IA Lead

THIS POSITION IS NOT YET FUNDED AND IS EXPECTED TO START SPRING-SUMMER 2026.

Leidos Information Assurance (IA) branch is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality integrity and availability of the Information Technology assets for both unclassified and classified networks. We are currently seeking an IA Team Lead to help establish a new team as well as lead and mentor IA Engineers.

The key duties and responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the security of information systems ensuring they are properly secured maintained and compliant with established policies standards and regulations.
• Conducting regular security assessments vulnerability scans and risk analyses to identify potential threats and weaknesses in the systems and mitigate those risks.
• Ensuring systems comply with relevant security frameworks and participating in regular security audits to ensure adherence to compliance standards.
• Coordinating the process of certifying and accrediting systems ensuring they meet all security requirements before deployment.
• Monitoring system activity to detect unauthorized access malware and other potential security threats and implementing ongoing improvements to security controls.
• Working closely with other teams (IT legal compliance etc.) to integrate security into system development and maintenance processes and ensuring security measures align with business objectives.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to IA personnel and conduct performance assessments
• Validate and approve time charging for assigned personnel

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelors degree and 12 years of prior relevant experience; additional related experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience leading cybersecurity or IA teams
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 or higher (Sec CE or higher).
• Active DoD TS/SCI security clearance.
• Ability to pass additional customer suitability screening(s) prior to start

• Experience in performing risk assessment IT audits security planning systems accreditation and policy development.
• Experience complying with USG DoD and DA regulations and preparing for responding to information security audits and questionnaires.
• Understanding of related information technology (e.g. firewalls VPN virtualization DLP etc) and physical security assets.
• Knowledge of domain structures user authentication data encryption access audits and end-user security best practices.
• Experience with UNIX/LINUX OS and any scripting language.
• Experience working with IDS/IPS and processes.

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