MNIT/DOR Project Manager DataCenter Migration - Minneapolis, United States - TechWish

Description

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Minnesota Department of Revenue is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a datacenter migration project. Revenue manages a datacenter which contains essential data and applications related to taxes and Revenue operations. A dedicated project team will be formed to oversee the tasks of migrating off the local and backup datacenters to Azure Cloud, other clouds, and an alternate data center. Stakeholders will collaborate to analyze, document and prepare for the migration.
At a high level, the resource will assume the role of project manager, leading, overseeing and coordinating the activities essential for the successful completion of this data center migration project. They may also work with other project managers of sub projects to coordinate the overall program of migration projects.
For additional details on the request such as qualifications, tasks, and evaluation criteria, see the attachments found in the Buyer Attachment section of the Event.
The work is expected to be done in a hybrid manner. The on-site work location is at 600 N. Robert Street, St. Paul, MN 55146.
Resource Need

Sample Tasks

• Define the project scope, objectives, and success criteria.
• Identify key stakeholders, including IT and agency representatives.
• Develop a project charter that outlines roles and responsibilities.
• Develop a detailed migration plan, including timelines and milestones. This may include creating sub-projects in order to distribute some work to additional Project Managers.
• Working with stakeholders and architects, determine where individual applications and data will migrate to.
• Develop a plan to track subprojects related to the overall effort including overseeing subproject schedules/scopes/risks/issues and regularly coordinating with communicating with other PMs assigned to subprojects.
• Establish clear communication channels with IT and agency stakeholders.
• Hold regular meetings to update stakeholders on project progress.
• Collaborate with agency stakeholders to verify the accuracy of critical data.
• Coordinate and track the development of a comprehensive testing plan.
• Coordinate and track the thorough testing of data integrity, access controls, and functionality.
• Coordinate and track the creation of ongoing support and documentation including architectural diagrams and support documentation for both IT and business users.
• Schedule, coordinate and track the actual migration of data and applications.
• Monitor the migration process to ensure data integrity and minimal downtime.
• Evaluate the success of the migration against the defined success criteria.
• Create a final project report summarizing the entire migration process.

• Five (5) years' experience performing IT Project Management functions.
• Two (2) years' experience performing IT Program Management functions.
• Two (2) engagements lasting more than six (6) months successfully managing a project involving the migration of large data centers to the cloud, to another data center or a combination.
• Ability to manage and mediate stakeholder requirements and input as they relate to a project scope and objectives.
• Critical thinking skills to analyze project requirements and inputs and make decisions that result in high quality project outputs.
• Hands on experience with cloud or data center migrations.
• Ability to lead project teams using Agile and traditional project management methods.