IT Projects Engineer

VESTA CORPORATION•Weatogue, CT

4d•$125,000 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

Vesta Corporation is seeking an experienced, results-driven, customer-focused IT Projects Engineer to support and lead technology initiatives. This senior individual-contributor role plans and delivers property transitions, infrastructure upgrades, software and platform delivery, and ERP and property management system initiatives, including the move to EliseAI. The role reports directly to the VP of Information and partners with other VestaTech leaders. It has no direct reports and combines end-to-end project management with selected hands-on network, telecom, and vendor work. The position requires strong familiarity with Vesta’s technology stack, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to earn the confidence of executives, regional managers, site staff, and vendors. The engineer leads projects from intake through closeout, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, stakeholders, dependencies, and success criteria. The role maintains project portfolio and transition status, runs project meetings and change control, prioritizes work against department plans and capacity, and provides recommendations and updates to leadership and stakeholders. The position owns the IT workstream for new construction, acquisitions, and management takeovers, coordinating site assessments, network and firewall work, telephony, internet, endpoints, peripherals, vendors, and internal teams. The engineer may also perform selected hands-on work such as site assessments, firewall and switch configuration, telephony port-overs, and cutover validation, then confirm stable service and hand over to steady-state support. The role coordinates ERP, property management platform, software, integration, and automation initiatives, including the EliseAI migration. It manages requirements, vendor selection and statements of work, configuration or development, testing, user acceptance, training, go-live, and hypercare, while coordinating dependencies across platform, infrastructure, security, and AI enablement teams. It also manages vendors and carriers, sources quotes, supports contract negotiations, plans maintenance and refresh work, contributes to annual IT budget inputs, tracks savings, and supports security remediation projects. The engineer builds stakeholder relationships, provides proactive written status updates, maintains project documentation, and records project and technical work in Zendesk. A bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field is required, though an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and hands-on experience may substitute. The role requires at least 7–8 years of IT project management experience with demonstrable results across infrastructure, SDLC, and ERP projects. A background check, drug screening, valid driver’s license, and clean driving record are required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, industry certifications, and hands-on experience.
At least 7–8 years of IT project management experience with demonstrable, quantifiable results in infrastructure projects, SDLC projects, and ERP projects.
Very strong written and verbal communication skills, including stakeholder management from site staff to senior leadership and clear project documentation.
Very strong working knowledge of firewalls and network infrastructure, such as SonicWall or Cisco Meraki or comparable, including managed switching and wireless.
Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Azure, including Active Directory / Entra ID, Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, and endpoint or mobile device management tooling.
Demonstrated command of project management fundamentals, including charters, scope control, scheduling, risk management, budgeting, and change control.
Experience managing vendors, carriers, and implementation partners against defined scope, schedule, and cost.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision across multiple concurrent projects and sites.
Disciplined documentation habits, including consistent recording of work in a ticketing or ITSM system.
Successful completion of a background check and drug screening.
Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Yardi Voyager, RentCafé, EliseAI, or comparable property management platforms.
Prior experience in property management, real estate, or affordable housing.
Working knowledge of VoIP and UCaaS platforms, such as Zoom Phone, and carrier port-over processes.
Experience with Zendesk or a comparable ITSM platform and portfolio tools such as Smartsheet.
PowerShell scripting for account, device, and reporting automation.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferably with an IT focus.
Additional relevant credentials such as PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster, ITIL, CompTIA Network+ or Security+, or SonicWall or Cisco Meraki certifications.

Responsibilities

Lead IT projects from intake through closeout across infrastructure, software development lifecycle, ERP, and property management platform initiatives.
Define project charters, scope, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, risks, and success criteria, and obtain stakeholder sign-off before work begins.
Maintain an up-to-date view of the IT project portfolio, including status, milestones, risks, dependencies, and budget, in department project tracking tools.
Run project kickoffs, weekly status calls, risk and issue logs, change control, and formal closeout with lessons learned.
Prioritize and sequence competing demands against VestaTech initiatives and team capacity, escalating trade-offs and recommendations to the VP of Information.
Own the IT workstream for property transitions, from site assessment through cutover validation and handover to steady-state support.
Maintain and apply the property onboarding checklist, IT-ready standard, cutover runbook, and property transition dashboard updates.
Coordinate network, firewall, telephony, internet service, endpoint, and peripheral work among vendors, carriers, and internal teams.
Perform selected hands-on work, such as site assessments, firewall and switch configuration, telephony port-overs, and cutover-night validation.
Conduct post-cutover validation and follow up with site teams to confirm stable service before closing transitions.
Plan and coordinate technical work for ERP and property management platform initiatives, including the EliseAI migration, with internal leaders and third-party migration partners.
Manage SDLC activities including requirements gathering, vendor selection and statements of work, build or configuration, testing, user acceptance, training, go-live, and hypercare.
Coordinate cutover plans and dependencies across platform, infrastructure, security, and AI enablement teams.
Manage implementation partners and software vendors against scope, schedule, and deliverables.
Manage day-to-day project relationships with infrastructure vendors, carriers, and resellers, including escalation of service faults and warranty claims.
Source competitive quotes for network equipment, endpoints, and connectivity, and support pricing and contract negotiations with the VP of Information.
Plan and schedule maintenance windows and infrastructure refresh projects, providing advance written notice of expected impacts.
Contribute project-driven inputs to the annual IT budget, including end-of-life replacement forecasts and licensing expirations, and track annualized savings from vendor, carrier, and licensing actions.
Support security remediation projects led by the Manager, IT Security and Service Delivery, including firewall hardening, network segmentation, and replacement of end-of-life devices.
Build working relationships with regional managers, site staff, Accounting, department heads, and external partners, and proactively communicate project status and expectations.
Produce project documentation such as charters, plans, runbooks, standards, decision logs, and closeout summaries.
Record all project and technical work in Zendesk.