Plenty of PMs say they've "done a data centre migration."
Usually that means they were in the room while someone else moved the servers.This role needs the person who was holding the cutover runbook at 2am.The short versionA large, highly regulated Australian organisation is consolidating its data centres and needs a seasoned Senior Project Manager to own the program from start to finish.
You'll report to the Program Director and run the whole thing: discovery, design, build, migration waves, cutover and decommissioning, through to handing a secure estate back to operations.It's a day rate contract, ideally Sydney based on a hybrid basis.What you'll actually be doingWorking out what's really running before anyone commits to dates, then turning that into a credible planOwning the integrated schedule, budget, resourcing, dependencies, RAID and change controlSequencing migration waves across servers, storage, network, applications, cloud and DRPlanning high-risk cutovers properly, with rehearsals, contingency and a rollback point everyone has agreed in advanceHolding vendors and integrators to what they signed up for,



including deliverables, acceptance and commercial outcomesKeeping executives and steering committees informed with decisions, not just status coloursMaking sure operations are ready, trained and supported before you hand over the keysWhat you'll need10 to 15 years delivering complex infrastructure programsAt least one major data centre consolidation, relocation or migration that you led, not just contributed toReal experience coordinating multi-vendor delivery and system integratorsStrong commercial, financial and risk disciplineThe ability to explain a difficult trade-off to a senior executive in plain EnglishPMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similarWhy botherThis is a full-lifecycle consolidation with real executive backing and a real deadline.
Minimal disruption to the business is the success measure, so it suits someone who takes service continuity personally and enjoys the satisfaction of switching off the last rack.
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📌 Data Centre Project Manager Sydney
🏢 RONIN Dynamics
📍 Sydney