Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

About the role

Leidos is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer to support the C5ISR Center Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP), a 24x7x365 defensive cyber operations organization providing continuous monitoring, threat detection, incident response and vulnerability management in a multi-tenant enterprise environment. The role serves as Leidos' primary technical interface to the Government lead for Enterprise Cybersecurity, offering strategic and hands-on leadership across cybersecurity architecture, engineering, modernization and technology integration. The position is hybrid, with 3 days on site at Adelphi, Maryland.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, integration and implementation of complex enterprise cybersecurity systems and supporting technologies.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor to Government stakeholders and Leidos leadership on cybersecurity strategy, architecture, risk and modernization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead feasibility studies, proofs of concept, pilot programs and technology assessments.
• Assess enterprise cybersecurity risk across platforms, access controls, configurations, networks, applications and data environments.
• Provide engineering leadership for solutions that protect and monitor enterprise networks and systems.
• Guide modernization initiatives, including migrating services, applications and data from on-premises to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.
• Work with vendors to evaluate and recommend technologies, and communicate complex cybersecurity concepts to technical and executive stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field with 12+ years of relevant IT/cybersecurity experience; four additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 4+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience directly supporting the Federal Government as a Government or contractor employee.
• Extensive experience developing migration strategies for on-premises to hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of Federal cybersecurity requirements and frameworks, including NIST, FISMA and FedRAMP.
• CISSP certification, U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with SAP eligibility.
• Preferred: active TS/SCI, additional certifications such as CISM, CISSP-ISSEP, GSLC or CCISO, Agile knowledge, and experience in classified, unclassified and SOC/multi-tenant environments.

Required skills

• Cybersecurity architecture, threat management, security controls and best practices
• NIST, FISMA and FedRAMP
• On-premises, hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud environments
• Vendor evaluation and technical solution design

Pay range: $131,300 - $237,350.