Project Coordinator

KNZ Solutions Inc • Bethesda, MD

19d • Onsite

About The Position

The Project Coordinator supports technology initiatives across federal government, commercial, and State, Local, and Education (SLED) customer environments. Working closely with Project Managers, technical teams, customer stakeholders, vendors, and KNZ leadership, the coordinator keeps projects documented, tracked, and moving forward. The role owns day-to-day project mechanics, including schedules, action items, meeting logistics, documentation, and status reporting, and supports multiple concurrent projects while proactively identifying items requiring follow-up or escalation.

This is an onsite, customer-facing position based in Bethesda, Maryland. Some local travel may be required. For government and other regulated customer assignments, the coordinator must be comfortable working in secure environments and complying with customer-specific physical access, cybersecurity, information-handling, and operational requirements. Applicable customer background, access, or security requirements may include a Public Trust background investigation, criminal background check, fingerprinting, or other screening.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience supporting IT projects, project management, technical operations, or related initiatives.
• Experience working with technical teams and customer stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, schedules, and action items simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Jira, or similar platforms.
• Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to understand and communicate basic technical concepts related to infrastructure, networking, cloud, cybersecurity, data center, or enterprise technology environments.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to satisfy applicable customer background, access, or security requirements.
• Comfort working onsite in Bethesda, Maryland, and complying with customer-specific requirements in secure or regulated environments.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Experience supporting projects in federal government, commercial enterprise, state and local government, education, or other regulated environments.
• Experience supporting IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, network modernization, data center, or migration projects.
• Familiarity with Statements of Work (SOWs), project deliverables, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience coordinating vendors, subcontractors, OEMs, or other third-party partners.
• CAPM, PMP coursework, Scrum certification, or other project management training.
• Familiarity with federal, state, local, or education-sector security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Managers in planning, coordinating, and executing federal, commercial, and SLED IT projects.
• Maintain project schedules, milestones, action items, dependencies, and deliverable tracking.
• Coordinate meetings, technical sessions, project reviews, and customer discussions.
• Prepare meeting agendas, record meeting minutes, and track follow-up actions through completion.
• Maintain project documentation, status reports, risk and issue logs, and project repositories.
• Assist with tracking project scope, schedules, deliverables, and customer commitments.
• Coordinate activities across engineering teams, customer stakeholders, subcontractors, OEM partners, and third-party vendors.
• Support resource scheduling and coordination of onsite and remote technical activities.
• Track project risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies and escalate items to the Project Manager as appropriate.
• Assist with customer-facing status reports, dashboards, presentations, and project communications.
• Support implementation, migration, testing, validation, and project closeout activities.
• Help ensure project documentation is complete, current, and maintained according to customer and organizational requirements.
• Coordinate access requests, site visits, meeting logistics, and other administrative requirements associated with project delivery.
• Support multiple concurrent projects and workstreams across different customer environments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
• Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Paid vacation starting at 12 days (96 hours) per year, increasing with years of service.
• Paid sick leave (up to 7 days per year).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan upon completing a year of employment.
• Tuition reimbursement or assistance toward continuing education.
• Paid attendance at approved workshops and conferences.
• Full access to LinkedIn Learning.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Professional development and ongoing learning opportunities.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Company-sponsored social events and team-building activities.
• Collaborative, team-oriented work environment.
• Opportunities to work on high-impact projects with experienced professionals.

What This Job Offers

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