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Unleash Your Potential

At Leidos, 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!

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to grow your career with an organization that values your talent and encourages professional development on a massive scale? This is your chance to shine!

We're seeking a talented Security Engineering & Operations (E&O) Technical Lead to join our National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cyber Security Center (NCSC) Engineering & Operations team. As a Cyber E&O Technical Lead, you'll play a crucial role in safeguarding NOAA's networks, computers, programs, and data from cyber threats and unauthorized access. Join us and take your career to the next level!

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Mission
Leidos Civil Group helps modernize infrastructure, systems, and security. We are a trusted partner to both government and highly-regulated commercial customers looking for transformative solutions in mission IT, security, software, engineering, and operations. We work with our customers including the FAA, DOE, NASA, National Science Foundation, Transportation Security Administration, Custom and Border Protection, airports, and electric utilities to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient. Our customers take on the toughest challenges out there, and at times need a helping hand from specialists in their fields. We combine our scale as a Fortune 500 company with the deep technical knowledge of our core capabilities and the expertise of our talented and diverse workforce to deliver mission-centric innovations. For each of these core capabilities, we have developed proven, repeatable processes that help us deliver agile, cost-effective solutions to foster a better world. To explore and learn more, click here!

Are you ready to join a team dedicated to a mission? Begin your journey of a flourishing and fulfilling career, share your resume with us today!

The Challenge:

• Provide technical oversight across the NOAA NCSC program to a team of security infrastructure, network, firewall engineers, and team directors.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and development to a cross-functional security engineering & operations team.
• Design, develop or recommend integrated system solutions to protect proprietary/confidential data and systems.
• Engage the client, where applicable, in the strategic design process to translate security and business needs into technical designs.
• Boost the project lifecycle for infrastructure and technology projects.
• Configure and validate secure systems.
• Testing security products/systems to detect computer and information security weaknesses.
• Facilitate and delegate daily ticket queue management, tasks, and projects where applicable.
• Manage and react to system monitoring alerting as needed.
• Perform system checkouts and testing of system upgrades and patches within operational environments.
• Coordinate with enterprise partners on system outages and make decisions on system failover to different availability zones or data centers when applicable.
• Ensure documentation relative to operational procedures, services, etc., is written, centrally accessible, and updated as necessary.
• Provide reporting and metrics deliverables to leadership and senior management.
• Assist with team resource management and project prioritization.

Basic Qualifications:

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or other Cyber Security field and 4+ years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of relevant experience and/or technology certifications may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Knowledge of security system design tools, methods, and techniques.
• Knowledge of specific operational impacts of cybersecurity lapses.
• Knowledge of system life cycle management standards, including software security and usability.
• Knowledge of capabilities and requirements analysis.
• Knowledge of basic system, network, and OS hardening techniques.
• Skill in conducting vulnerability scans and recognizing vulnerabilities in security systems.
• Skill in identifying systemic security issues based on the evaluation of vulnerability and configuration data.
• Skill in troubleshooting, diagnosing cyber defense infrastructure and application anomalies, and working through resolution.
• Skill in applying and incorporating information technologies into proposed solutions.
• Skill in individually making configuration updates to ensure system availability needs.
• Ability to share meaningful insights about the context of an organization’s threat environment that improve its risk management posture.
• Ability and drive to learn new software and IT concepts quickly.
• Comprehension of accepted security practices, troubleshooting issues, attack vectors, and customer support.
• Knowledge and background in supporting: Linux/UNIX, Python/PowerShell/Javascript, vulnerability scanning & patching, firewalls, and networking.
• Knowledge and background in administering: Windows, Archer, ThreatConnect, FireEye, Tenable/Nessus, WebInspect, SCCM, VMWare, FreeNAS/Pure/NetApp storage, and PKI certificate management.

You Might Also Have:

• Demonstrated experience in cyber security design, engineering, and operations.
• Background with System Administration, Network Administration Network Security, Networking Standards, Network Protocols, NIST/FISMA standards and controls, SIEM platforms and security tools, and Network Hardware Configurations.
• Cyber Security Training or Certification (ie Securty+, Network+, SPLUNK, FireEye).
• Knowledge of NIST SP 800 53 series or ISO 27000 series documents.
• Windows 10 security best practices and configurations.
• Understanding of advanced threat detection in an enterprise environment.
• Understanding of malware families, their types, and the threat they pose.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows administrative & troubleshooting tools.
• Demonstrated experience performing cybersecurity analysis from an operations & engineering perspective.
• Background with Splunk (preferred) or another SIEM platform.

Clearance Required:

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance, specifically DoD/Secret Clearance (Interim Secret acceptable).

At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that provide them with an opportunity to thrive, professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business. We’d like to learn more about you, apply today!

Pay Range:

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.