Senior Cyber Security Architect

Leidos is seeking qualified candidates to join our Defense Enclave Services team, who will support an extensive digital modernization program critical to DISA and Fourth Estate Agencies.

We offer competitive compensation, retirement and paid leave packages, health and wellness programs, career development trainings and certifications, income protection, employee stock purchase plans, and family benefits.

Job Description:

In this role, a successful candidate will be able to provide security architecture support and interface across the program as needed. This support includes, but is not limited to, cybersecurity solutions, business development support, helping to create and deliver presentations at both internal and client engagement meetings, and providing technical strategy for solutions, guidance, policy, and implementations. The successful candidate for this position is a highly motivated individual, with a strong IT security background who excels integrating, operating, and deploying security technology and solutions and interacts well with both internal teams and clients.

Clearance Requirement: Must possess an active DoD Secret clearance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop security solutions and architectures for clients.

• Evaluate information assurance/security standards and procedures.

• Support Authorizing Official (AO) actions by developing and delivering security solutions that include supporting documents and artifacts in accordance with RMF as defined in NIST 800-37 revision 2 and related agency specific RMF requirements

• Provide input into an Audit and Accountability Plan containing methods, procedures, and planned reviews for the continuing accreditation and authorization against AU (Audit and Accountability) family controls per NIST SP 800-53 guidance

• Provide input to and guide implementation and/or verification and validation of an organizational access control policy and plan reflecting various cybersecurity solutions in compliance with risk-levels defined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53, rev 4, Access Control family of controls to include auditing annually, at a minimum

• Develop integrated solutions, processes, and procedures for evaluating monitoring, remediating, and/or documenting information system security vulnerabilities IAW DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8510.01 (RMF for DoD IT)

• Support integration and implementation of Asset Management, Identity, Access Control Systems/Solutions, Compliance Monitoring and Remediation, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and/or single sign-on (SSO) solutions in addition to other cybersecurity and/or cyber operations tools and solutions IAW DoDI 8520.02, DoDI 8520.03, and other applicable policies and regulations

• Develop security architectures and designs addressing a variety of cybersecurity needs using existing and emerging technologies to provide secure enterprise solutions.

• Review and recommend updates to existing security architectures, designs, and/or solutions

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 12-15 years of related experience. Relevant experience may be substituted for education.

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• 8+ years hands-on experience designing or implementing security solutions, including all related documentation and artifacts

• Analytical ability, problem-solving skills, and ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps

• Extensive experience in design and development of enterprise security architectures. Experience must include a wide range of work in creating diagrams and documentation with all components that comprise IT systems including network topology.

• Strong knowledge and experience in secure enterprise architecture design, especially with regard to C2C, IAM, NDR, EDR, SIEM, AI/ML, and other cybersecurity tools and resultant applications.

• Experience selecting effective methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria to achieve desired outcomes.

• Understanding of federal cybersecurity guidance such as FISMA NIST SP 800-37 - Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: a Security Life Cycle Approach and NIST 800-137 - Information Security Continuous Monitoring (ISCM) for Federal Information Systems and Organizations.

• Previous experience developing architectures, strategies, strategic plans, roadmaps, and technical standards for the federal IT enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• C2c, PAM, and cloud architecture skills

• Robotic Process Automation/Intelligent Automation

• Business case development supporting security technology solutions

• Additional certifications demonstrating cybersecurity/technical mastery

DISADES

External Referral Eligible