Project Manager - IT Infrastructure (3+ months contract)

CompassX Group • San Diego, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

CompassX is seeking an IT Infrastructure Project Manager for a contract role (preferably 1099 independent contractor) to lead an M&A integration engagement for a client in the greater Los Angeles area. The project involves integrating a newly acquired company onto the client's existing enterprise infrastructure within a 90-day window, ensuring a smooth transition for staff and technology. This role requires coordinating workstreams, managing execution teams, and developing a playbook for future acquisitions. While not a deep specialist role, familiarity with technical domains is beneficial.

Requirements

• IT Project Management Experience: Proven track record managing technology infrastructure projects - ideally including M&A integrations, system migrations, or enterprise IT standup programs.
• Microsoft Environment Familiarity: Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 environments - Active Directory, Outlook, SharePoint, and domain migrations - enough to understand scope, sequence dependencies, and risk.
• General Contractor Instincts: You don't need to be the deepest specialist in the room, but you need to know enough about firewalls, VPNs, IAM, and server migrations to coordinate execution teams effectively and catch problems early.
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Comfortable managing up to client leadership and across technical execution teams simultaneously.
• Documentation Discipline: Able to build structured, reusable process documentation.
• Local Presence: Based in LA, Orange County, or San Diego, with the ability to be on-site as needed throughout the engagement.

Nice To Haves

• Deep expertise in any one of the domains above - network/security, Microsoft environments, IAM, or IT operations - is a meaningful differentiator.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Integration: Own the project plan, stakeholder communications, and coordination across all technical workstreams from Day 1 through 90-day stabilization.
• Act as General Contractor: Manage and align execution teams across systems, network, security, and identity workstreams.
• Drive Microsoft Environment Merges: Oversee the integration of Outlook, SharePoint, Active Directory, and domain migration into a single-tenancy environment.
• Coordinate Network & Security Standup: Manage execution across firewall configuration, VPN redirection, server migrations, and network security setup.
• Oversee Identity & Support Scaling: Ensure IAM is set up correctly and that help desk operations are resourced and ready for the post-acquisition surge.
• Build the Playbook: Document the integration process into a reusable acquisition onboarding playbook.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed