Principal Cyber Security Engineer

Leidos

4.1

Herndon, VA

Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:

  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction

  • 4.3/5 in supportive management

  • 68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men

  • 84% would recommend this company to other women

  • 84% say the CEO supports gender diversity

  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.

  • Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.

  • Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.

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    Position summary

    Description

    This Principal Cyber Security – HBSS/McAfee/Trellix role is responsible for protecting the customer’s information systems and networks from potential cyber-attacks through HBSS/McAfee/Trellix tools as a member of a Systems Health Monitoring team. The Cyber Security Engineer must display an excellent understanding of technology and utilization of ePolicy Orchestrator and other related HBSS/McAfee/Trellix tools in on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will also work directly with Team leads, developers and operations personnel throughout a DevSecOps life cycle both on policy and technical implementation of technologies. 

    Primary Responsibilities:

    • Plan, implement, manage, monitor, upgrade, and troubleshoot security measures provided via HBSS/McAfee/Trellix tools for the protections of information systems and networks

    • Automate repeatable tasks in a consultative role (within multiple customer on-premise, on-prem, and hybrid environments)

    • 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) 

    • Coordinate, and monitor log analysis for our managed services offerings, to ensure customer policy and security requirements are met.

    Basic Qualifications:

    • Requires BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience, or a MS and 10+ years or prior relevant experience.

    • Active TS/SCI with polygraph

    • In-depth experience with implementing, configuring, monitoring, and troubleshooting end-point security HBSS/McAfee/Trellix tools (McAfee/Trellix Agent, ePolicy Orchestrator, Endpoint Security, Policy Auditor, Agent Handler)

    • Experience with installing, updating, and troubleshooting Microsoft Server operating systems and Microsoft SQL Server on McAfee servers

    • Experience with on-prem and cloud environments

    • Experience with automation (e.g., Ansible, CloudFormation)

    • Strong attention to detail with analytical mind, outstanding problem-solving skills

    • US Citizenship

    Preferred Qualifications:

    • Experience working on customer systems

    • Experience with structured analysis and design methodologies

    • Experience with incident detection, incident response and forensics activities 

    • Experience with Cloud Computing Technologies/Amazon Web Services (AWS) 

    • AWS Certification 

    • Experience with additional security tools and processes such as VPN, Webinspect, Appdetective , and Rapid7

    • Experience with SAFe Agile Framework

    Pay Range:

    Pay Range $118,300.00 - $182,000.00 - $245,700.00

    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.

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    What are Leidos perks and benefits

    Backup child care

    Elder care

    Unconscious bias training

    Networking

    Diversity recruiting

    Remote work policy

    Part time policy

    Paid maternity

    Paid paternity

    Paid adoptive

    About the company

    Industry: Technology: B2B Tech Services

    Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 40,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $12.30 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2021. 

    Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:

  • 4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction

  • 4.3/5 in supportive management

  • 68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men

  • 84% would recommend this company to other women

  • 84% say the CEO supports gender diversity

  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.

  • Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.

  • Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.