Junior Cybersecurity Engineer

Leidos•Huntsville, AL

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract, and is currently seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading , global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness. Location: This position will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Preferred candidates will be located in Huntsville, AL. Primary Responsibilities: The Cybersecurity Engineer will perform cybersecurity authorization services, including acting as a point of contact cybersecurity authorization related aspects to the assigned information systems, ensuring systems are maintained per security policies and procedures and maintaining compliance and ongoing reporting to management.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 0–2 years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance required to maintain employment
US citizenship required
Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
Knowledge of Cloud environments (ex. Azure, SIEM, Endpoint & Cloud Security)
Knowledge of Incident Response processes

Nice To Haves

Live in Huntsville, AL location

Responsibilities

Duties include detection, mitigation, and response to cyber incidents using a combination of technology solutions and processes and ensuring security issues are addressed quickly on discovery.
Collecting and analyzing intelligence to correlate adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
Support conducting computer forensic network and host analysis, intrusion and threat hunting support
Support Device scanning (device discovery, Operating System (OS) fingerprinting, service scanning), and passive (non-intrusive) scanning
Support compliance with SCCA and Cloud SRG requirements.
Support secure configuration of AWS, Azure, Oracle, and GCP cloud environments.
Support the development, updates, and maintenance of RMF authorization artifacts in accordance with DoDI 8510.01 and NIST SP 800-53.
Support Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) within a DevSecOps or cloud-based environment, including implementation of automated control validation, continuous monitoring integration, and real-time POA&M management.
Support ATO maintenance and sustainment activities for C1 and DPaaS environments.
Support Authority to Use (ATU) conditions and remediation tracking as directed by the AO.
Assist Government ISSO/ISSM with maintaining compliance with: DoDI 8500.01 (Cybersecurity) DoDI 8510.01 (RMF) AFI 17-101 (RMF) DoD Cloud Computing SRG DISA STIG/SRG CNSSI 1253
Support security control assessments, audit readiness, and third-party cybersecurity inspections.