Information Assurance Engineer

Leidos

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Work type: On-site
Location: Alexandria, VASt. Louis, MOGaithersburg, MDChantilly, VA
Salary: $107,900–$195,050 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 225 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $107,900–$195,050 across 219 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Information Assurance Engineer

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Leidos seeks a senior-level Information Assurance Engineer to join its IC customer Program team, focusing on integrating and sustaining various legacy and developmental systems. This role involves leading multi-disciplined teams in designing secure system architectures, producing cyber security artifacts, and ensuring compliance with industry standards like ICD 503, FISMA, XACTA, and NIST. The Engineer will collaborate closely with internal leadership and customers to maintain the integrity of enterprise-wide cyber systems, applying RMF steps for A&A tasks and managing vulnerability assessments. Key skills include a TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570/8140 IAM III certification, and proficiency in tools like AWS, XACTA 360, Tenable Security Center, and Kubernetes, alongside strong communication and problem-solving abilities.

Skills

AWS XACTA Tenable Security Center Nessus Trellix ePO HBSS ACAS CI/CD Kubernetes Docker GitLab EKS OpenShift Jira Confluence RMF Risk Management Framework ICD 503 FISMA NIST

What you'll do

Lead multi-disciplined teams in designing and implementing cyber security system architecture.
Produce and analyze cyber security architectural artifacts to ensure compliance with future needs.
Review system requirements based on cyber security posture and provide input for improvements.
Resolve architecture implementation issues during integration and testing phases.
Advise team members on deploying and configuring collection services and tools.
Lead Vulnerability Management and Continuous Monitoring tasks for multi-disciplined teams.

What we're looking for

Requires BS degree and 8-12 years of relevant experience or equivalent; TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
Must hold DoD.8570/8140 IAM III Certification (CISSP, CISM, CISA) and COMPTIA Security+ or comparable IAT/IAM II/III certification
Expertise in Security Assessment and Authorization (A&A), RMF steps 1-6, XACTA, NIST, FISMA
Familiarity with AWS services, system engineering documentation creation, team collaboration tools
Proficient in ACAS Vulnerability scanning, STIG management, and remediation techniques

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