Description

Job Description:

Job Description

This role serves as the Cyber Security Engineer position for the SOC program.  This position is responsible for engineering design, security tools maintenance and development of cyber security technology along with integration of new architectural features into existing infrastructure.
Candidate shall have more than 5 years of experience working within an enterprise operations environment with a focus on cyber security. Perform security tools maintenance as required.  Support multi-disciplined teams in the design and implementation of the cyber security system architecture. 

Primary Responsibilities
Candidate shall have more than 5 years of experience working within an enterprise operations environment with a focus on cyber security.  Perform security tools maintenance as required.  Support multi-disciplined teams in the design and implementation of the cyber security system architecture.  Apply cyber security standards, directives, guidance and policies to an architectural framework. Provide architectural analysis of cyber security features and relate existing system to future needs and trends. Provide broad based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and apply the experience to specific cyber security initiatives relating to architectural design and development. Resolve architecture implementation issues during integration and test.

Basic Qualifications
Ability to obtain public trust clearance.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development, with a concentration in Cyber Security. 

If the candidate has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field, three (3) years of experience in incident detection and response, system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development is required.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in cyber government, and/or federal law enforcement. 
• Change management (CRs, CCBs, etc)
• Security architecture development
• Customer requirements identification
• Operations and maintenance
• Performance metrics related to security operations
• Staffing and management responsibilities
• Experience identify new tools and/or required upgrades based on ROI

Desired certifications:
CCNP
CCNA-Security
MCSE

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:  BS degree and 4 – 8 years of prior relevant experience in order to operate within the scope contemplated by the level.

External Referral Bonus:

Eligible

Potential for Telework:

No

Clearance Level Required:

Public Trust

Travel:

Yes, 10% of the time

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Shift:

Day

Requisition Category:

Professional

Job Family:

Cyber Operations

Leidos is a Fortune 500 information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world's toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company's 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $10.19 billion for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2018. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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