Responsibilities:- Drive Network Infrastructure projects and deliver against the defined scope, requirements, and timeline, as appropriate.
- Project Practitioner who also serves as a Coach and Mentor within the organization.
- Understand high-level technical architecture and be able to facilitate communication, and conflict resolution and drive decisions on appropriate solutions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all customers.
- Anticipate, manage, and resolve risks and issues, and track progress against milestones, deadlines, and budget. Report on these items, including dependency information, to key customers.
- Project administration and the timely production of project documentation. (e.g., project plans, reports, metrics, etc.)
- Have a common understanding of IT network design, network infrastructure components, network documentation, and enforcing standards and policies
- Plan and coordinate the implementation of network technologies and solutions in support of defined requirements generated by internal customers, standards, policies, and security requirements.
Who You’ll Work With:
You'll collaborate with Cisco leaders, partner with mentors, internal and external stakeholders, and vendors, and develop incredible relationships with colleagues who share your interest in connecting the unconnected. You'll be part of a team that cares about its customers and the customer experience, enjoys having fun, and you'll take part in changing the lives of those in our local communities. Come prepared to be encouraged and inspired. Imagine a more secure and smarter world with unlimited bandwidth.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Excellence in technical Project management, knowledge of network infra and technologies.
- PMP Certification (preferred) or any other Project management certification
- 5+ years of proven track record experience managing IT Infrastructure projects.
- Perfect communication skills, both written and verbal, good interpersonal and soft skills
- Knowledge of project management principles and the ability to apply the principles, tools, and techniques to develop/plan, manage, or execute technology projects.
- Knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, etc.
- Familiarity with Continuous Delivery / Continuous Integration, software development practices, and tools like JIRA, and Rally.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or 9+ years of relevant work experience.
Behavioral Competencies:
- Must be a great team player and work well in small and large group environments.
- Must be a highly driven and motivated individual with a high level of initiative.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills - specifically the ability to explain the technology strategy to diverse audiences, in readily understood non-technical language – and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and customers to achieve goals.
- Possess the solid ability to solve sophisticated problems creatively.
- Self-starter who learns quickly with minimal supervision with the ability to build relationships, be culturally sensitive, have goal alignment, and have learning agility
We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).