Senior Network Technical Delivery Manager at Atrium Workforce Solutions UK Limited, Leeds, 12 Months, £450-£500 per day

Senior Network Technical Delivery Manager - Network Remediation

DURATION: 12 months
LOCATION: Leeds preferred - Manchester, Halifax or Edinburgh also considered
ONSITE REQUIREMENTS: Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week onsite.
ENGAGEMENT TYPE: Outside IR35
DAY RATE: Up to £500 per day

OUT OF HOURS: Evening, overnight and weekend change windows are required. Typically one out-of-hours change per week, with no more than two per week. Mid-week changes tend to be lower risk, with higher-risk changes taking place at weekends.

LEGAL RIGHT TO WORK: Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available for this role.

GIBBS CONSULTING SUMMARY
Gibbs Consulting is expanding its delivery team to support a major end-customer within the banking and financial services industry. We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Technical Delivery Manager to take ownership of critical network remediation and change activity across a large-scale technology environment.

JOB OVERVIEW
We are looking for an experienced Senior Network Technical Delivery Manager to lead the planning, execution and delivery of core network remediation and infrastructure change.
The programme is focused on remediating critical network components, including end-of-life and end-of-support technology, to reduce security vulnerabilities and ensure infrastructure remains within vendor support.

This is a senior delivery role requiring strong network technology awareness alongside excellent planning, governance and stakeholder management. You will coordinate technical teams, third-party suppliers and senior stakeholders, taking ownership of delivery from initial planning and pre-change activity through implementation and closure.

The role also includes responsibility for driving scheduled network changes during evening, overnight and weekend change windows.

RESPONSIBILITIES
* Plan and deliver complex network remediation and infrastructure change.
* Coordinate end-of-life and end-of-support network remediation activity.
* Own delivery plans, status reporting, governance, risks, issues and dependencies.
* Identify and resolve high-priority issues affecting delivery.
* Manage senior stakeholders, technical teams and third-party suppliers.
* Coordinate the full change life cycle from pre-change planning and governance through to implementation and closure.
* Drive collaboration across Agile technology teams and ensure delivery remains aligned across the development life cycle.
* Manage competing priorities and facilitate resolution between stakeholders.
* Coordinate resources, delivery schedules and cost controls.
* Maintain delivery governance and documentation using Jira and Confluence.
* Attend and drive evening, overnight and weekend network changes as required.

REQUIREMENTS
* Strong experience as a Technical Delivery Manager, Network Delivery Manager, Technical Project Manager or similar.
* Proven experience delivering complex network infrastructure, remediation or technology change programmes.
* Good technical understanding of enterprise network environments and the ability to work effectively with Network Engineering teams.
* Experience delivering end-of-life, end-of-support or vendor support remediation would be highly advantageous.
* Strong planning, tracking, reporting and governance experience.
* Proven management of risks, issues and dependencies within complex technology programmes.
* Strong stakeholder management across senior stakeholders, technical teams and third-party suppliers.
* Experience managing technology changes through planning, governance, implementation and closure.
* Practical experience using Jira and Confluence.
* ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM/change management experience.
* APMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project/delivery management accreditation.
* Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
* Comfortable supporting and driving out-of-hours change implementations when required.

NICE TO HAVE
* Jira Align experience.
* Banking or financial services experience.
* Network services insourcing experience.
* Knowledge of BT Managed Services.
* Broader knowledge across network security, cloud networking, SDN, data centre networking, network monitoring and high availability.