Description
Leidos Health Mission Solutions is seeking an experienced Security Operations Lead, contingent upon contract award, to support a highly visible Technology (IT) services effort at the Health Human & Human Services (HHS) in Rockville, MD.

This position is contingent upon contract award.
Candidate must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance and have lived in the US for the past 3 consecutive years.

The Security Operations Lead will have responsibility for all Information Assurance, Security Policies, Continuity and Disaster Recovery. The candidate will serve as a section lead in a team environment that will maintain functionality in accordance with HHS standards. The candidate is expected to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment with good communication and interpersonal skills to work in a customer-focused team environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Direct staff in the execution of security activities to ensure applications and systems meet and/or exceed HHS standards.
• Monitor, collect and review information regarding security issues to identify security issues, mitigate and resolve.
• Lead the identification, evaluation, and recommendation of new security technologies, techniques, and tools.
• Interface with the client in the strategic design process to translate security and business requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide security information with periodicity of daily, monthly, yearly, current period, year-to-date, total by period, and trending over time.
• Monitor, collect and review all security incidents information for reporting ton include intrusions, breakouts and/or corrupted files.
• Alert Operations Management and, upon customer leadership direction, end users of security issues or updates to the applications and systems in use.
• Responsible for providing the artifacts, security policies and procedures demonstrating compliance with the Security Assessment and Authorization requirements.
• Oversee relationships with the key operating system, network device, and application vendors to facilitate the timely release and distribution of information on product security issues and patches.
• Configure and validate secure systems and tests security products and systems to detect security weakness.
• Conduct regular audits to ensure that systems are being operated securely and computer security policies and procedures are being implemented as defined in security plans.
• Support security disciplines associated with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD-12) related work, such as, Zero Trust Architecture, NIST cyber security standards, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 controls, PCI-DSS standards, IPv6, and MFA with identity proofing.
• Execute all security actions necessary to secure the desktop including, but not limited to, deployment of network access control, program control, anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-malware, data security, and remote access solutions on all end user devices.
• Participate in Security Incident Response Conference Calls with the customer and other contractors in the event of any critical security incidents.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, or related field plus eight (8) years of experience with focus on cybersecurity. Additional experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Must be a US citizen.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance, and the past 3 consecutive years residency in the US.
• Hands-on experience in roles such as Security Analyst, Incident Responder, or Threat Hunter. This should include practical involvement in monitoring, detecting, and responding to security incidents.
• Hands-on experience managing Cyber Security tools, including Configuration Assessment, Log Aggregation, Integrity Verification, Application Security Testing, Network Access Control System, Network Intrusion prevention systems, and Endpoint Security Solutions.
• Experience with Security incident response & contingency planning and supervising a Cybersecurity team within a helpdesk.
• Experience working with Splunk, secure email solutions, End-Point protection solutions, Web Application Firewalls, and other forms of security.
• Broad IT experience covering areas such as networking, systems administration, or general IT support, with a focus on how these areas intersect with security.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with working at HHS agencies, highly desired.
• Azure Solutions Architect or similar.
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP or CCSP or other similar.

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Original Posting Date: 2024-06-27While 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.

Pay Range: Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00
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.
About Leidos Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 47,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .
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