Fortinet Technical Project Manager 

Canada, British Columbia, Burnaby 

633740825

In this role, you will work directly with Fortinet's IT Operation Team for new service deployment. You will require to define and refine service spec. You will need to coordinate with internal teams to design, develop, and deploy new services into production. You need to follow through on production with proactive and strategic actions that help achieve corporate growth objectives, through innovative, persistent, and conscientious efforts. Technical knowledge in CP/IP, firewalls, routers, switches, VPN, IPS, Antivirus, Web Filtering, Antispam will help you to get successful project. You will be working with vendor to define the requirement and contract related to the project.

Job Responsibilities:

• Successfully lead assigned projects from initiation to closing.
• Reviewing technical requirements from network and service teams to define the project requirement and BOM.
• Collaborating with network and service teams to develop deployment documentation.
• Drive troubleshooting, or mitigation efforts on issues that arise during projects, and work with service teams to implement remedial solutions.
• Coordinating with internal teams and manage contract suppliers to keep projects launch on time.
• Developing project plans based on inputs from various service teams, and business owners.
• Communicate with stakeholders at all levels, and proactively communicate project requirements, risks, and statuses.
• Documentation, review and control ensure quality of writing for all project documents and product repository.
• Leading and attending conference calls as regular basis with contract suppliers and internal cross functional teams to review /track project status and critical tasks assigned.
• Analysis of components in design, quoting proposal, quality index, supplier performance and production forecast/ build plan.

Job Skills Required:

• 5+ years working in an IT Environment related to Networking, Software Development, or Infrastructure.
• 2+ years of Project Management Experience in an IT Environment.
• Experience managing Data Center infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP, firewalls, routers, switches, VPN, IPS, Antivirus, Web Filtering, Antispam, etc.
• Exceptional organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong professional presence and a proven ability to interface with various levels of management.
• Comfortable working in a team environment as well as individually, internally and with external stakeholders.
• Strong Planning, project management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and juggle multiple projects at once.
• Able to adapt to changes and be agile in managing the project.
• Demonstrable experience using Traditional (Waterfall), Agile, and Hybrid Project Management Methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience in working with multiple and different sizes projects simultaneously.
• Strong documentation capability and office software skills like excel, outlook, word and HTML editing.
• Strong experience in using project management tools like Microsoft Projects, Smartsheet.
• Attitude and willingness to get things done for assigned tasks and work under pressure.

Educational Requirement:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical discipline. MBA is a plus.
• PMP, Scrum Master Certification, or CCNA is a bonus.