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About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
Leidos currently has
264 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$92,300–$166,850
across 245 roles with salary data.
The Azure XDR and Sentinel Infrastructure Engineer joins the team to support security operations across the NAVINTEL enterprise. This role involves engineering, administering, monitoring, and sustaining Microsoft Defender (XDR) and Microsoft Sentinel SIEM/SOAR environments at scale. The engineer will maintain integrations, analytics, data connectors, RBAC models, and platform health while managing lifecycle operations like upgrades, troubleshooting, detections, automation, and Tier III incident response. Additionally, the position involves designing Azure cloud architecture for Zero Trust tools and secure monitoring pipelines while developing diagrams, SOPs, configuration baselines, and operational reports. Key technical requirements include expertise in Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Azure cloud services, log ingestion, and automation. The role addresses critical security infrastructure needs involving Computer Network Defense operations, RMF compliance, STIG/SRG standards, and vulnerability remediation within a complex defense environment.
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Entra ID
Logic Apps
Zero Trust
SIEM
SOAR
UEBA
RMF
STIGs
PowerShell
Python
Bash
C#
Windows
Linux
Azure
Microsoft Azure
Infrastructure as Code
Python
PowerShell
Bash
REST API
Active Directory
Entra ID
Azure Monitor
Log Analytics
Application Insights
VMs
VNET
Key Vault
DNS
App Service
Agile