Project Manager (Data Center Migration & Modernization)

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Important Disclaimer (Please Read Before Applying) This role is

not suitable for generic Project Managers or PMO-only profiles . We are specifically looking for professionals who have: Led

AWS data center migrations (not just supported or tracked them) Owned

migration waves, cutovers, and stabilization Worked closely with

cloud architects and security teams Handled

customer escalations during high-risk migration phases If your experience is limited to

status reporting, task tracking, or non-cloud projects , this role may not be the right fit.

Mactores is a trusted leader among businesses in providing modern data platform solutions. Since 2008, Mactores have been enabling businesses to accelerate their value through automation by providing End-to-End Data Solutions that are automated, agile, and secure. We collaborate with customers to strategize, navigate, and accelerate an ideal path forward with a digital transformation via assessments, migration, or modernization.

As the Project Manager, you will be responsible to lead a large-scale Data Center Migration and Modernization project focused on transitioning workloads, applications, and infrastructure to AWS. The ideal candidate will have strong project management expertise, hands-on experience delivering cloud migration programs, and the ability to coordinate cross-functional engineering, architecture, security and business teams. What you will do Lead end-to-end planning and execution of the data center migration to AWS, including assessment, discovery, design, migration waves, and stabilization. Drive modernization initiatives including containerization, refactoring, re-platforming, and automation improvements. Develop and maintain project plans, migration wave schedules, RAID logs, communication plans, and status reports. Ensure activities align with cloud adoption frameworks, enterprise architecture guidelines, and client business objectives. Track scope, priorities, risks, dependencies, delays and deliverables across multiple workstreams. Serve as the primary point of contact between engineering teams, leadership, and client stakeholders. Conduct steering committee meetings, sprint reviews, and technical workstream syncs. Align cross-functional teams including cloud architects, network/security teams, DevOps, and application owners. Manage vendor relationships and third-party integrators involved in migration execution. Conduct daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint retrospective meeting Facilitate internal and external architecture discussions, review calls, and document decisions with the teams who work in India and three timezones in the US Proactively create meeting notes, weekly customer presentations, and organize project documents and recorded calls Review and approve employee timesheets, leaves and perform team calendar management Enable customer success by proactively communicating project status, risks, requests Take ownership of customer escalations and facilitate the resolution Negotiate the scope changes in the project by producing appropriate project documentation What are we looking for 3+ years of proven experience leading data center migration to AWS 5+ years of experience as a Project manager or scrum master with customers in US timezones Strong understanding of AWS cloud services, landing zones, VPC/ networking, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, EKS/ECS and migration tools Expertise in using Smartsheet, Jira / Confluence, Clockify Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills Expertise in managing internal and external teams Strong prioritization and problem-solving skills You will be preferred if you posses Experience in cloud migration projects on AWS Solution Architect Associate Certification Professional Scrum Master™ certification Managing Jira Projects certification Smartsheet Certification