Technical Project Manager Cloud BLR

Technical Project Manager Cloud BLR - J50859

Role & responsibilities

WHAT YOU WILL DO
• Develop a strong technical and functional understanding of assigned cloud projects: infrastructure builds, cloud migrations, modernization, landing zones, FinOps, and managed services
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets aligned with cloud infrastructure complexity and migration wave planning
• Lead cross-functional teams (cloud engineers, architects, DevOps, SREs, security) to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery
• Track, monitor, and report on cloud project metrics: migration velocity, infrastructure uptime, security posture, cost optimization KPIs
• Implement metrics-driven project management define and publish KPIs (migration wave progress,
infrastructure provisioning SLAs, cloud spend vs. budget) and take corrective actions
• Communicate effectively with client and internal stakeholders to provide project updates, technical feasibility assessments, and address cloud-specific concerns
• Ensure governance cadences (sprint reviews, architecture review boards, release gates) are adhered to
• Manage project funding/invoicing timely and accurately
• Mentor junior project managers in cloud delivery practices

WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE
EXPERIENCE
• Software Services Industry Experience: Minimum 6 years
• Minimum 2+ years of Technical Project Management in Cloud projects (mandatory)
• Prior hands-on or architecture-level experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Prior software development or infrastructure engineering experience

DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE
(must demonstrate fluency in at least 3 of the following)
• Cloud migration strategies: 6Rs (rehost, replatform, refactor, etc.), wave planning, dependency mapping
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or CDK
• Containerization & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE)
• CI/CD pipelines for cloud deployments: CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
• Cloud security & compliance: IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CIS benchmarks, SOC2/ISO alignment
• FinOps: cloud cost management, tagging strategy, reserved instances, savings plans
• Managed services & SRE: monitoring (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus), incident management, SLAs/SLOs

DELIVERY MANAGEMENT
• Proven track record of delivering cloud projects on-time and under budget
• Metrics-driven project management with cloud-specific KPIs
• Agile/Scrum/Kanban fluency; experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent cloud projects

COMMUNICATION & LEADERSHIP
• Excellent written and oral English communication
• Ability to work with multiple internal & client stakeholders, manage priorities, negotiate effectively
• Strong leadership and conflict management skills

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
• Education: Graduate with a technical degree
• Must be willing to work full time out of ShellKode Bangalore office for the first 3 months
• Certifications preferred: AWS Solutions Architect (Associate/Professional), Azure Solutions Architect, GCP
Professional Cloud Architect, CKA/CKAD
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certification is a plus

SCREENING NOTES
• Location: Bangalore preferred.
• Must have actual cloud project delivery experience, not just certifications