Sr. Cyber Security Engineering Consultant – Work Remotely

About Leidos

Leidos is a global science and technology solutions leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 33,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported pro forma annual revenues of approximately $10 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2016 after giving effect to the recently completed combination of Leidos with Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions business (IS&GS). For more information, visit http://cyber.leidos.com.

Job Description:

The selected candidate will be executing cyber security engineering consulting services contracts across a variety of large commercial Information Technology (IT) and/or Operations Technology (OT) enterprises. This individual should be a motivated self-starter and have a strong foundation and understanding in cyber security architectures, hardware, and software implementations for large organization’s using either enterprise based and/or cloud based environments.

This candidate should have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, be willing to learn and execute on any client requests, and have the ability to interact with all levels of customer staff from the executive level down to highly technical analysts in structured and unstructured situations. The ideal candidate should be willing to continuously work to improve the Professional Services offerings and deliverables for Leidos Cyber, LLC customers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and participate in consulting assignments to identify cyber security gaps designs or implementations and recommend mitigation strategies to address the identified gaps.
• Develop policies & procedures recommendations for the implementation of network and systems cyber security and compliance controls.
• Lead and/or participate in the planning, design, implementation, and management of cyber security controls in IT and/or OT organizations.
• Resolve technical issues considering business impact, and be able to communicate issue resolutions to IT and/or OT organizations
• Develop content-rich final reports and associated deliverables with results of subject matter expert analysis and improvement recommendations
• Present the results of applied analysis to client stakeholders to include senior or executive leadership
• Maintain a broad knowledge of current and emerging state-of-the-art computer/network systems technologies, architectures, and products.
• Maintain a working knowledge of applicable cyber security standards.
• Maintain knowledge of the cyber security capabilities of leading edge operating systems, networking devices, control systems, and vendor offerings.
• Position requires extensive (40% – 70%) travel within the United States, with the potential for international travel

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline (Electronics Engineering/ Computer Science), or equivalent experience/combined education, with 9 years of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Master’s degree, and at least 2 years of consulting experience. Considered an emerging authority.
• Experience with cyber security processes, tools, and technologies and extensive knowledge of best practices regarding their implementation in commercial IT and/or OT environments.
• Knowledge of industry best cyber security practices and standards to include but not limited to the following; NIST Core Security Framework, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-82, ISO 27001/2.
• Cyber security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, GCFE, and/or Security+
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to successfully accomplish client-facing interactions

Desired Skills:

• Prior experience evaluating and assessing large Fortune 500 organizations from the standpoint of enterprise-wide cyber security projects, programs, and capabilities
• Prior experience with security architectures and implementations involving varying degrees and types of cloud virtualizations.
• Prior experience with Operational Technology (OT) environments to include cyber defenses across Process Control Networks (PCN), Integrated Controls Systems (ICS), and/or SCADA systems
• Prior experience working in SOC environments.
• Knowledge and understanding of cyber attack surfaces and vectors, method types and their usage in targeted attacks such as phishing, malware implantation, perimeter vulnerabilities, application vulnerabilities, lateral movement, etc.

The company’s diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.