Project Coordinator

KNZ Solutions • Bethesda, MD

17d • 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 handles day-to-day project mechanics, including schedules, action items, meeting logistics, documentation, and status reporting. The role supports multiple concurrent projects and proactively identifies items requiring follow-up or escalation.

This is a hands-on, customer-facing position based onsite in Bethesda, Maryland, with some local travel potentially required. The coordinator helps organize and track IT infrastructure, modernization, migration, cybersecurity, and related technology projects, supporting delivery activities from planning through implementation and closeout. The position requires strong organizational and communication skills and the ability to understand and communicate basic technical concepts.

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.
• Demonstrated 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; depending on the customer and assignment, this may include a Public Trust background investigation, criminal background check, fingerprinting, or other customer screening.
• Comfort operating within secure environments and complying with customer-specific physical access, cybersecurity, information-handling, and operational requirements for government and other regulated customer assignments.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• 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, capture 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed