Project Manager

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 33 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Project Manager to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Location of job: Remote

The client requires the services of a Technical Project Manager, hereafter referred to as Candidate, who meets the general qualifications for this role and the specifications outlined in this document for the client. The Worker will lead cross-functional teams through the execution of complex technical projects, including the GIS migration to Azure cloud initiative. This role requires strong experience managing enterprise-level projects involving GIS Enterprise and Azure cloud environments, software development (.NET), DevOps practices, and spatial data integration. The Candidate will be responsible for delivering multiple projects on schedule and within budget by applying project management best practices, ensuring scope alignment, managing stakeholder expectations, and tracking project risks and issues. The ideal candidate will have technical acumen to understand architecture and integration efforts and provide oversight across SDLC phases using Agile methodologies.

Essential Functions:

• Project Management: Lead the end-to-end management of GIS Enterprise and Geodatabase migration and Azure-based technical initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate communication between technical teams, business units, and leadership to ensure alignment.
• Technical Oversight: Understand and manage technical solution roadmaps in Azure, including DevOps CI/CD and software integration strategies.
• Agile Delivery: Apply Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) to drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery milestones.
• Risk Management: Proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Performance Monitoring: Oversee quality assurance and monitor solution performance in collaboration with technical leads.
• Documentation: Ensure the creation and maintenance of key project documents such as charters, plans, reports, and dashboards.
• Compliance: Support client's regulatory obligations in the Oil, Gas, and Energy sector through disciplined delivery and documentation.

Minimum (Required):

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a degree in computer science or a related field

Experience in Technical project management for cloud-based (Azure preferred) enterprise initiatives

Experience as project manager, Working with ESRI GIS products, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server web services, geospatial databases (e.g. Oracle spatial, SQL Server, Azure DevOps)

Experience managing SDLC-based projects using Agile/Scrum

Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and related tools and workflows

Experience managing or coordinating projects involving .NET Core, C#, SQL Server

Strong leadership and ability to manage cross-functional technical teams

Experience with resource planning, project budgeting, and vendor coordination

Excellent communication, presentation, and reporting skills

Experience in creating project plans, dashboards, Gantt charts, and executive status reports

Meticulous attention to detail with an ability to produce high-quality work in a dynamic environment

Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects at once and meet deadlines

Extensive skill in effective verbal and written communications with stakeholders

Preferred (Optional):

Experience with mainframe modernization or transformation projects (added advantage)