Project Manager - Data Center - Mumbai

Data Center Project Management:

Responsible for overall project coordination with internal technology teams, external contractors, and data center service providers to deliver projects.

1. Design, Analysis and Requirement Gathering

• Gather hardware requirements BOM (model, delivery dates etc.) from different technology teams.
• Calculate/design the required rack count, power consumption, cooling, network panels, cables, etc, and work with other Data Center teams on design and construction.
• Work with Sourcing, Real Estate, Legal and Finance teams on RFPs when applicable

- Implementation and Deployment

• Monitor different service provider's progress during implementation. Prepare project defect lists and follow-up accordingly during handover.
• Centralize all installation requests for different technology teams, and raise Change Management requests.
• Coordinate and escort vendors for circuit installations, and witness testing.
• Coordinate and supervise patching of network cables, and witness testing.
• Work closely with different third-party vendors for equipment delivery.
• When required, assist in physical racking and stacking of technology equipment (e.g. power and network cable connections, iLO configuration).
• Centralize and raise all equipment decommission and disposals requests. Follow appropriate guideline carefully, and work with disposal teams/vendors on equipment disposal, disk degaussing/shredding and document detailed records

- Documentation

• Update equipment inventory management system and rack elevations.
• Provide regular reporting on project status and meeting minutes to regional EDC team.
• Obtain and collect all data necessary for management/operation report, including capacity management, financial budget forecasts, project spends, vendor coordination, patching, and project sharepoint sites

Additional Operation Responsibilities:

The project manager will need to assume additional operation responsibilities to support the people centers communication room’s and Stock Exchange colocation Data Center activities such as:

- Hardware Checks: Hardware visual and physical inspection, email status report

- Vendor Co-ordination: arrange onsite access and escort for vendors should it be required for break-fix, installation or any project works

- Equipment Disposal: Centralize and raise all equipment decommission and disposals requests. Follow appropriate guideline carefully, and work with disposal teams/vendors on equipment disposal, disk degaussing/shredding and document detailed records

- Data Centre Power-down management: coordination with different technology teams and vendors

- Site Access Arrangement: arrange data center access for other teams if required outside coverage hours