Cyber Security Engineer

Description Are you ready to join Leidos all-star team?

Through training, teamwork, and exposure to challenging technical work, let Leidos show how to accelerate your career path.

Leidos has an exciting opening for you, our next Cyber Security Engineer, to assist with the release of a state-of-the-art technology stack under the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract supporting the OSINT Integration Center (OSIC). Have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development.

As a Cyber Security Engineer, your job is to provide technical security expertise in our cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

You will lean on your experience with security technologies and industry best practices while employing effective security solutions.

This exciting and challenging work will help you expand your capabilities in security and will provide you with the skills and experience you need to achieve additional levels of the DoD 8570 IAT and IASAE Certifications.

While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.

Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with ISSOs.

ISSSMs, software engineers, software developers, system engineers and Government counterparts to perform the full spectrum of systems and cyber security engineering tasks to ensure our systems meet a variety of regulatory compliance frameworks.

Key Tasks include the following:Perform review and analysis of cybersecurity event logsConduct and review technical cybersecurity assessmentsCoordinate with security personnel and recommend mitigation strategiesIdentify points of vulnerability and non-compliance with established cybersecurity standards and regulationsCollaborate with our DevOpsSec team to help with analyzing scan results and remediation of findingsManage and maintain a library of security audit tools, and corresponding processes that can be used for system security testing, internal audits, incident response, and diagnosis of security-related system issuesPerform and maintain vulnerability scans using Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) and create reportsTrack and report Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM) compliance using Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS)Maintain Authorization to Operate (ATO) records in XACTA systemManage and report Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M) complianceReview certification and accreditation (C&A) documentation, providing feedback on completeness and compliance of its contentPerform system installation, configuration maintenance, account maintenance, signature maintenance, patch management, and troubleshooting of operational IA and CND systemsApply system security engineering expertise in one or more of the following to : system security design process; engineering life cycle; information domain; cross domain solutions; commercial off the-shelf and government off-the shelf cryptography; identification; authentication; and authorization; system integration; risk management; intrusion detection; contingency planning; incident handling; configuration control; change management; auditing; This is you:BS degree and 8+ years of experience or additional years of experience in lieu of degreeAn active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a PolyAt least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate) 1 year of experience developing and reviewing security concept of operations, systems security plans, security risk assessments, contingency plans, configuration management plansExperience configuring, running, and analyzing vulnerability scansExperience with XACTA, EMass, or similar toolExperience with NIST Special Publications e.g.

NIST SP 800-27, 30, 37, 53, 60Experience with CNSS publication CNSSI 1253Experience with incident response plans, plan of actions and milestones, risk management plans, and vulnerability management plansStrong analytical, communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skillsExperience establishing a System Security Engineering (SSE) management process to integrate security and privacy controls into complex hardware and software systems You will wow us even more if you have these skills:Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and ReactExperience with DevOpsSec pipelines and toolsExperience with database systems, search engines, web applicationsExperience in a Linux Red Hat and Centos environmentExperience with big data applicationsExperience with Jira and ConfluenceExperience working in an Agile environmentExperience with NIST SP 800-171 If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling.

At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it.

We're not hiring followers.

We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.

Step 10 is ancient history.

We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.Original Posting:December 9, 2025 For U.S.

Positions: 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 $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 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.

About Leidos Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.

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