Cybersecurity Analyst

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Leidos Defense currently has an opening for a Cybersecurity Analyst to work in our office in Huntsville AL. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to provide solutions to ensure compliance with the DoD RMF Framework for systems in development while maintaining continued functionality.

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Primary Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will oversee evaluate and support documentation and assessment processes to meet government cybersecurity standards. The candidate will support external test and risk reduction events implement STIGs for systems and assist system owners in addressing items on a POA&M.

Candidate will be required to support multiple tasks in parallel productively contribute in and lead team engagements and communicate effectively to management coworkers and customers. Candidate must show willingness to expand technical expertise to increase the impact of contributions across the team and client mission.

Utilizing best practices and methods for monitoring auditing and measuring risk compliance and assurance efforts. Ensuring risk compliance and assurance efforts conform to DoD security resilience and dependability requirements at the software application system and network levels. Documenting preliminary or residual security risks for system operation & manage and finalize Accreditation Packages.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree plus 4 8 years of prior relevant experience.

• Must have a foundational understanding of cybersecurity with the ability to develop and maintain a Risk Management Framework authorization package.

• Familiarity with DoD STIG requirements RMF IAVMs.

• Familiarity with Cybersecurity assessment tools such as ACAS Nessus SCC STIG Viewer.

• Experience administrating Linux and Windows operating systems.

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to work in a highly-technical team-oriented environment that includes customers and co-workers

• Strong desire to learn and constantly improve

• Must be a US Citizen possess and maintain an active current Secret Clearance.

• Must be a resident of Huntsville AL or be willing to relocate to the Huntsville AL area.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience mentoring and teaching Cybersecurity/IT methods and best practices to peers

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