About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, Information Technology & Cybersecurity.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

This role supports planning, coordination, and tracking of IT infrastructure, systems, networking, and cybersecurity projects. You’ll coordinate technical teams and maintain program documentation so projects stay on schedule and meet security and contractual requirements.

• Support planning, coordination, execution, and tracking of IT infrastructure and cybersecurity projects
• Coordinate schedules, milestones, deliverables, action items, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Work with network engineers, systems admins, cybersecurity staff, and stakeholders to identify blockers and report progress
• Maintain project documentation: status reports, meeting minutes, schedules, and deliverables
• Develop a high-level understanding of system architectures and how servers, switches, workstations, and security controls interact
• Assist in coordinating activities across network, systems, and security teams
• Support collection, organization, and tracking of cybersecurity documentation and compliance evidence
• Help with Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities: documentation, control tracking, assessment prep, and authorization deliverables
• Track and escalate project risks, issues, and dependencies as needed
• Translate technical meeting outcomes into clear action items, decisions, and updates for stakeholders
• Ensure project activities align with customer requirements, contractual deliverables, and timelines

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Project Management, or equivalent practical experience
• Approximately 1–3 years supporting IT projects, technical support, systems administration, networking, or cybersecurity teams
• Foundational understanding of IT infrastructure: servers, network switches, workstations, IP networking, and basic connectivity
• Ability to reason at a high-level about how systems communicate across a network and how infrastructure components depend on one another
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication, and follow-through skills
• Experience coordinating technical personnel, managing competing priorities, and tracking deliverables to completion
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams and common task/project tracking tools

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Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal government or Department of Defense (DoD) IT programs
• Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and system authorization lifecycle
• Exposure to RMF deliverables such as System Security Plans (SSPs), POA&Ms, security control assessments, and ATO packages
• Experience working alongside cybersecurity, network engineering, systems administration, or IT infrastructure teams
• Knowledge of security compliance frameworks and NIST publications
• Understanding of basic network concepts: IP addresses, subnets, routing, switching, firewalls, and segmentation
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies
• Relevant certifications (CompTIA Security+, Network+, CAPM, or similar)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance, if required by the contract

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Compensation & Location

• Estimated base: $79,890 per year (estimated)
• This role supports IT and cybersecurity projects and will involve regular coordination with technical and customer teams.

You will be employed directly by Confidential Client (via Careertakes).

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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