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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.
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Listed pay typically runs
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The Cybersecurity Specialist integrates security architecture and engineering throughout the information technology life cycle to develop and sustain secure systems and infrastructure. Working across engineering, operations, and program teams, this role builds security requirements into product baselines, develops mitigation strategies for vulnerabilities, and manages cybersecurity policies for cloud environments. Key responsibilities include conducting scans for DISA STIG compliance, managing RMF artifacts to maintain system ATOs and IATTs, and leading cyber efforts for software development projects. The position requires technical expertise in IA scanning tools like Nessus and SCAP, as well as the Atlassian toolset. This role solves complex security challenges by embedding controls into system designs, ensuring all technical environments meet rigorous cybersecurity standards and customer requirements within a multi-disciplinary program context.
Network Security
SIEM
Firewalls
IDS/IPS
NIST
ISO 27001
PCI-DSS
Incident Response
Threat Intelligence
Vulnerability Assessment
Big Data Analytics
Information Systems Security
Security Architecture
Infrastructure Controls
Risk Management Framework (RMF)
Assessment and Authorization (A&A)
STIGs
SCAP
eMASS
JSIG
Active Directory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Microsoft Windows
Virtualization
Vulnerability Management
Continuous Monitoring
CISSP
CISM
CompTIA Security+