Technical Project Manger

About the business:

Established in 1991, Cyient provides engineering, geospatial, design-led manufacturing, and network and operational support services to global industry leaders, including many Fortune 500 clients. We leverage the power of digital technology and advanced analytics capabilities, along with domain knowledge and technical expertise, to solve complex business problems across several industries, including aerospace and defense, industrial, medical, utilities, semiconductor, telecommunications, rail transportation, energy, and natural resources. Our 15,000 associates are located in more than 21 countries, supporting 12 industries, including aerospace, rail transportation, power generation, telecommunications, and medical technology. With a soundtrack record of growth and profitability, we are committed to developing a sustainable society and actively promoting education and inclusive growth initiatives in our local communities.

Contract: 6 months

Work Persona: Hybrid

Role Summary

The Project Manager - Network Decommissioning is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering network decommissioning projects across enterprise and telecommunications environments. The role involves managing the end-to-end retirement of network infrastructure, ensuring services are migrated successfully, dependencies are addressed, risks are mitigated, and decommissioning activities are completed in compliance with operational, security, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management & Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of network decommissioning projects.
• Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, and resource allocation plans.
• Track project progress, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed within agreed timelines and quality standards.
• Manage project governance, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.

Discovery & Assessment

• Conduct infrastructure discovery and inventory validation.
• Identify network devices, services, applications, and customer dependencies.
• Assess technical and business impacts of decommissioning activities.
• Coordinate platform owners, service owners, and operational teams to validate scope.

Stakeholder Management

• Engage with engineering, operations, security, architecture, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, governance meetings, and project reviews.
• Manage approvals, change requests, and escalation processes.
• Provide regular updates to senior management and customers.

Technical Coordination

• Coordinate migration activities required before decommissioning.
• Ensure network services are transitioned to replacement platforms.
• Oversee implementation teams during migration and decommissioning activities.
• Validate technical designs, rollback plans, and cutover strategies.
• Work closely with network vendors including Cisco, Nokia, Juniper, Arista, and other technology partners.

Risk & Compliance Management

• Identify and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with change management, security, and operational standards.
• Manage PTWs (Permits to Work), maintenance windows, and CAB approvals.
• Ensure all decommissioning activities are documented and auditable.

Acceptance & Closure

• Confirm successful migration of services before decommissioning.
• Obtain stakeholder sign-offs and operational acceptance.
• Oversee logical and physical decommissioning activities.
• Ensure asset disposal and documentation updates are completed.
• Conduct lessons learned and project closure activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of project management experience in Network, Infrastructure, or Telecommunications projects.
• Proven experience delivering network migration, transformation, or decommissioning projects.
• Experience managing vendors, system integrators, and managed service providers.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with risk management, governance, and financial tracking.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification.
• ITIL Foundation certification preferred but not essential
• Experience in Telecommunications or Large Enterprise environments.
• Basic knowledge of Cisco, Nokia, Juniper, and cloud networking technologies.

Key Deliverables

• Project Charter and Delivery Plan
• Discovery and Dependency Assessment
• Migration and Decommissioning Schedule
• RAID Register (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
• Change Management Documentation
• Executive Status Reports
• Project Closure Report and Sign-off

Success Measures

• Safe and successful decommissioning of network infrastructure.
• Zero unplanned service outages.
• Timely project delivery within budget.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and governance.
• Completion of all decommissioning documentation and operational handover requirements.

Cyient is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cyient recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive company where our people can focus their whole self on solving problems that matter.