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About Leidos
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Staff Cyber Security Engineer
The Staff Cyber Security Engineer joins a specialized team to support the DIA-NDOC DOMEX Technology Platform contract. This role focuses on centralizing and standardizing Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination of Open Source Intelligence across Defense and Intelligence Community enterprises. You will collaborate with systems, software, and operations engineers to review cybersecurity artifacts, perform compliance scanning, and conduct risk analysis for cloud-based systems. Key responsibilities include managing security controls for containerized applications, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines, and developing automation scripts for STIG compliance. The role requires expertise in Linux hardening, Kubernetes platforms, Bash, Python, and microservices architecture. You will navigate complex technical environments involving artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cross-domain transfer systems to provide advanced data exploitation, enrichment, and triage capabilities while ensuring adherence to RMF processes and NIST standards.
Cybersecurity
IoT
Network Infrastructure
C
C++
Python
Java
.NET
Go
Ruby
Scala
Bash
Linux
Windows
Android
iOS
PKI
Token based authentication
Incident Response