Company Description DIRECTV is one of the world's leading providers of digital television entertainment services delivering a premium video experience through state-of-the-art technology, unmatched programming, and industry leading customer service to more than 32 million customers in the U.S. and Latin America. Job Description Mid-Level Infrastructure Technical Project Manager This role requires a special candidate who has a positive attitude integrated with a spectrum of skills – from leading large team meetings, to driving resolution of critical technical problems, to managing and collaborating with a diverse group of stakeholders. The management team of the company embraces change, cares about growing careers, and wants to hear your ideas. Responsibilities: The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for the following: • Oversee in-house projects ensuring requirements are met, design reviews are held, budgets/timelines/priorities are respected, documentation is maintained, and final hand-offs with training are performed. • Infrastructure (network, system, storage) project management for 8-10 projects is needed • Attending project scoping meetings to gather technical requirements. • Articulate project requirements to design engineers • Understand key design concepts including latency, scalability, efficiency and failover • Provide direction to resources, monitor development efforts, assemble key project deliverables, report project status, and raise awareness on issues requiring escalation. • Facilitate communication and problem solving support across cross-functional teams/departments and provide information efficiently to all management levels on outstanding issues, project activities, and progress. • Manage the overall project budget inclusive of labor expenses, capital costs, and proper forecasting to keep budget variances within tolerance. Additional Information • Bachelor's & Master Degree preferred • Engineering technical background with at least 2-3 years of experience in IT Industry. • 4-8 years of experience leading large scale service provider projects and cross functional teams • PMP and/or Six Sigma certification is a substantial plus. • Experience developing project schedules, managing team resources, creating work breakdown structures, estimating size and effort for new development projects, as well as develop detailed requirements for these projects. • Must be extremely organized with the ability to articulate thoughts in a clear and concise manner; lead by positive example, possess excellent interpersonal skills to develop healthy trustful relationships with customers, vendors, superiors, peers, and subordinates alike. • Must have practical experience with managing technology projects and be familiar with software development methodologies. • Experience with Agile SCRUM Development • IT Technology certifications a definite advantage (CISCO, Microsoft, CompTIA, VMWare, SAN/NAS, Oracle) • Proficient with productivity tools: MS Office Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, and Jira This opportunity is a Long Term Contract