Secure IT Project Manager – Network & Security (Secret)

Cypress Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 158,000; Part time

Job summary

Cypress Consulting in Washington, DC is seeking a part-time, onsite Project Coordinator for network and security engineering work in a secure environment. The role will coordinate delivery from assessment through validation and closeout, aligning teams, vendors, schedules, risks, and decisions.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining project plans, leading status reviews, coordinating with engineering stakeholders and vendors, tracking approvals, and ensuring timely delivery of

Qualifications

• Experience managing technical projects involving IT infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, or related engineering services.
• Strong planning, written communication, meeting facilitation, and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to track schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables and elevate concerns promptly.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical vendors and explaining engineering progress to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• U.S. person status, active Secret clearance, and ability to meet secure-facility access requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain project plans, milestones, staffing assignments, risk registers, testing plans, change processes, and escalation paths.
• Lead status reviews and report clearly on progress, dependencies, risks, decisions, and deliverable status.
• Coordinate engineering stakeholders and vendors during assessments, troubleshooting, design reviews, maintenance windows, and validation.
• Track approvals and changes, including implementation steps, rollback considerations, and documented results.
• Oversee the quality and timely delivery of assessments, network diagrams, design records, operational guidance, and closeout materials.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer, leadership briefings, post-implementation support, and transition activities.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Networking

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder coordination

Secret clearance

Job description

Cypress Consulting in Washington, DC is seeking a part-time, onsite Project Coordinator for network and security engineering work in a secure environment. The role will coordinate delivery from assessment through validation and closeout, aligning teams, vendors, schedules, risks, and decisions.

Responsibilities include building and maintaining project plans, leading status reviews, coordinating with engineering stakeholders and vendors, tracking approvals, and ensuring timely delivery of