Senior Labs Project Manager

Senior Labs Project Manager

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work.

We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today's complex world.

Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what's next.

We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here.

We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs.

We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.

Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Labs Project Manager to join our Data Center Operations team.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with HP, Dell, and IBM hardware, including clustered servers, blade systems, and storage solutions.

This role focuses on the virtual and physical environments, working with existing lab personnel, ordering, updating, and maintaining these environments for the Private Cloud Control Plane Development and Quality Engineering organizations.

Periodic work in Ft.

Collins Data Center to manage issues that cannot be fixed remotely.

Responsibilities


* Work closely with development teams to develop capacity models and forecasts based on business growth, usage trends, and emerging technologies,


* Maintain an inventory of existing hardware and assess opportunities for reuse before new purchases.


* Develop hardware redeployment, upgrades, and refurbishment strategies to extend asset life.


* Collaborate with finance teams to create budget estimates for hardware procurement and infrastructure expansion, identifying cost-saving opportunities by leveraging lifecycle management and existing resources.


* Communicate technical requirements and capacity planning strategies in business terms to non-technical stakeholders.


* Plan and allocate physical space within data centers to support hardware deployments.


* Work with facilities teams to ensure proper power and cooling requirements are met.


* Develop standardized capacity planning methodologies and best practices.


* Maintain documentation on forecasting models, infrastructure plans, and approval workflows.


* Setting up virtual environments for development and quality engineering teams.

About You


* Bachelor's degree in: Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field.


* 5+ years of experience in capacity planning, infrastructure management, or IT resource forecasting.


* Expertise in designing and implementing physical labs and environments, including port mapping.


* Expertise in hardware, networking, and...