Infrastructure M&A Technical Engagement Senior Associate

RSM US LLP is a leading provider of professional services to the middle market globally, empowering clients and people to realize their full potential. The Infrastructure M&A Technical Engagement Senior Associate will oversee technical program management for infrastructure transformation within M&A transactions, ensuring critical path decisions and stakeholder accountability are effectively managed.

Responsibilities

• Support driving infrastructure readiness across Day 1 and TSA exit milestones by managing technical dependencies, sequencing, and key decision frameworks
• Collaborate with engineering and architecture leads to define and validate IT roadmaps in alignment with transaction goals
• Generate and maintain technical and decision logs across infrastructure workstreams
• Serve as the bridge between buyers, sellers, and internal technical teams to align expectations, resolve blockers, and maintain momentum
• Ensure all contributors are clear on roles, deadlines, and deliverables — holding teams accountable through structured checkpoints and escalations
• Facilitate workshops and workstream reviews to ensure synchronized execution across identity, infrastructure, endpoints, collaboration, and security
• Provide technical advisory and scenario evaluation to support platform consolidation, tooling choices, and cloud/on-prem tradeoffs
• Surface and prioritize architecture-impacting decisions that influence Day 1 readiness, licensing, and long-term operating model success
• Translate complex infrastructure stacks into simplified decision trees to accelerate executive alignment and issue resolution
• Understand core interdependencies across domains such as cloud, productivity platforms, endpoint platforms, firewalls, backup, and hosting
• Maintain awareness of best practices across enterprise IT, including Zero Trust, hybrid cloud, and platform standardization

Skills

• 1–3 years in technical program management, enterprise infrastructure, or consulting roles with exposure to M&A or large-scale transformations OR Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure, network architecture, identity platforms, and hybrid/cloud models
• Experience with TSA constructs, carve-out complexity, and the tactical realities of Day 1/post-close IT execution
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity, manage unresolved issues, and instill structure into fast-paced, high-pressure environments
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills — able to synthesize technical issues and align stakeholders across varying levels of expertise
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), infrastructure roadmaps, and transformation playbooks is a plus

Benefits

• Flexibility in your schedule
• Discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance

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