Cybersecurity Specialist

Leidos is seeking a customer experience driven personality to join our team as an Information Systems Security Officer supporting the Hypersonic Technology Project. This role will drive operations on focused contractual agreements while working with a team of highly motivated, technical individuals who work in a collegial, collaborative work environment. Your key role is leading and coordinating multiple teams’ tasks and staff inputs to ensure all the requirements are fulfilled in a timely manner for successful performance reporting. In addition, you would contribute to the analysis and formulation of strategic performance direction across all areas of responsibility.

This position requires a results-oriented individual with exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills to help us deliver both program and customer facing metric data and analysis.  Join us at AEGIS where the sky is NOT the limit!

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop security control selection guidance consistent with the organization’s risk management strategy.

• Draft and review information security policies, standards, and procedures.

• Conducts risk and vulnerability assessment at the network, system, and application level.

• Complete regular situational awareness reports and daily reports.

• Perform regular management and maintenance of network vulnerability scanning tools and other cybersecurity tools and performing vulnerability assessment scans as necessary.

• Perform analyses to validate established security requirements and to recommend additional security requirements and safeguards.

• Provide input/artifacts as part of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process including reviews and accreditations.

• Provide guidance on vulnerability and malware remediation.

• Provide Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) database information inputs.

• Suggest cybersecurity solutions and process improvements to help minimize the risks to the information system.

• Researches, evaluates, and recommends new security tools, techniques, and technologies and introduces them to the enterprise in alignment with IT security strategy.

• Utilizes COTS/GOTS and custom tools and processes/procedures to scan, identify, contain, mitigate, and remediate vulnerabilities, and intrusions.

• Compliance with applicable statutes and regulations including, but not limited to, NIST 800-53 and FIPS 199.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of RMF (Risk Management Framework)

• Knowledge of network vulnerability scanning tools, other cybersecurity tools and performing vulnerability assessment scans.

• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills for effective interaction with customers and co-workers

Clearance:

Secret clearance (required), with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance

Desired Certifications / Training:

• One of the following Certifications: CISSP (or Associate); CAP; CASP+ CE; CISM; GSLC; CCISO

• Microsoft certification for Windows desktop or server administration

• CompTIA Security+ certification

There is a potential for telework, but most tasks must be completed on-site.

Original Posting Date:2025-02-07

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $85,150.00 - $153,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.