Description

Job Description:

The Defense Group at Leidos, has an immediate opening for a Cyber Security Manager at Whitehall, OH.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The candidate will support the DISA GSM-O II Task Order 9 Network Assurance (NA) Program. GSM-O II provides network operations and cyber defense support to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in support of the DoD and CoCOMs. The candidate will support the DISA GSM-O II Task Order 9 Network Assurance (NA) Program Leadership as the TN9 DISA Columbus Net Assurance Deputy Site Lead at Whitehall, OH. This position will provide leadership for defensive cyber operations activities and will be expected to actively engage with a variety of customers, partnering with them, anticipating their needs, and delivering flawlessly. Candidate must be able to partner successfully across multiple time zones working closely with TN9 Site Lead, Deputy Program Manager, Service Delivery Manager, and other task order leadership across all sites. The candidate will assist overseeing cyber threat intelligence analysis, correlating actionable security events, conducting network traffic analysis using raw packet data, netflow, IDS, IPS and custom sensor output as it pertains to the cyber security of communications networks. The candidate will also participate in the coordination of resources during incident response efforts.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Site Lead in all mission and leadership requirements.

• Deliver on day-to-day mission requirements.

• Organizationally, take care of assigned employees (Employee Responsibility) and assist Site Lead in engagement and establishment of inclusive environment for all site employees.

• Lead the TN9 Net Assurance assigned staff and assist Site Lead with: employee engagement, training, performance reviews, and all other Leidos employee needs (effective leadership).

• Lead teams that:

• Triage and analyze alerts from sensors across monitored networks.

• Conduct network forensics for malicious network activity.

• Provide incident and situational awareness reporting to subscribers of DISA cyber security services.

• Create and modify signatures and custom alerting logic based on adversary activity, vulnerabilities, and internal analysis.

• Implement active mitigations to prevent and/or contain nefarious activity.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires a BA/BS or equivalent experience and 5+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 3+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.

• Hold DoD-8570 IAT Level 2 baseline certification (SEC+ CE, CISSP or equivalent) with the ability to obtain CSSP-A certification within 180 days of start date.

• Proficient understanding of Cyber Network Defense (CND) in regards to protect, detect, respond and sustain within a Computer Incident Response organization.

• Motivated self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Must have and maintain an active Top Secret clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with DISA and DoD Networks.

• Advanced understanding of TCP/IP, common networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system administration, OSI model, defense-in-depth and common security elements.

• In-depth knowledge of architecture, engineering, and operations of at least one enterprise SIEM platform (e.g. Nitro/McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, ArcSight, QRadar, LogLogic, Splunk).

• Experience with malware analysis concepts and methods.

• Demonstrated experience briefing Senior Executive Service (SES) and General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) leadership.

• Advanced Certifications such as SANS GIAC/GCIA/GCIH, GLSC or CASP.

• Experience in intelligence driven defense and/or cyber Kill Chain methodology.

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.