Project Director Infrastructure and Networks

Project overview

Our client in the Banking and Finance sector is looking for an IT Project Director for Infrastructure and Networks.

Mission Description:

As part of strengthening its testing infrastructures, our client in the banking sector wishes to implement a validation platform that closely replicates the production infrastructure, particularly in the security and network perimeter.

This platform must enable teams to perform reliable and representative tests in a non-production environment before deploying solutions into production.

The freelancer will act as Project Director to ensure the scoping, coordination, and overall management of this strategic project.

Responsibilities

The Project Director will be responsible for:

Expected Deliverables

Profile Sought

We are looking for an IT Project Director with proven experience in managing infrastructure, security, or IT system transformation projects.

The candidate should demonstrate the following qualities:

Skills Sought

Personal Qualities

Essential Skills / Qualities:

Project Management

• Managing the implementation project of the validation platform.
• Scoping the objectives, perimeter, milestones, resources, and dependencies of the project.
• Coordinating the various stakeholders, including infrastructure, network, security, production, architecture, and validation teams.
• Ensuring the design and implementation of a platform representative of the production infrastructure.
• Managing the work related to the integration of FW Z into the non-production environment.
• Monitoring studies, technical choices, configuration actions, and any necessary arbitration.
• Identifying, tracking, and managing project risks, blockers, and dependencies.
• Organizing and leading project committees, steering committees, and progress meetings.
• Preparing reports for governance bodies and relevant management.
• Ensuring regular and appropriate communication with various stakeholders, up to client management level.
• Managing the testing, acceptance, and validation phases of the platform.
• Ensuring the compliance of deliverables and the proper formalization of decisions.
• Organizing the platform's go-live and handover to operational teams.
• Proposing solutions to secure and accelerate the project's completion.
• Scoping note and detailed project scope.
• Master schedule and detailed work plan.
• Project governance and committee materials.
• Meeting minutes and decision logs.
• Project reporting, risk tracking, and action plan.
• Stakeholder and dependency mapping.
• Tracking of FW Z configuration and integration actions.
• Testing strategy and plan.
• Acceptance documents and validation reports.
• Validation platform documentation.
• Handover document to production and operations teams.
• Significant experience in managing or leading complex IT projects.
• Experience in large enterprise environments.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Very good interpersonal and writing skills.
• Ability to communicate with management-level stakeholders.
• Service-oriented and client-focused.
• Autonomy, rigor, and initiative.
• Synthesis skills and ability to produce clear reports.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Proactive and able to anticipate difficulties.
• A good understanding of network and security environments would be a significant plus.
• Experience in projects involving firewalls, production infrastructures, and non-production platforms would be appreciated.
• IT Project Management.
• Infrastructure Project Management.
• Governance and Committee Management.
• Technical Team Coordination.
• Risk, Schedule, and Dependency Management.
• Management-level Reporting.
• Network and Security Infrastructures.
• Firewalls and Network Filtering.
• Production and Non-Production Environments.
• Testing, Acceptance, and Validation.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Change Management and Handover to Operational Teams.
• Autonomy.
• Service Orientation.
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills.
• Good Communicator.
• Leadership and ability to unite.
• Rigor and Organization.
• Initiative.
• Diplomacy and ability to manage diverse stakeholders.
• Ease in complex and large enterprise environments.

Nice to have

Network skills would be a plus

Project details

Yes — 2 days/week

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Montpellier, France, FR
• Rate: 81-81 EUR/h
• Languages: French