Cybersecurity Engineering Lead

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cybersecurity Engineering Lead to join our team in the Huntsville, AL area. This individual will be responsible for providing engineering assurance and infrastructure support across systems administration, network administration, and systems authorization. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in managing, maintaining, and optimizing IT systems and infrastructure while ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

At Leidos, you'll join a team of innovators tackling some of the world's most critical challenges through cutting-edge technology and bold ideas. We foster a dynamic and collaborative environment where your expertise will directly contribute to mission success and the significance of your contributions will only be surpassed by the exceptional opportunities for your professional growth and advancement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead an Infrastructure Support team for a large cybersecurity contract and Enterprise Security Operations Center
• Lead a team of Information Systems Security Officers (ISSOs) to achieve and maintain Authority to Operate (ATO) for all contract systems
• Ensure operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices are adhered to for cloud and on-premises environments, systems, applications and tools.
• Ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of IT infrastructure by conducting regular system health checks, performance analysis and troubleshooting.
• Oversee infrastructure upgrades and system patching to maintain optimal performance and security.
• Support in designing and implementing infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements.
• Troubleshoot, hardware, software, and network issues, ensuring minimal downtime and fast recovery
• Maintain and trouble network components
• Ensure network security best practices are followed, including routers, switches, firewalls, and VPNs
• Ensure network security best practices are followed, including encryption and firewall configuration
• Implement and enforce system access controls and user permissions, ensuring compliance with organizational security policies and standards.

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain Top-Secret Clearance with eligibility for SCI
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• 10 years of experience
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Active Directory
• Understanding of NIST 800 series publications and Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) compliance.
• Familiarity with all related aspects of cybersecurity operations and security architecture
• Familiarity with the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authority to Operate (ATO)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with VMWare vSphere 7
• Experience with Cisco Networking
• Experience with Dell Server, and SAN Storage hardware
• Familiarity with system accreditation and authorization and the FBI's ATO processes
• Experience evaluating, documenting, and managing NIST 800-53 control implementations
• Experience with GRC tools (RiskVision, Xacta and JCAM)
• Experience with FBI, DHS, IC, and DoD Networks.
• Experience with technical and/or military writing
• Experience with configuring and operating cybersecurity and networking devices (i.e. routers, firewalls, IDPS)
• Preferred Certifications:
  
  • Microsoft Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
  • VMware Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV)
  • Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Original Posting:
April 17, 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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.

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