Cloud Security Engineer

At phia, our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skillsets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for a Cloud Security Engineer with extensive experience and working knowledge with Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS to support our client's efforts to move to a cloud environment. This job is located in Merrifield, VA with some remote capability during the pandemic at the discretion of the customer. Preferred candidates will live within a commutable distance to this location.

This support contract provides a broad range of cyber services to all components under the CISO including cyber operations, cyber risk, security engineering and digital integration departments. The client’s enterprise consists of over 600,000 employees, 500,000 devices, 200,000 enterprise email accounts, 200,000 endpoints, 800 firewall sets, and 640+ URLs of which 350 require web application firewall protection.

What You'll Do:

• Work with the Certification & Accreditation team supporting and continuously improving the C&A process and toolset capabilities.
• Responsible for the security architecture across a variety of applications or domains, including cloud computing and assigned projects & initiatives of large size, complexity, and risk.
• Develop actionable security blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards, and guidelines to ensure enterprise information technology architecture and support is consistent, usable, secure, and adds value to the business.
• Document design specifications, installation instructions, and other system-related information to integrate and migrate existing and planned platforms in support of an organization’s enterprise architecture.
• Discern protection needs (e.g., security controls) to compare an organization’s protection requirements to its information security guidance; identifies gaps in its security architecture, presents considerations for applicability and risk, and provides recommendations for remediation.

Requirements

Education + Experience

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, similar technical discipline or equivalent experience
• U.S. Citizenship
• Scripting – python, Perl, JavaScript
• Experience with Windows, Linux, and cloud environments
• Certification in one or more of the following: Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-103 and/or 104), MCSE Productivity, Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500), Microsoft 365 Security Administration (MS-500)
• Strong verbal and written communications skills; must be able to effectively communicate technical details and thoughts in non-technical/general terminology to various levels of the organization.
• Work well in team environments with internal and external resources as well as work independently on tasks

• Experience working in a very large environment and can work well under pressure
• Strong organizational, and time management skills.

Security Clearance Requirements

• Ability to obtain Public Trust (or higher) government clearance. Active USPS Sensitive clearance preferred.

Who You Are

• A proactive problem solver that appreciates the challenges of working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Intellectually curious with a genuine desire to learn and advance your career.
• An effective communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Customer service-oriented and mission-focused.
• Critical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills.

If your experience and qualifications aren’t a match for this position, you will remain in our database for consideration for future opportunities that may be a better fit.

Benefits

Who We Are

phia LLC ("phia") is a Northern Virginia based, 8a certified small business established in 2011 with focus in Cyber Intelligence, Cyber Security/Defense, Intrusion Analysis & Incident Response, Cyber Architecture & Capability Analysis, Cyber Policy & Strategy, and Information Assurance/Security. we proudly support various agencies and offices within the Department of Defense (DoD), Federal government, and private/commercial entities.

phia values work-life balance and offers the following benefits to full-time employees:

• Comprehensive medical insurance to include dental and vision
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Tuition and Professional Development Assistance
• Flex Spending Accounts (FSA)

phia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.