Technical Project Manager - VMWare Migration

Lorien
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Integration
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Platform as a Service (PAAS)
Migration Manager
Systems Integration
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
VMware

Job description

Technical Project Manager - VMware Migration City of London - 1 day onsite per week, up to 3 days when required. 12 months Inside of IR35 £590 pr day

A leading higher education institution is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a major cloud infrastructure transformation programme. This strategic initiative will modernise core hosting, virtualisation, automation, and orchestration capabilities across a complex enterprise environment. This role will be responsible for delivering a large-scale cloud vision programme, overseeing the selection, implementation, migration, and operational transition of next-generation infrastructure platforms. Working alongside senior technology leaders, architects, engineers, and third-party suppliers, you will play a key role in shaping the future infrastructure landscape.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex cloud transformation programme from vendor selection through to implementation and service transition.
  • Develop and manage detailed project plans covering procurement, platform evaluation, proof of concepts, implementation, migration planning, and automation rollout.
  • Ensure alignment with wider cloud and infrastructure strategies.
  • Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, budgets, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
  • Establish robust governance, reporting, and delivery frameworks.

Essential Experience

  • Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure transformation programmes.
  • Strong track record in virtualisation platform migrations or VMware replacement initiatives.
  • Experience Integrating public and private, cloud projects.
  • Extensive experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment
  • Cloud architecture and infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS)
  • Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD
  • Experience working in the Higher Education Sector

If you are available and interested please apply today!

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Requirements

  • Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure transformation programmes.
  • Strong track record in virtualisation platform migrations or VMware replacement initiatives.
  • Experience Integrating public and private, cloud projects.
  • Extensive experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment
  • Cloud architecture and infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS)
  • Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD
  • Experience working in the Higher Education Sector

Benefits & conditions

City of London - 1 day onsite per week, up to 3 days when required. 12 months Inside of IR35 £590 pr day

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