Project Engineer

About the role

A partner company is hiring a Project Engineer based in India to serve as a technical delivery resource for complex mid- to large-scale IT projects. Day-to-day, you will own implementations spanning infrastructure, cloud, systems integration, and enterprise technologies, driving projects from discovery through deployment and closeout while coordinating with project managers, engineers, clients, vendors, and cross-functional teams. The role blends hands-on technical expertise with structured project execution, stakeholder management, and quality assurance, and includes modernizing delivery through AI, automation, reusable playbooks, and scalable processes. This is a fully remote position.

What you’ll do

• Execute complex IT project implementations with limited oversight, taking ownership of technical delivery and ensuring agreed outcomes are achieved
• Lead technical discovery, requirements analysis, solution design, system integration, infrastructure deployment, testing, and go-live activities
• Develop project plans, schedules, resource requirements, implementation documentation, and task tracking to maintain delivery momentum
• Coordinate planning, testing, deployment, documentation, and formal project closeout activities across internal teams, clients, vendors, and technology partners
• Serve as a technical escalation point for project challenges, working with engineering and functional teams to identify solutions and resolve delivery issues
• Gather technical and business requirements from clients and stakeholders and maintain clear alignment around scope, deliverables, timelines, and expectations
• Validate implementations against technical requirements, organizational standards, QA processes, and agreed project specifications
• Develop and maintain automation scripts, frameworks, orchestration workflows, and reusable playbooks that reduce manual effort and improve delivery consistency

What you’ll bring

• 3–6+ years of experience in project engineering, technical project delivery, infrastructure engineering, or a comparable technical role
• Demonstrated experience delivering infrastructure, cloud, IT transformation, or enterprise technology projects
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft enterprise technologies including Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Teams, Intune, endpoint management, Active Directory, Entra ID, Group Policy, DNS, Wi
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix, and Azure Virtual Desktop
• Knowledge of backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions
• Strong understanding of systems integration, APIs, automation platforms, and enterprise infrastructure environments
• Ability to use AI-assisted tools and automation pragmatically to improve technical delivery, documentation, analysis, and operational efficiency
• Strong communication, coordination, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills

Nice to have

• Experience working in MSP, consultancy, or client-facing technical environments
• Familiarity with project delivery methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, or similar frameworks
• Relevant certifications are advantageous, including Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305), Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator Expert (MS-102), Identity

Skills

Benefits

• Fully remote position based in India
• Opportunity to work on complex mid- to large-scale IT infrastructure, cloud, and transformation projects
• Exposure to a broad range of Microsoft, Azure, virtualization, identity, and enterprise technologies
• Opportunity to integrate AI and automation into real-world technical project delivery