IT Infrastructure Project Manager

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC) is a business solution center for Societe Generale, one of the largest European financial groups. We provide high-quality professional services for more than 35 countries in various fields of activity – Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Know Your Customer, Compliance and Business Advisory. Our mission is to be a partner of choice, valued for owning, transforming and innovating through best in class talent.

Knowledge and experience

Technical profile:

• Graduate or equaling degree Certification;
• Appropriate advanced industry network certifications are preferred;
• 3+ years of Experience in network environments (network switching, routing and datacenters);
• Experience and strong knowledge of managing in a matrix organizational structure;
• Knowledge of ITIL concepts is very important;
• Designing capabilities for Network on LAN MAN building infrastructure;
• Cisco Switches and Routers; LAN Data Center expertise; strong experience in handling LAN/MAN;
• LAN & MAN Optimization techniques; strong knowledge on Wi-Fi Network infrastructure;
• Dynamic Routing - Configure industry standard dynamic routing protocols;
• Strong Network monitoring tools experience;
• Load Balancing - Global DNS load balancing and local application load balancing.
Products: Cisco Catalyst and Nexus series, Cisco Load Balancers, F5 and Router management.

We also value:

• Strong analytical & designing skills with an eye for detail;
• Strong process & change management capabilities;
• Effective interpersonal skills in a multi-cultural team environment;
• As a highly skilled specialist, contributes to the development of concepts and techniques;
• Good command of English, both written and spoken with the ability to participate in English-only meetings. — French knowledge is an advantage.

Responsabilities:

• Responsible for the management of the Technical Project Managers in their delivery of Projects following the IT Project Management Methodology (ITPMM);
• Ensuring that the delivery and solutions are on time, to the budget and to agreed specification which achieves the intended business objectives;
• Lead in the development and use of best practice project management tools, methods and capabilities;
• Support a high performance culture by challenging, monitoring and supporting best practice within the Technical Project Management team and the wider departmental teams;
• Embed network risk management into each project, promoting this understanding amongst all project team members;
• Effective selection, engagement and management of suppliers through the procurement process;
• Create, maintain and enhance effective professional and collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholders/customers/colleagues, both internal and external;
• Manage and prioritize own and project workloads taking into account productivity and quality balanced against service and volume;
• Extend the support to integration teams as and when required when expected by the management to handle the production matters;
• Provides technical analysis to all customers to isolate issues and develop strategies to restore or activate services;
• Interact with peers regarding ongoing network-security activities. Ascertains compliance with security, safety, and environmental guidelines;
• Develop Innovation, focus on developing talents. Contribute to peer coaching & mentoring whenever possible.

Benefits:

• Competitive remuneration and benefits package, based on qualifications and experience;
• Promotion possibilities and development of a career plan;
• A modern working environment: open, informal, fun atmosphere;
• Yearly bonus per company policy;
• Other benefits.

All the candidates that fit the above requirements are invited to apply online. Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview, the rest of the applications will be stored in the database of the company for future opportunities.

For more job openings please visit our website www sgebs com and register your CV in our database to be eligible for current or future job openings. All applications are considered strictly confidential.

Company

Société Générale European Business Services is a player in the shared service center market and delivers high added value services in various fields of activity for worldwide entities of the Group (finance/ accounting, procurement, human resources and IT). The company is currently serving over 20 countries mostly across Europe for all major business lines of the Société Générale Group.

The Shared Service Center for IT (SSC-IT) of SG EBS is a new organization that started early in 2014 to provide Société Générale Group IT Services. The mission of SSC IT is to contribute to SG Group transformation by proposing advanced high quality IT services along with innovative operating models.

A large part of our team is integrated into the IT department (ITEC) of the Investment Bank of Societe Generale - GBIS for Global Banking and Investor Solutions. We are currently extending the team to work with all business lines of Société Générale Group: French retail bank, international retail bank and insurance services, and corporate IT systems.