23 Sep
Data Center Manager
Iowa, Des moines , 50301 Des moines USA

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The department is seeking a seasoned Engagement Manager to manage a complex data center and data warehouse migration efficiently and effectively. This effort will include managing multiple external vendors, internal stakeholders, and various State of Iowa business areas in a confluence of efforts related to the migrations. The role is accountable for the successful migration within a confined business scope, budget and identified timeline.Specific to the Data Center Move, the project consists of relocating an on-site data center to a secure third-party facility and to various cloud providers. Infrastructure includes Cisco and F5 networking equipment, VMWare servers, physical servers, 3rd party WAN/ISP/Telco connections, and various other technologies. Maintaining connections and testing all existing systems to ensure zero to minimal downtime is essential and paramount for project success.Specific to the Data Warehouse move, the project consists of relocating the Data Warehouse infrastructure, including on-premises SQL servers and file servers. Integration services packages will need to be converted to Azure Data Factory pipelines that move data from source locations into the Azure Data Lake and Synapse. There will also be a large component of remodeling data structures into data marts and other business specific schemas.The Engagement Manager is responsible for a variety of department and project tasks associated with the managing and tracking of business and IT initiatives, specifically a data center migration including phased moving of systems, data and network connections, data warehouse, cloud integration, remote physical systems, etc.The Engagement Manager will be responsible for adhering to project management governance on all assigned projects. Additionally, the Engagement Manager will be accountable for generating project schedules, identifying/staffing needed resourcing, completing the procurement of vendor products / implementation services, and submitting funding requests as required. The Engagement Manager will manage the delivery efforts and report status of each to the Executive Steering Committee.The Engagement Manager will work with multiple business and platform areas including Information Technology, DHS Leadership, Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and other State Agencies and business units. The Engagement Manager will conduct project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis, ensuring adherence to quality standards and project deliverables.The Engagement Manager will be part of a Project Management Office (PMO) team responsible for all aspects of IT project governance, assessment, management, and control. The ability to gather and define requirements; build a project plan; identifying resource needs; and transparent, clear communications across all levels of stakeholders. Essential is the ability to multi-task on continually changing and morphing priorities as prescribed by leadership in response to department and legislative direction.

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