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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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As a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer, you will provide technical leadership within the C5ISR Center Cyber Security Service Provider to support mission-critical defensive cyber operations. You will serve as the primary technical interface to government leads, overseeing cybersecurity architecture, engineering, and modernization across multi-tenant environments. Your daily responsibilities include designing and implementing complex enterprise systems, conducting feasibility studies, leading proof of concepts, and managing risk assessments for networks, applications, and data. You will navigate the complexities of migrating services from on-premises to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures while ensuring compliance with NIST, FISMA, and FedRAMP frameworks. The role requires expertise in cybersecurity engineering, systems engineering, and IT lifecycle methodologies. Key technical requirements include a CISSP certification and proficiency in identifying security-relevant data across diverse cloud environments to strengthen the customer's overall cybersecurity posture.
Cybersecurity
Network Security
Vulnerability Assessment
Big Data Analytics
Information Assurance
Security+
Event Correlation
Cyber Defense
IAM
IAT
IASAE