Advisory Purple Project Coordinator Co-op

Job Description

Job Description

SRA’s mission is to level up every day to protect our clients and their customers. This begins with our team members and their experience. SRA prides itself on maintaining a culture where team members have a shared sense of support and belonging, consistent with our It’s Personal company value. At SRA, we prioritize transparent career pathing, varied DEI programming and community groups, competitive benefits including mental health support, and an emphasis on a sustainable, healthy, and engaging work culture. SRA has twice been named a Best Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

These Essential Functions, Requirements, and Skills are guidelines. If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but can demonstrate excellent organization, attention to detail, professionalism, flexibility, and self-direction in your professional background, we hope you apply. SRA values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.  

Summary/Objective  

The Project Coordinator Co-op role will be a part of Security Risk Advisors’ Advisory consulting services specializing in Purple Teams. Our style is dynamic, innovative, fast-paced, and highly rewarding for both our clients and our team. This is an outstanding opportunity to work with a wide variety of tools sets, see how numerous organizations operate information security, and interact with clients and SRA team members across multiple facets of security and many different industries. 

Essential Functions  

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

• Manages and updates documentation, templates, and documentation repositories.   

• Manages and coordinates internal Purple Team project meetings using Office 365.  

• Facilitates internal meetings & captures meeting minutes.  

• Initiates Purple Team project kick-off tasks using Monday Project Management platforms.  

• Communicates Purple Team project updates to internal stakeholders.  

• Manages internal project materials and tracking mechanisms. 

• Assists in publishing weekly and monthly project updates.  

• Assists in Purple Team program calendar management.  

• Assists in tracking scheduling updates.  

• Assists with setup, provisioning, and basic administration of user accounts and access across lab and cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, Active Directory) in support of Purple Team engagements. 

• Supports basic lab infrastructure tasks such as provisioning virtual machines, resetting credentials, and maintaining infrastructure and asset inventories. 

• Assists with documenting infrastructure setup, configuration, and teardown procedures for engagements. 

• Escalates technical issues or access requests to senior team members as needed and tracks resolution. 

Supervisory Responsibility  

N/A 

Work Environment   

This job operates in a professional office environment, and all co-ops are expected to work in the office every day. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.  

Physical Demands  

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. This is a largely sedentary role. 

Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and email View email address on ziprecruiter.com with any questions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of this role.  

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work  

This is a full-time position and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.  

Co-ops are expected to work in-person at their assigned office 4/5 days per week unless otherwise permitted by their supervisor. 

Travel  

N/A 

Requirements

Required Education and Experience  

• Completion of high school education or equivalent (GED) 

• Punctuality and timely attendance to external client and internal stakeholder needs. 

• Basic understanding of IT fundamentals (operating systems, networking, or cloud concepts) gained through coursework, self-study, certifications, or personal projects. 

Preferred Qualifications and Experience  

• Residence in Eastern time zone preferred. 

• Previous experience managing projects or leading teams preferred. 

• Previous working experience with Office 365 and/or Monday Project Management Platform. 

• Strong attention to detail. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• Strong organizational and time management skills. 

• Pursuing or completed coursework/degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field. 

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) or basic account/user administration. 

• Exposure to IT infrastructure or virtualization.  

Other Duties  

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

EEO Statement  

Security Risk Advisors is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at SRA are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or any similar category protected under federal, state, or local laws.    

Benefits

Work with Experts: Robust internal training program, plus Company-paid external training. SRA recognizes the value of professional development for employees. Therefore, we encourage our employees to pursue continuing education and role-specific training.

Corps Training Program: Our SRA Corps training program is a six-week experience for new hires that begins with one week of orientation at our Philadelphia headquarters. Whether new hires are interns, co-ops or full-time consultants, SRA Corps members meet our founders, learn our values, and experience a day in the life of a cybersecurity consultant. Following orientation, Corps members return to their home office and participate in trainings such as Consulting 101, Enterprise Networks, Cloud Security, and more. Our leaders provide hands-on offensive, defensive, and frameworks bootcamps.

Mental Health Services: SRA has partnered with BetterHelp to provide SRA employees with free mental health support. BetterHelp connects individuals with licensed therapists for chat, video, and phone sessions.