Cybersecurity Analyst
Leidos
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This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $140,975–$185,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $122k versus about $163k 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 230 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $106,600–$192,700 across 218 roles with salary data.
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Leidos seeks an experienced Tier 2 Attack Sensing & Warning Analyst to join the CBP Security Operations Center team. This role involves leveraging advanced security technologies like EDR and SIEM tools to monitor, triage, and investigate endpoint and network activity, escalating alerts according to established procedures, analyzing attacker behaviors, aggregating IOCs, and developing security content and tools to enhance detection capabilities. The analyst will lead incident response activities, mentor junior staff, and create detailed reports for customer leadership. Essential skills include experience with email security, digital forensics, monitoring, incident response, vulnerability assessment, and cyber intelligence analysis, along with strong problem-solving abilities and the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Preferred qualifications include familiarity with frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and experience in detection engineering to reduce false positives.
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