Project Manager

Posting Date: July 10, 2007 -- Open Until Filled

This is a one-year position to manage the project to identify a more effective design of CENIC's connectivity from its fiber backbone to campuses/colleges/County Offices of Education and off-site centers and to identify community networks with which to peer. Specific tasks include:

• Draft project schedule(s) with dependencies
• Manage tasks, often completed by others, to schedule
• Staff project advisory committee, developing with President and CTO agendas, materials and minutes
• Review costs of existing circuit connectivity in consideration of cost-effective alternatives
• Meet with local network providers to identify local peering opportunities
• Prepare and present status reports for project advisory committee
• Prepare financial feasibility studies of potential mini hub colocation facilities located off the CalREN backbone

Skills, knowledge, and abilities in the preferred candidate include:

• Four-year degree in business, management science, or related field
• Knowledge of wide-area networking, terminology, and technologies
• Ability to work independently and take initiative but also function well in a team environment
• Attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to conceptualize designs, given financial, policy, and political constraints

Please send your resumes with salary history or current salary. Resumes can be sent to:

CENIC
16700 Valley View Ave. Suite 400
La Mirada, California 90638
Attn: Project Manager

or via e-mail to jobs@cenic.org. "Project Manager" must in the subject of the e-mail. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

CENIC is an equal opportunity employer.