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Leidos · 3 hours ago

Cybersecurity Systems Engineer Sr.

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$105K/yr - $189K/yr

8+ years exp

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Security Clearance Required

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Responsibilities

Work with Leidos Corporate customers to understand their needs and design appropriate workflows that both meet the business demand and adhere to cybersecurity standards.

Perform integration and testing of updated workflows in a timely manner to facilitate rapid deployment from test to production.

Assess systems architectures currently in place and work with technical staff to recommend improvements.

Regularly employ ingenuity and creativity to develop new technical solutions and systems to achieve functional objectives and improve workflows.

Create and maintain dashboards in both ServiceNow and Power BI.

Adapt workflows to keep up to date with regulator standards (e.g. NIST 800-171, CMMC, Privacy, among others).

Work with Compliance and Risk Management teams to drive technical requirements into workflows and policy.

Inform stakeholders of any security issues with the technical solutions being proposed and assess the business impact that certain technical choices have.

Work closely with fellow Cybersecurity Architects and Engineers on our team with different areas of expertise (Networking, Endpoint, Application, Cloud, Mobile, etc.).

Keep up to date with cybersecurity best-practices, tradecraft, and industry trends.

Continually research current and emerging security technologies and propose changes where needed.

Support projects and tool development to enhance global cybersecurity posture.

Develop a set of reference architectures over time that can be used across customer engagements.

Adapt these models to keep up to date with regulatory standards (e.g., NIST 800-171, CMMC, Privacy, among others).

Qualification

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Cybersecurity Systems EngineeringServiceNowPower BINIST security controlsIntegration testingEndpoint securityApplication securityCloud securityMobile securityAzure DevOpsAccess SecurityWeb application securityCloud IaaS/SaaSTechnical documentation

Required

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in Information Security with a real passion for the field. Additional years of relevant experience, training, and/or professional certifications will qualify in lieu of a degree.

Individuals do not need to possess a clearance today. Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance and therefore have US citizenship.

Demonstrated experience developing and deploying security solutions that meet customer requirements.

Ability to write and verbally communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal and customer-oriented documentation.

A self-starter who can execute at the senior engineering level using a combination of learned skills, personal networking, and grit to achieve objectives.

Demonstrate poise and creativity while working with other architects in different domain spaces to come to a common solution.

Ability to complete tasks on time, anticipate gaps, and develop effective solutions to those gaps.

Must have strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Understand security fundamentals within different areas of expertise (Networking, Endpoint, Application, Cloud, Mobile, etc.) to apply Leidos technical security standards.

Knowledge of a broad spectrum of security products and ability to conduct analysis of alternatives to onboard new enterprise capabilities.

Preferred

Experience and comfort in taking strategic intents and driving technical workflow and policy change.

Experience with ServiceNow.

Experience with Microsoft Power Platform.

Experience with Azure Dev Ops.

Experience reading Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation to identify security gaps and creating a recommended technical design path to closure.

A background in Network Security, and basic knowledge of the OSI model, TCP/IP protocols, and access fundamentals will be helpful, but can be taught.

A basic understanding of Cloud IaaS/SaaS delivery models with experience in any one of the following: AWS, Microsoft, Google, or Oracle clouds will be helpful but can be taught.

Experience and background in Identity and Access Security, with foundational knowledge of privilege and rights management will be helpful but can be taught.

Familiarity with securing web application deployment architectures considering Web, App, and DB tiers will be helpful, but can be taught.