Urgent need - Program Manager - Atlanta, GA

Job Role: Program Manager
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Job description:

Should be proficient in Negotiating, Vendor Management, Financial Reporting, Risk Management
and Problem Diagnosis & Solution.

Should have progressing skills in Financial Analysis, Change Management and Quality Management.

Education in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering with a focus on virtualization, networking, cloud computing field is desired.

Background in networking with focus on IP technologies including network (function) virtualization NFV / SDN and MPLS

Knowledge of server, storage and networking

Experience in Openstack, Vcloud, VM, Containers or other virtualization technologies
Good understanding of SDN Applications, SDN Controllers (e.g. OpenDaylight), and SDN Data Plane.

Good understanding of OS (Linux), Hypervisors (KVM, Xen etc).
Good understanding of OF (Open Flow), OF Config, Open vSwitch, OVSDB
Good understanding of Open Stack (Neutron, Nova etc)
Good understanding of legacy routing protocols (OSPF, ISIS, BGP etc) and related data plane architectures
Programming skills (C/C++)
Communications skills with the ability to work with other engineering teams
Strong leadership and teamwork skills
Ability to work independently on complex tasks
Strong motivation in driving and working with leading edge technologies
Ability to develop  thought leadership and knowledge based on trends in technology particular in the area of networking, SDN, NFV, Cloud computing