Cyber Security Task Lead

The Intelligence Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Cyber Security Task Lead to work in our Linthicum, MD location. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping maintain customer mission security. In this mission we provide comprehensive operational, analytical, technical, forensic, and program management support.

Primary Responsibilities.

As the Cyber Security Task Lead, you will drive a "security-first" culture by leading enterprise cybersecurity initiatives including education and training. You will facilitate Government and Contractor communications, use industry-best standards and proven methodologies to track and document cybersecurity requirements and activities to allow for continuous monitoring and evaluation by the Government. As the Cybersecurity Task Lead, you will implement and maintain frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, or CMMC to ensure compliance, validate compliance through regular cybersecurity risk assessments and vulnerability testing, coordinate internal and external security audits to validate the effectiveness of controls against current threats, and oversee the selection and management of third-party security vendors to ensure acquisitions meet organizational security standards. To accomplish this, you coordinate tasks among different project teams and manage cross-team dependencies to prevent resource conflicts. In the event of a crisis response, you will lead efforts during major breaches, ensuring timely detection, containment, and recovery.

Basic Qualifications
The successful candidate will have:

• TS/SCI clearance eligible.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• BA/BS or equivalent experience and 10+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8+ years of prior relevant experience
• Minimum of one year of experience in the last three years leading and supervising teams performing work encompassed by the following workforce elements defined in DoDI 8140.01: IT (Cyberspace), Cybersecurity, Software engineering, or Data/AI
• Experience in the last five years briefing a CIO and CISO on agency-wide planned, recommended, and directed actions to enable unity of effort and operational effectiveness.
• Minimum of two years' experience in the last seven years overseeing personnel receiving, interpreting, planning, briefing, executing, and reporting on orders issued by: Commander of USCYBERCOM or one of their subordinate Commanders, National Manager for National Security Systems, Other authorized Commander with Command authority over CIO-managed systems and personnel.
• Minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years leading and supervising teams in a Government and private networking and infrastructure environment (classified and unclassified) similar in scope and complexity to this TO.
• Minimum of three years' experience in the last ten years with the building, operating, securing, defending, and extending Local Area Network (LAN)/Wide Area Network (WAN) systems, including wireless components, firewalls, routing and switching, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPV6), VPN, cloud computing, virtualized servers, storage arrays, and other IT/data systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting cybersecurity at a DoD/DoW or Federal Government Agency/Organization.

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Original Posting:
April 14, 2026

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 $82,550.00 - $149,225.00

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.