We are seeking for an experienced Project Manager for a up-coming Datacenter Migration project. This PM will have extensive experiences in datacenter migration and/or extensive infrastructure projects experiences for IT Comms room within the financial services.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the fit out of a dedicated suite within a colocation datacentre. This would include cabinets, cabling, final electrical distribution and security.
• Coordination of the core technology fit out including network and storage technologies.
• Coordination of the end to end movement of assets from the old Datacentre to the new Datacentre. This will include meticulous scheduling of all activities such as patching/unpatching, racking/untracking, movement and QA activities to ensure moves go without incident. These activities will typically be carried out at weekends.
• Working closely with the application and migration teams to ensure a smooth migration within approved change windows.
• Managing and updating stakeholders and documentation throughout the project via formal and informal routes.
• Ownership of the relationships with infrastructure and application teams.
• Manage risks, actions, issues (along with mitigation and resolution) and dependencies.
• Schedule, host, attend and record meetings as and when required.
• Ensuring all documentation and asset record information is appropriately recorded in the organization’s toolsets.
• Stakeholder management across all levels and Management Information
• Cost management

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Project Management, in particular IT Infrastructure projects such as Datacenter migrations
• Familiar with working on large-scale projects, with numerous geographically dispersed stakeholders
• Demonstrable experience in Datacenter Migration projects for over 100 racks and 1000 of related equipment
• Formal project management experience such as PRINCE 2.
• Previous experience working for a financial services company and a solid understanding of how they are organized and work.
• Awareness of key aspects of the Regulatory and legal environment under which the Company operates (GDPR compliance, FCA guidance on use of Cloud services, etc.)
• Strong organization and project management skills.
• Familiar with Microsoft packages such as Office, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Well presented, articulate confident and professional in approach. Strong communication and interpersonal skills to develop trust in others at all levels within an organization.
• Disciplined prioritisation, time management and scheduling abilities - (multi-tasking skills are essential).
• Exposure to the full suite of technologies used within an international financial services organisation including market data, middleware, database, server, storage and networks.
• Full life cycle project management experience from project initiation to project closure.
• Results focused and able to manage own time effectively, balancing quality and pace of output.

EIRE Systems is a leading independent provider of professional IT services to the financial, insurance and multinational sectors in Hong Kong and throughout the Asia Pacific region. EIRE Systems has expertise across a wide spectrum of Information Technologies, with a track record for successfully completing hundreds of assignments since its establishment in 1996.

We provide professional IT services, both project-based and ongoing operational support, in three main areas:

• IT Managed Services
• Project Management
• IT Consulting 
  

With offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore,  and Shanghai, EIRE Systems is in a position to provide local, regional, and global IT strategy and technology solutions at all levels to our clients.