Cyber Security Engineer

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer to join our SCITES 2 team in Doral, FL.

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos currently is looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to work onsite in Doral, Florida and have the opportunity to work in a high-profile IT and Cyber Services program supporting the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) Cyber Information Technology Enterprise Services (SCITES) 2 contract. Our customer maintains a highly demanding mission and requires our support to provide expert technical and professional management support to the commands enterprise Information Technology (IT) services. The Cyber Security Engineer will provide direct support to the SCITES 2 program task leads, USSOUTHCOM, and the warfighter experience and play a critical role in the successful execution of the program.

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security measures and tools for the protection of information systems and networks and automate repeatable tasks in a consultative role.
• Design, configure, implement, troubleshoot, and maintain all security platforms and their associated software, such as firewalls (Security Groups), intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, anti-virmalware (HBSS), cryptography systems (Vormetric), SIEM (Splunk), and MDM.
• Formulate systems and methodologies as well as respond to security related events and assist in remediation efforts of cyber security incidents (system and/or network breaches, malware attacks).
• Participate in the change management process.
• Coordinate and monitor log analysis for our managed services offerings, to ensure customer policy and security requirements are met..

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years' experience or master's with 10+ years relevant experience.
• Expert with at least one of the following tools: Splunk, HBSS/McAfee, Rapid7.
• Expert with implementing and managing SIEM (e.g., Splunk), end-point security (IDS/IPS and HBSS).
• Expert knowledge of networking protocols, such as TCP/IP, LAN/WAN concepts.
• Expert with automation (e.g., Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Strong attention to detail with analytical mind outstanding problem-solving skills.
• Awareness of Cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• IAT Level 2 certification (Security+ CE, CCNA Security, or equivalent).
• Experience w/ DoD Networks.
• Experience with additional security tools and processes such as IDS/IPS, VPN, Webinspect, Appdetective.
• Experience with implementing and managing network and application firewalls, incident detection, incident response and forensics activities.
• Experience with Agile Software Development and scripting languages (Python, Power Shell).
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification.
• Experience maintaining virtual private networks, firewalls, web protocols within a SAFe Agile Framework.
• Knowledge of potential attack vectors such as XSS, injection, hijacking and social engineering.
• Experience with health monitoring tools (Nagios, SolarWinds) and using STIG viewers/tools to assess compliance with standards.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must possess an active TS/SCI at time of consideration.

Original Posting:
July 22, 2025
For U.S. Positions: 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 $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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.