Project Engineer

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

12h

About The Position

The Project Engineer serves as a key member of the Network Engineering organization, responsible for leading the planning, coordination, execution, and successful delivery of infrastructure projects supporting enterprise LAN, WAN, and Firewall environments across the NASA enterprise. This position serves as the primary interface between engineering teams, operations personnel, project managers, vendors, and customer stakeholders to ensure technical initiatives are executed in accordance with project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management objectives. The successful candidate will apply project management principles and technical expertise to oversee multiple concurrent projects, manage project lifecycles from initiation through closeout, and ensure successful implementation of network modernization, technology refresh, cybersecurity, and infrastructure enhancement initiatives. This role requires a strong combination of technical acumen, organizational leadership, stakeholder management, and project execution capabilities within a mission-critical environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Management, or a related discipline with 5+ years of relevant experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
Experience managing or coordinating technical infrastructure projects in enterprise network environments.
Strong understanding of LAN, WAN, Firewall, and network security technologies.
Demonstrated experience developing and managing project schedules, milestones, action plans, and deliverables.
Experience facilitating cross-functional project teams and coordinating efforts across multiple organizations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide executive-level status reporting and customer briefings.
Proven ability to identify project risks, manage dependencies, resolve issues, and drive projects to completion.
Experience tracking project performance, resource utilization, and schedule adherence.
Excellent organizational, planning, and time management skills.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
Ability to effectively manage competing priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and other project management and collaboration tools.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large-scale enterprise network environments consisting of LAN, WAN, Firewall, Cloud, and Data Center technologies.
Experience leading network modernization, infrastructure refresh, migration, and transformation projects.
Familiarity with project management methodologies including PMI, Agile, Hybrid, or Waterfall delivery frameworks.
Experience supporting Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), project baselines, and milestone tracking.
Knowledge of project budgeting, forecasting, labor planning, and resource management.
Experience supporting contractual deliverables, project governance reviews, and executive reporting requirements.
Working knowledge of: Cisco routing and switching technologies, Enterprise firewall platforms, WAN transport services and carrier networks, SD-WAN and cloud networking architectures, Network security and compliance requirements.
Familiarity with ITIL Service Management processes including Change, Incident, Problem, and Configuration Management.
Experience supporting government, aerospace, defense, or mission-critical operational environments.
PMP, CAPM, Agile, or other project management certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the execution of LAN, WAN, and Firewall engineering projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control, and closeout.
Develop and maintain project schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), implementation plans, and project documentation.
Coordinate technical resources across engineering, operations, cybersecurity, and vendor organizations to ensure project objectives are achieved.
Monitor project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and performance metrics to ensure successful project delivery.
Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies while developing mitigation and contingency plans.
Facilitate project status meetings, technical reviews, milestone reviews, and stakeholder engagements.
Prepare and deliver project status reports, executive briefings, dashboards, and customer communications.