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Ifzal Hussain

Infrastructure Project Manager

Verified email Founding Contractor · 2026

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Primary specialism Project & Programme Management
Location / working location Birmingham, West Midlands, England, GBR
Current availability Available now Confirmed 25 Aug 2026
Profile status Active contractor profile

Professional profile

Results-driven Senior IT Project Manager with over 20 years of experience delivering complex IT infrastructure, transformation, and business-critical programmes across global organisations within the public and private sectors. Proven track record of leading end-to-end project delivery across EMEA, North America, Asia, and Africa, managing multimillion-pound initiatives involving network modernisation, cybersecurity, and enterprise infrastructure deployments. Highly experienced in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, with expertise in stakeholder management, governance, risk mitigation, Multi-site rollouts, budget ownership, and vendor management. Successfully led global technology programmes across more than 100 countries, including large-scale IT separations, infrastructure refreshes, and digital transformation projects for organisations such as Imperial Brands, Avanade, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and the Ministry of Justice.

Core skills

Senior IT Project Management Prince2 Infrastructure Transformation Risk Management IT Strategy & Roadmap Development IT Operations Management Infrastructure Management RAID Management IT Governance Business Transformation Vendor Management Budget Ownership / Management ITIL Service Management Stakeholder Management Team Leadership & Development

What I’m looking for next

Target roles: Senior IT Project Management · Global Infrastructure Project Manager · Global Project Delivery Manager · Senior Project Manager · Network Implementation Manager · Infrastructure Project Manager · IT Project Manager · Deployment Project Manager
Any roles that involved desktop refresh, laptop refresh, windows 11 rollout, Infrastructure upgrades, LAN / WAN migration, Network refresh, AP installs, Wi-Fi Installs, switch installs, router installs, firewall installs, UK wide rollouts, Europe wide, EMEA Rollouts, Global rollouts, cabling installations, site surveys, Wi-Fi surveys,

Contract preferences

Working preferenceRemote · Hybrid
Will workBirmingham, Remote UK
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35
Expected rate £550–£700/day
SenioritySenior
Contract length6–12 months · 12+ months
IT experience20 years
Contracting experience10 years
Available from25 Aug 2026

Relevant work experience

20+ years leading enterprise IT infrastructure and transformation programmes Delivered projects across 100+ countries using full project lifecycle delivery Led technical teams of over 18 engineers and consultants Managed vendor partnerships across Europe, Asia and North America Delivered IT infrastructure projects valued at several million pounds Extensive experience working within regulated government, healthcare and enterprise environments Imperial Brands (2022 – 2023): Led a global Fortinet FortiGate firewall migration across 40+ sites in Asia, Africa, and Europe, ensuring seamless security upgrades Avanade (2021 – 2022): Managed a global IT separation for 97 sites as part of Wella’s divestiture from Coty, ensuring network continuity Delivered Siemens Gamesa Global Network Upgrades across 85 cities in 23 countries, overseeing firewall installations, predictive Wi-Fi surveys, and infrastructure refreshes. Delivered Siemens Gamesa Windows 10 deployment (2300 devices) across the EMEA region Led large-scale IT relocations of UK Mail Depot migration from Birmingham to Coventry. Delivered IT & telecoms relocations for 27+ Ministry of Justice sites, overseeing VoIP deployments, secure printer refreshes, and network upgrades Mass-Scale Hospitality Deployment: Upgraded IT infrastructure across 1600 M&B sites

Experience & credentials

Certifications, sector experience and security clearance are self-declared unless specifically marked as independently verified by IT Contractors UK.

Sector experience

Public Sector · Private sector · Ministry of Justice · Department of Work and Pensions · Prison services

Certifications

Prince2 Foundation · MS Project course · AutoCAD · Quality Audit Awareness · All about meetings course · Introduction to the Networking Environment · Introduction to Health & Safety workshop · Networking fundamentals Pt 1 CBT · Networking Fundamentals Pt 2 CBT · Data Protection Act CBT · EDS ITIL Process Suite (IPS) Overview · EDS ITIL Process Suite

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