Security Application Lead - Full-time

Description

Leidos seeks a Security Application Lead that will work within the Security Engineering and Operations team on the NOAA Cyber Security Center contract (NCSC), to provide enterprise security services to NOAA.

This individual will manage a team and oversee their daily functions and ensuring the quality of work. The responsibilities of the security applications team include:

• Perform Operations and Maintenance on hardware and software related to these services
• Monitor email requests, phone calls, and ServiceNow tickets on incidents and service requests
• Tune the applications for optimization, working alongside the Security Operations Center to determine capabilities needs and gaps 
• Install, upgrade, and patch security applications
• Perform vulnerability scans for the enterprise
• Document processes and procedures, develop Checklists and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) 
• Create and maintain user accounts for enterprise systems
• Provide end-user support for all enterprise systems
• Assists users in troubleshooting of enterprise security tools
• Supports the establishment, enhancement, and continual improvement of an integrated set incident knowledge management

Security services/systems include but are not limited to:

• RSA Archer
• Tenable Security Center
• FireEye appliances 
• CASB
• McAfee applications
• Stealthwatch
• SIEM/SOAR (in collaboration with that team to provide any required support)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent experience and 8 years or prior relevant experience
• 6+ years of design, development, integration, implementation, operation and analysis of security technologies
• 6+ years administering security technology systems
• Strong attention to details, works well with direction
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills and must be capable of the understanding, documenting, communicating and presenting technical issues in a non-technical manner to audiences with varying degrees of technical expertise
• Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance, specifically DoD/Secret Clearance or TS/SCI (Interim Secret acceptable)
• Perform system and application updates on systems to ensure systems and services are functioning optimally

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Experience supporting a Security Operations Center (SOC) 
• Experience with System Administration, NIST/FISMA standards and controls, SIEM platforms and security tools, EDR, IPS/IDS
• Experience with enterprise security application deployment and administration
• Familiar with the NIST Risk Management Framework, specifically NIST SP 800-53
• Experience with project management 
• Experience performing technology evaluation and refresh 

Original Posting Date:2024-04-12

While 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.