RQ07718:Sr. Project Manager

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Old Toronto
CAD 80,000 - 100,000
Job description

Description

Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high-risk network-security focused deployment and migration projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.

Ensures project deliverables meet clients business requirements on time, scope, and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Works closely with internal OPS teams and vendors to ensure the successful acceptance, timely execution, and day-2 supportability and operability of all project changes and deliverables.

In this role the Senior Project Manager will:

  • Provide senior project management oversight and support for cyber security platforms that are currently being deployed and rolled out within the OPS over 2024-25 fiscal year.
  • Lead and provide project management support for smaller security-focused projects, initiatives or iterative improvements as required based on need and capacity throughout the year.
  • Provide the resource capacity required to lead:
    • Palo Alto Prisma Access, Always on VPN and Secure Service Edge related projects or sprints.
    • Other Network security and firewall related migration and improvement related projects and initiatives.

General Skills:

  • Gathers and develops requirements and works with project stakeholders and ITS project managers to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
  • Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
  • Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.
  • Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.
  • Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures.
  • Ability to clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for project team members.
  • Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
  • Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
  • Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums.
  • Provides project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
  • Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects: concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.
  • Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology, and the control of the use of I&IT resources.

Desirable Skills:

  • Knowledge and understanding of Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge.
  • Demonstrated track record in leading large-scale network security deployment and migration projects.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  • Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipating and troubleshooting issues, providing ongoing expertise, resolving problems, and providing project effectiveness.
  • Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict.
  • Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provide updates as required, and identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Network Security experience: candidate to demonstrate advanced experience managing enterprise scale network security projects and deep understanding of network security technologies (40%):

  • Enterprise VPN and Remote Access Solutions (Palo Alto Prisma Access - Preferred) (10%)
  • Zero Trust Network Access implementation across an enterprise network (10%)
  • Network Security Enhancements: example, upgrading and consolidating legacy firewall to Next Gen Firewall, firewall policy optimization (10%)
  • Cloud Security Integration, example implementation of Web Application Firewall and Firewall Policy Manager (10%)

Project Management skills: candidate to demonstrate complex project management skills and the ability to mitigate project risks in large-scale environments (60%):

  • Analytical - 15%
    • Attention to Detail
    • Calculating Costs for Implementation
    • Critical Thinking
    • Defining Mechanisms for Input
    • Defining Purpose of the Strategic Planning Process
    • Developing a Plan for Implementing Strategies
    • Logical Thinking
  • Communication - 15%
    • Facilitating Group Discussion
    • Creating Mission/Vision Statements
    • Engaging Reluctant Members in Discussions
    • Negotiation
    • People Skills
    • Persuasiveness
    • Pitching
    • Public Speaking
    • Presentation / MS PowerPoint
    • Active Listening
  • Decisiveness - 15%
    • Building Consensus
    • Establishing Measurable Objectives for Goals/Projects
    • Creating and Enforcing Timelines
    • Prioritizing
    • Goal Oriented
  • Problem Solving - 15%
    • Aligning Business Practices with Emerging Strategy
    • Assessment
    • Brainstorming
    • Creativity
    • Evaluation
    • Identifying Obstacles
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Multitasking
    • Stress Tolerance

Closing Time/Date: 2024-10-28, 3:30 p.m. EST

Max submission: 1 (one)

Hybrid: Onsite 3 days/ 2 days remote

Must Haves:

  • Ensures project deliverables meet clients business requirements on time, scope, and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
  • Enterprise VPN and Remote Access Solutions (Palo Alto Prisma Access - Preferred)
  • Zero Trust Network Access implementation across an enterprise network
  • Network Security Enhancements: example, upgrading and consolidating legacy firewall to Next Gen Firewall, firewall policy optimization.
  • Cloud Security Integration, example implementation of Web Application Firewall and Firewall Policy Manager.
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