- Company Name
- Gotham Technology Group
- Job Title
- Technical Project Manager (Cloud Modernization)
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Technical Project Manager – Cloud Modernization
**Role Summary:**
Lead end‑to‑end cloud modernization initiatives, transforming legacy IaaS/VM workloads into cloud‑native, containerized, and serverless architectures while enforcing FinOps governance. Own strategy, roadmap, execution, and optimization across multi‑year programs, ensuring measurable cost reduction and operational efficiency.
**Expectations:**
- 7+ years IT Project Management with PMP, CSM, or SAFe certification.
- 3–5 years full‑lifecycle cloud modernization experience (post‑migration phases).
- Proven ability to manage global, cross‑functional programs and vendor/partnership ecosystems.
- Demonstrated success in driving measurable cost savings (20–40%+) and optimizing delivery velocity and resource utilization.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Own delivery of modernization workstreams from post‑migration planning through Year 3+ optimization.
- Define modernization roadmaps in partnership with Architecture, DevOps, Security, FinOps, and application teams.
- Lead application refactoring (monolith → microservices/serverless) and re‑platforming (VMs → PaaS, containers, managed services).
- Oversee containerization and orchestration (AKS, GKE, ACK, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm).
- Drive storage optimization (tiering, archival, deduplication, cross‑region consolidation).
- Establish and enforce FinOps governance: tagging, showback/chargeback, budgeting, rightsizing, reserved capacity.
- Build and track modernization KPIs: cost reduction, deployment velocity, utilization efficiency, ROI.
- Manage vendors/SIs, offshore teams, and third‑party tools.
- Facilitate Agile/Scrum or hybrid PMO ceremonies; deliver executive‑level dashboards, risk logs, and financial impact reports.
- Ensure alignment with cloud governance, security, compliance, and Cloud Center of Excellence standards.
**Required Skills:**
- Deep hands‑on experience with Azure, Google Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud (Azure, GCP, ACM).
- Proven refactoring of monoliths to microservices/serverless.
- Re‑platforming experience (VMs → AKS, GKE, ACK, App Services, Cloud Run, Functions).
- Managed modern databases (Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL, Alibaba PolarDB, etc.).
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Bicep, ARM, Ansible.
- CI/CD tooling: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI.
- FinOps: tagging strategies, showback/chargeback models, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, Cloud Health.
- Metrics and reporting tools: Jira, Confluence, MS Project/Smartsheet, Lucidchart, Power BI/Tableau, native cloud cost tools.
- Strong stakeholder management, strategic communication, and financial acumen.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- PMP, CSM, or SAFe Project Management certification.
- Optional: Azure Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Alibaba ACP, or FinOps Certified Practitioner.
Morris county, United states
Hybrid
Senior
29-10-2025