What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior OCI Cyber Engineer position at Leidos?
Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a Senior OCI Cyber Engineer supporting AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.
Location:
The ideal candidate will be located near Hanscom AFB / Boston, MA area, candidates outside this area may be considered.
Primary Responsibilities Include:
Design, deploy, configure, operate, and maintain authorizations and accreditation of the C1 Architecture for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) in IL2 - 5 NIPRNet.
Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all IT stakeholders involved with system design, system builds, and Authority to Operate (ATO) efforts on cybersecurity requirements and tooling.
Support the cybersecurity authorizations team developing artifacts required to achieve milestones such as Interim Authority Test (IATT) and Authorization to Operate (ATO).
Engineering solutions to support migration of security controls from NIST 800-53 Rev 4 to 800-53 Rev 5.
Ensure compliance with SCCA, Cloud SRG, and other STIG/SRG requirements.
Support Continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) within a DevSecOps or cloud-based environment, including implementation of automated control validation, continuous monitoring integration, and real-time POA&M management.
Create RMF-required authorization-related documentation and artifacts and support ATO sustainment activities for C1 environments.
Conduct routine Insider Threat Assessment and document results in the Contractor's System Security Plan.
Continuously monitor system resources through automated scanning and implement automated reporting feeds to support cybersecurity authorizations.
Verify patch compliance using the approved technical solutions and coordinate remediation activities.
Provide and execute a plan for enterprise vulnerability and compliance scanning.
Implementation of security procedures, and verify information system security requirements, including coordinating the execution, review, and disposition of STIG checklists for systems, applications, developed code and other components.
Participate in regular briefings with the customer on cybersecurity status, including preparing briefing materials.
Work closely with government Cyber & technical teams to support ATO conditions and requirements.
Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes.
Collaborate with team members and provide mentorship to junior staff, fostering a learning environment.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors and 8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience or equivalent experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
4 years of experience with cloud hosted systems and/or OCI Cloud Native Services.
Interim Secret clearance required to start with the ability to obtain Secret clearance which is required to maintain employment.
US citizenship required.
Certifications: CompTIA Security or equivalent (IAT-2).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1.
Experience with automation/tools like EvalSTIG, STIG Manager, Ansible etc.
Experience with Zero Trust Architecture.
Cloud certifications in AWS, Azure, Google, or Oracle clouds.
Certifications: CISSP or equivalent (IAT-3).
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Original Posting:July 7, 2026For U.S. Positions: 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.
Salary : $107,900 - $195,050