Senior Lead Security Engineer
Leidos
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This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $145,700–$208,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $177k for comparable roles.
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Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations.
Leidos currently has 426 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $92,300–$166,850 across 344 roles with salary data.
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The Cyber Security Engineer—Technical Lead joins the Intel Security Sector's Analysis Solutions Business Area to protect information systems and networks from cyber-attacks. Serving as a player-coach, this role involves 75% hands-on engineering, troubleshooting, and implementation alongside technical leadership. Key responsibilities include planning, managing, and upgrading security controls, automating repeatable tasks, and responding to security incidents like malware attacks or breaches. The candidate will utilize tools including Splunk, HBSS/Trellix, firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, and Web-Proxies. Required skills include expertise in automation via Ansible or CloudFormation, and experience with DevSecOps life cycles. The role addresses complex security issues across infrastructure and application domains, ensuring compliance through vulnerability scanning and change management within a high-stakes national security environment requiring a Master’s degree and extensive experience.
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