IT Project Coordinator – RMF & DoD Ready

Society of Defense Financial Management; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Society of Defense Financial Management seeks a motivated Junior Project Manager to support IT infrastructure, systems, networking, and cybersecurity projects. The role requires understanding of how servers, switches, and workstations interact and how security controls are implemented.

You will coordinate schedules, track deliverables, and communicate progress to stakeholders, coordinating with network engineers, system admins, and government partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, IS, Cybersecurity, CS, PM, or related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
• Approximately 1–3 years of IT project coordination, technical support, systems administration, networking, or related technical environment.
• Foundational understanding of IT infrastructure including servers, switches, workstations, IP networking, and basic connectivity.
• Ability to understand at high level how systems communicate across a network and dependencies among components.
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to coordinate technical personnel, manage competing priorities, and track deliverables to completion.
• Proficiency with MS Office and project tracking or scheduling software.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, execute, and track IT infrastructure and cybersecurity projects.
• Coordinate project schedules, milestones, deliverables, action items, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Work with technical teams to understand requirements, identify blockers, and communicate progress.
• Maintain project documentation, status reports, meeting minutes, schedules, and program deliverables.
• Develop a high-level understanding of system architectures and how components interact.
• Assist with coordinating network, systems, and cybersecurity activities across multiple teams.
• Support collection and tracking of cybersecurity documentation, controls, and compliance evidence.
• Assist RMF activities including documentation, security control tracking, assessments, and ATO deliverables.
• Track risks, issues, and dependencies; elevate concerns to leadership as appropriate.
• Participate in technical meetings and translate discussions into action items and updates.
• Help ensure activities align with customer requirements, contracts, and timelines.

Skills

Organizational skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Follow-through

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Project scheduling software

Job description

Society of Defense Financial Management seeks a motivated Junior Project Manager to support IT infrastructure, systems, networking, and cybersecurity projects. The role requires understanding of how servers, switches, and workstations interact and how security controls are implemented.

You will coordinate schedules, track deliverables, and communicate progress to stakeholders, coordinating with network engineers, system admins, and government partners.