Technical Project Manager - Cloud
First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026.
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, SRE, 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.
Skills
IT Project Management, IT Program Management, IT Operations, PMP