Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zayo Group provides mission-critical bandwidth to impactful companies, and they are seeking a Technical Project Manager for Network Monitoring and Telemetry. The role involves overseeing projects related to network performance, security, monitoring, and telemetry, ensuring timely and budget-compliant project delivery.
Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain project plans based on groom migration and optimization initiatives
• Coordinate large project kickoff meetings; inter - regional coordination meetings, etc
• Perform daily PM operational tasks for the business, working across multiple internal and external teams
• Build, maintain, and report operational metrics for end-to-end milestone management
• Manage existing reports and dashboards
• Monitor project pipeline for additional optimization synergies with ongoing projects
• Update internal systems to forecast budget and prepare internal expense change orders
• Report weekly and quarterly metrics and deliverables
• Assist management on updates and modifications of any process changes to the existing planning, engineering or grooming process
• Communicate and coordinate plans and strategies with other functional areas including sales, product, engineering, procurement, network operations and field operations
• Provide cost and schedule analyses for projects
• Program manages the large project queue (project tracker)
Skills
• Bachelors' degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or eight years' of relevant telecommunications experience
• Minimum of five years of project management experience, with 3 years specifically in the telecommunications industry, managing large-scale projects such as network deployments, infrastructure upgrades, or service rollouts
• Familiarity/experience of optical fiber technical specifications, testing, and link engineering fundamentals
• Familiarity with DWDM network architectures (i.e. FOADM/ROADM/PON/fixed and flex grid) and signal flow
• Familiarity/experience with the following network platforms: Ciena / Cyan / Nortel, Infinera, Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, ADVA, Fujitsu, CradlePoint/Carrier SIM Ordering
• Understanding of network design, IP subnetting, and routing protocols
• Experience with multiple types of telecommunications facility environments
• Experience in managing third-party telecommunications partners
• Proven experience in documenting process workflows
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite of tools with emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint is required or similar Google G Suite tools
• Excellent written and verbal communication/negotiating skills required toward technical/non-technical audiences
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while being a constructive contributor to a team
• Effective time management skills and critical thinking
• Ability/willingness to operate in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Familiarity with Metasolv/M6 database is a plus
• Knowledge of Salesforce.com platform is a plus
Benefits
• Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Company Overview
• For over 15 years, Zayo has been the driving force behind the world's most dynamic and forward-thinking enterprises, helping them pave the way to what's next. It was founded in 2007, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, US, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.zayo.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• Zayo Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 7 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 6 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.