Information Assurance Engineer

Description

Support team of IT professionals delivering cybersecurity and information assurance services in support of the Department of Homeland Security Classified Networks

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide key security support to geographically dispersed team members on a fast paced and dynamic nationwide program.
• Focused on nurturing external and internal customer relationships, developing junior cyber security and information security engineers, and delivering high quality site and systems security plans.
• Incumbent will be a broker for all security assessment and compliance activities to include at a minimum, OIG activities, Blue Teams, FISMA and other external organizational security audit activities.
• Lead team responsible for compliance management, continuous monitoring, and facilitating projects with the Projects/Engineering team to drive long-term evolution of security environment
• Oversee management of IT security policies for two customer networks as related to Nationwide IT solutions within the SCIFs and Closed spaces

•    As needed, design and develop IA or IA enabled products, interface specifications, and approaches to

      secure the environment

Specific IA duties include:

• Prepare and maintain assessment and authorization packages to obtain approvals to operate IAW ICD  

      503, CNSS 1253 and NIST 800-53’s applicable revision

• Lead/support the quarterly Federal Information Security Management Act audits
• Experience preparing for and conducting command cyber readiness inspection self-inspections/audits

      audit activities associated with as needed, design and develop IA or IA enabled products, interface

      specifications, and approaches to secure the environment

• Experience implementing and managing a patch and vulnerability management and reporting program.
• Experience in the development/implementation of an Application Lifecycle/Software Development Lifecycle Management Plan

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS or equivalent experience and 8+ years of prior relevant/related experience
• 4+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.

Preferred Qualifications

CISSP

CHFI (a plus)

GCIH Certification (a plus)

ITIL v3 or v4 Foundation Certification

Certified Intelligence Analyst (a plus)

IC Community Leadership experience

ISSM Experience

Experience with Steelcloud Config OS

Experience with Tenable/Nessus

Experience with Zero Trust Architecture

Experience with RMF

Department of Defense Program Management (DISA) experience

Pay Range:

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 a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 46,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022.  For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

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Commitment to Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.