Description

Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and the health industries. Leidos is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Architect for a position as part of a team supporting internal and external Leidos customers.

Leidos is seeking a mission-driven, goal-oriented Senior Cloud Security Architect to support a large, mission-critical 24/7/365 hybrid multi-tenant, multi-cloud enterprise infrastructure. The Cloud Security Architect will serve as the lead for architecting and overseeing the development of security practices, services, and solutions to ensure the security posture of the infrastructure is maintained and continually improved in accordance with current and emerging Department of Defense (DoD), customer, and Leidos policies. As part of these duties the Cloud Security Architect will ensure the environment meets and exceeds all regulatory requirements and meets all requirements for DoD certification and accreditation. The position may be asked to perform on client-site, at a Leidos site, or virtual.

The successful candidate should be a collaborative, analytical thinker with strong problem-solving and technical management skills to deliver the best solutions in support of the customers' missions as well as all policy and regulatory requirements. The candidate must possess strong communications skills.

Primary Responsibilities

The Cloud Security Architect is responsible for collaborating with others, including Leidos customers, vendors, and team members including Cloud Architects to develop and maintain cloud strategies, and to lead / oversea the implementation efforts required to realize those strategies in a secure, cost effective, agile manner including but not limited to:

• Architecting, designing, and implementing cloud, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud security tools required to operate cloud infrastructure and services.
• Providing architecture, design, implementation, and operation oversight to ensure high levels of security and ease of certification / accreditation.
• Identification and adoption of best practices and standards.
• Recommendations for enhancing security practices and tools required for continuous monitoring, and Risk Management Framework execution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Subject matter expertise in at least two cloud platforms with focus on Impact Level (IL) 4/5 and 6 environments-Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Expertise in DISA Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA), DISA Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (CC SRG), NIST SP 800-53, Risk Management Framework (RMF) and DISA STIG.
• Expertise in the implementation and execution of cloud native, SaaS, and self-hosted security platforms.
• Experience with identity and access management, encryption, and network security.
• At least one advanced cloud security architect certification.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Proven track record in leadership positions responsible for maintaining and enhancing cloud security.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as industry leader in cloud security.
• Must be a U.S. citizen with a current DoD Secret clearance.
• Must meet requirements for DoD 8570 Compliance included holding a current CompTIA Sec certificate.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Formalized systems engineering methods including but not limited to performing assessment of alternatives (AoA) and business case analysis (BCA)
• Subject matter expertise in more than two cloud platforms with focus on Impact Level (IL) 4/5 and 6 environments-Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• More than one advanced cloud security architect certification.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

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.

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