Description

Are you ready to work for a company that not only supports mission critical projects but also prioritizes investing in the growth and development of its employees?

Join us at Leidos, where your most important work is ahead! You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, education and training support, parental paid leave and more! We celebrate our milestones with chili cooks offs, Pi Day with Pies, group lunches, end of year celebrations, recognition awards and much, much more. You will have the opportunity to work under exceptional industry leadership at every level, where prioritizing employees, and their work, is paramount.

Join our team working on one of our most prestigious programs delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions supporting highly visible applications and building our next generation of applications.

Leidos is seeking an Information Systems Security Engineer (ISSE) for a technical development program supporting a cloud-based application, and its associated cloud infrastructure located on a secure network.The ISSE will work with a large team of developers, software engineers, database administrators, and system architects. The ISSE systems engineer will be required to carry a duty phone on a rotational basis and may need to come in to address issues that arise.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Performing security analysis and monitoring of a 100 percent AWS, cloud-based system
• Performing vulnerability scanning and analysis of the system
• Perform remediation and develop security implementations based on security findings
• Interface with Information System Security Managers (ISSM) to develop and accredit the system
• Participate in or lead technical exchange meetings, document meeting outcomes as needed and brief management
• All team members will be required to participate in a 24/7 on call rotation for 1 week every 8 weeks.

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Typically requires a Masters and 15 years OR Bachelor's and 18 years prior work experience. May have 20 years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience with Linux (CLI)
• Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python
• Solid understanding of, experience with networking (e.g., ports, routing tables, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, routers, etc.) to include design, integration and troubleshooting issues
• Experience in working on teams utilizing Agile workflows and processes
• Have an understanding of NIST 800-53 standards, DISA/CIS STIGs, CVEs
• Experience with RMF workflow toolsrkflow tools

Desired Qualifications

• Relevant IT certifications (e.g., CISSP, AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Security)
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Ansible / Terraform, or other configuration and automation tools
• Experience in working in a cloud-based environment (AWS)

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.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.