Information Assurance Security Engineer

Information Assurance Security Engineer

Location: Farnborough or Whiteley with flexibility to work from home dependent on business demands

Join our UK Team who are committed to a Mission!

The Role:

Leidos is seeking a Cyber Security and Information Assurance Engineer to supportakey national security programme. The roleis responsible forimplementingmonitoring andmaintainingsecurity measures across complex systems providing subject matterexpertisewithin the Information Security Management (ISM) function and ensuring risks toConfidentialityIntegrity andAvailability are effectively managed.

The engineer will contribute to security strategy policy and procedural development act as a point of contact for client security assurance activity and work closely with the ISM lead programme suppliers and technical teams.

Successrequiresstrong technicalproficiency independent delivery capability and a clear understanding of evolving cyber threats and security assurance practices.

What will I be doing

• Deliverday to dayIT securityobjectivesand lead assigned projects or assurance activities.
• Integrate cyber assurance into multiple delivery methodologies (Agile WaterfallSAFe Incremental DevOps).
• Act asapoint of contact for client security teams on assurance matters.
• Conductvulnerability assessments ITHCs incident response activities and evaluate responses to system security requirements.
• Support accreditation and continuous assurance using recognised risk frameworks (ISO NIST) and structured analysis methods.
• Maintain and develop ISMS documentation and security artefacts (SyOPS RMADS Security Management Plans).
• Contribute to the analysis ofsystem security weaknesses and communicate findings to programme leads and engineering teams.
• Understandsecuritymonitoringtools logs alerts and protective monitoring systems (e.g. SIEM/SOC).
• Maintain the Information Security Risk Register and coordinate monthly vulnerability management activities ensuring remediation is tracked reported and aligned with the Security POAP.
• Support delivery of contracted service levels andparticipatein security governance forums such as Security Working Groups.
• Assistwith security policy development cryptographic assurance audit support and compliance with regulatory and client standards.

What does Leidos need from me

• Proven cybersecurity or information assurance experience.
• Proficiencywith common security tools (firewalls IDS/IPS antivirus SIEM).
• Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CIS OWASP ISO 27001.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles CIA risk management and incident response.
• Experience across the systems engineering lifecycle and its supporting processes.
• Hands on experience with ITHC management vulnerability assessment and security assurance.
• Familiarity with accreditation processes for secure/sensitive systems.
• Experiencemaintainingsecurity documentation sets (SyOPS RMADS ISMS elements).

Practical understanding of:

• Network and boundary protection technologies (firewalls gateways IDS/IPS diodes).
• Protective monitoring systems (SIEM/SOC).
• Authentication and authorisation (PKI LDAP SAML).
• Encryption principles and secure communications.

Communication and Professional Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills able to work with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to produce clear assurance reports and documentation for varied audiences.
• Good commercial awareness and adherence to project and service disciplines.
• Effective collaboration across engineering delivery and client teams.

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.

We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Flexi-Time Working

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

Leidos UK & EUROPE we work to make the worldsaferhealthier andmore efficient through technology engineering andscience.

Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence healthcare government safety and security and transportation.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.