadership.
  
• Ability to review architectural drawings low-voltage plans site layouts technical documentation and deployment plans.
  
• Strong ability to manage schedules deployment logs QA checklists issue logs risk logs and final acceptance documentation.
  
• Strong communication coordination leadership and documentation skills.
  
• Ability to work onsite and travel to multiple project locations as required.
  
• Ability to manage competing priorities and ensure project activities remain aligned with schedule scope and quality expectations.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Cisco Meraki MV cloud-managed security cameras or similar cloud-managed video/security platforms.
  
• Experience using or managing the Cisco Meraki Dashboard.
  
• Experience supporting camera deployment physical security systems low-voltage infrastructure cabling network port coordination or facility technology upgrades.
  
• Experience with municipal public-sector or enterprise facility deployments.
  
• Experience preparing as-built documentation installation verification checklists site walk reports and final acceptance packages.
  
• Experience coordinating training user access and operational handoff for technology deployments.
  

Key Deliverables

The selected candidate will be expected to support and maintain the following deliverables:

• Master deployment schedule
  
• Site walk reports for each facility
  
• Installation verification checklists
  
• As-built documentation including final camera locations cable IDs and switch port assignments
  
• Weekly status reports
  
• Issue and risk log updated weekly
  
• Final acceptance package including QA results and dashboard validation
  

Acceptance Criteria

A facility will be considered complete when:

• All cameras are installed according to approved plans.
  
• All devices are labeled patched aimed and online.
  
• Dashboard naming and tagging meet approved standards.
  
• As-built documentation is submitted and approved.
  
• Installation verification checklist is completed and signed.
  
• All QA issues are resolved.
  
• Training is completed for designated personnel including dashboard access camera review procedures and basic troubleshooting.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a senior program manager with strong field deployment experience excellent documentation discipline and the ability to coordinate vendors technical teams facility stakeholders and leadership across multiple locations. This individual should be comfortable managing onsite deployment activities reviewing technical plans tracking risks and issues maintaining project artifacts and ensuring each site meets quality and acceptance standards.

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications should send their resume to :