2025-05-09
Leidos
Other
/yr
full-time
part-time
employee
contract
Huntsville
Alabama
35806
United States
Description
Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
Unleash your potential at Leidos, where we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customer’s success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!
The Digital Modernization Sector brings together our digital transformation and IT programs, allowing us to better serve our customers through scale and repeatability.
- https://www.leidos.com/capabilities/digital-modernization
We are seeking a talented and energetic candidate to work with the best and brightest employees around the country in creating innovative all-encompassing solutions for our programs. You will work in a fast-paced and diverse environment, enjoy flexible work arrangements, and will have a management team that encourages your career development and growth. In this role, you will gain many intangible skills, such as time and task management, critical thinking and problem solving, the ability to communicate complicated problems in a concise manner, as well as solve complex problems using available tools.
The Cybersecurity Specialist will be responsible to implement and execute risk management processes by utilizing National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800 series special publications, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), and Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) compliance frameworks. The Cybersecurity Specialist will work in a collaborative unified team environment to monitor, evaluate, and manage the vulnerability and overall risk posture of systems. This position will involve working closely with the organization’s Engineering and IT teams to identify vulnerabilities, conduct security control assessments, perform risk analysis and assessments, develop security strategies for mitigating and resolving findings, provide cybersecurity compliance guidance to IT teams and ensure systems remain compliant with federal standards and regulations.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Supports the Cybersecurity Program by managing vulnerability and overall risk posture for system security plans in support of the system’s Authorization to Operate (ATO)
• Troubleshoot and problem solve technical and non-technical challenges as assigned
• Support cyber metrics development, maintenance and reporting
• Collaborate with system administrators and owners on security controls
• Data Analytics
• Collaborate with IT teams to prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities in a timely manner
• Monitor and track remediation progress, escalating risks as necessary
• Perform regular vulnerability assessments using scanning tools such as Nessus
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of vulnerability management processes, tools, and policies
• Support compliance effort by providing documentation related to vulnerability management
• Stay up to date on general information technology innovations and emerging threats and security technologies to continuously improve security posture
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Management of Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in information security or related roles
• Excellent communication and multi-tasking skills
• Proactive and ability to work both singularly and in a Team environment.
• Familiarity of networking ports and protocols, architecture of networked and standalone systems, functionality of various operating systems, cloud computing environments and common security tools.
• Ability to digest and comprehend information system topology diagrams and Concept of Operations documentation
• Knowledge with federal standards such as NIST, FISMA and FIPS
• Exposure to Security Control Audits
• Proficient with MS Office
• Active (or held within 3 years) Security Clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CompTIA Network+, Security+, CySA+) are a plus.
• Exposure to FedRAMP program and standards
Familiarity with vulnerability tools such as Nessus, Big Fix, and Bugzilla
• NASA experience
Specific position requirements include:
Must be within commute distance to MSFC (Huntsville, AL) and willing to transition to on-site work if required by program or customer.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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