Information Assurance Lead

Join Leidos Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to architect build and integrate cutting-edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nations most sensitive and critical missions.

What to expect:

• Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
• Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington DC will be required as the program matures
• A collaborative Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one
• Dev platform based on ServiceNow Elastic and Kafka AWS and RedHat

What youll need:

• An active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration)
• Willingness to complete and maintain additional customer suitability screenings throughout employment
• Current Security certification or higher/equivalent

Leidos Information Assurance (IA) branch is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality integrity and availability of the Information Technology assets for both unclassified and classified networks. We are currently seeking an IA Team Lead to help establish a new team as well as lead and mentor IA Engineers.

The key duties and responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the security of information systems ensuring they are properly secured maintained and compliant with established policies standards and regulations.
• Conducting regular security assessments vulnerability scans and risk analyses to identify potential threats and weaknesses in the systems and mitigate those risks.
• Ensuring systems comply with relevant security frameworks and participating in regular security audits to ensure adherence to compliance standards.
• Coordinating the process of certifying and accrediting systems ensuring they meet all security requirements before deployment.
• Monitoring system activity to detect unauthorized access malware and other potential security threats and implementing ongoing improvements to security controls.
• Working closely with other teams (IT legal compliance etc.) to integrate security into system development and maintenance processes and ensuring security measures align with business objectives.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to IA personnel and conduct performance assessments
• Validate and approve time charging for assigned personnel

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree in a related discipline and 12 years of prior relevant experience; additional related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience leading cybersecurity or IA teams
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or higher (Sec CE or higher).
• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.
• Ability to pass additional customer suitability screening(s) prior to start
• Ability to work on-site in Washington DC

• Experience in performing risk assessment IT audits security planning systems accreditation and policy development.
• Experience complying with USG DoD and DA regulations and preparing for responding to information security audits and questionnaires.
• Understanding of related information technology (e.g. firewalls VPN virtualization DLP etc) and physical security assets.
• Knowledge of domain structures user authentication data encryption access audits and end-user security best practices.
• Experience with UNIX/LINUX OS and any scripting language.
• Experience working with IDS/IPS and processes.

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