Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager - Network & Security Day Rate: £450 per day - Outside IR35 / Limited Company Duration: 6 months initially Location: Central London, near Bank Station - Fully onsite Start Date: ASAP Overview We are assisting a client in their requirement for an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of a Cisco network and security transformation programme. As Project Manager, you will take ownership of the end-to-end delivery, coordinating technical resources, stakeholders, third parties and business teams to ensure the migration is delivered successfully with minimal disruption to production services. Key Responsibilities

Own and manage the project from initiation through design, build, migration, testing, cutover and handover into BAU. Develop and maintain the overall project plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID log and delivery schedule. Coordinate the deployment of the new Cisco Secure Firewall infrastructure, including FMC HA and multiple firewall HA pairs. Manage the programme of legacy firewall configuration and policy migration, ensuring appropriate technical review, testing and sign-off. Coordinate the migration of Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch stacks to Catalyst 9300 infrastructure. Work closely with Network/Security Consultants, Architects and operational teams to ensure technical deliverables are completed to agreed timescales. Plan and coordinate production change windows, migrations and cutovers, including rollback planning and business communications. Manage dependencies between firewall, routing/BGP, switching and associated infrastructure changes. Ensure appropriate HLD/LLD, implementation plans, migration plans, test plans, rollback plans and operational handover documentation are produced and approved. Manage technical and business risks, issues, actions and dependencies through to resolution. Coordinate CAB/change-management submissions and approvals where required. Provide clear project reporting to technical and senior stakeholders, including progress, risks, milestones and financial/resource position. Manage third-party suppliers and vendors where required. Ensure successful transition into operational support following implementation.

Required Experience

Strong experience delivering enterprise network and/or network security infrastructure projects. Previous delivery experience involving firewall deployments, upgrades or migrations. Experience managing projects involving Cisco networking and security technologies would be highly desirable. Experience managing network switch refresh/migration programmes, ideally involving Cisco Catalyst infrastructure. Good understanding of enterprise networking concepts including routing, BGP, switching, high availability, firewalls and network security. Experience managing complex infrastructure migrations within live production environments. Strong understanding of change management, implementation planning, testing, cutover and rollback processes. Proven experience coordinating Network Engineers, Security Engineers, Consultants and Architects. Strong RAID, dependency and stakeholder-management capabilities. Experience managing third-party suppliers and multiple technical workstreams. Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical delivery issues into clear business impact and project risk.