Critical Infrastructure Project Coordinator

MITRE; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 83,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE's Critical Infrastructure Protection Department seeks a project coordinator to manage multidisciplinary efforts in cyber-physical security and OT protection. You will coordinate schedules, deliverables, and documentation across teams and sponsors.

You will facilitate meetings, prepare technical reports, monitor budgets, and ensure compliance with sponsor requirements. This onsite role supports national security initiatives and requires U.S. citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, CS, cybersecurity, information systems, or related field.
• Minimum 2 years coordinating technical projects or related operational activities.
• Familiarity with systems engineering, cybersecurity, cyber-physical systems, OT, CI, or R&D.
• Ability to manage project schedules, deliverables, and documentation.
• Strong organizational, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Proficiency with common tools (Office, MS Project, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint).
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance.
• On-site work 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate technical projects across multidisciplinary teams supporting CIP, cyber-physical systems, and OT security initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, deliverables, action-item trackers, and status reports.
• Support project planning activities, including scope definition, resource coordination, risk identification, and dependency management.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration among technical staff, project leaders, sponsors, and external stakeholders.
• Track project progress and assist in resolving schedule, resource, and execution challenges.
• Organize and coordinate technical meetings, working groups, and sponsor engagements, including documenting outcomes and follow-up actions.
• Support the preparation of project documentation, technical reports, presentations, and briefings.
• Assist in monitoring project budgets, funding allocations, and contract-related activities.
• Collect, analyze, and communicate project performance metrics.
• Coordinate configuration management, document control, and information-sharing across teams.
• Support continuous improvement of PM processes, tools, and workflows.
• Ensure activities comply with policies and sponsor requirements.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Technical writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related technical field

Master's degree preferred

Project Management certification (PMP/CAPM)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Job description

MITRE's Critical Infrastructure Protection Department seeks a project coordinator to manage multidisciplinary efforts in cyber-physical security and OT protection. You will coordinate schedules, deliverables, and documentation across teams and sponsors.

You will facilitate meetings, prepare technical reports, monitor budgets, and ensure compliance with sponsor requirements. This onsite role supports national security initiatives and requires U.S. citizenship.