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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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The Security Authorization Lead joins the Air Traffic Business Area to support the development of the Leidos Common Automation Platform (L-CAP). This role manages the full security authorization lifecycle, leading RMF and ATO processes for workloads on government cloud infrastructure. The individual serves as the primary technical interface with FAA security organizations, managing artifacts such as SSPs, POA&Ms, SBOMs, and vulnerability dispositions. Key responsibilities include defining control inheritance across cloud layers, translating compliance requirements into engineering backlog items, and coordinating cross-ART compliance within a SAFe/Agile framework. The role requires expertise in NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP standards, and tools like OSCAL or eMASS. This position addresses the critical challenge of securing next-generation air traffic management capabilities by ensuring mission-critical systems meet rigorous federal security requirements within a hybrid cloud data mesh architecture.