Cybersecurity Officer

Description
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balance; tuition reimbursement and more.
The Leidos Army Intelligence information technology Environment Support
(ARIES) program, part of the Leidos Defense group, is looking for a
Cybersecurity Officer to support US Army Central Command G2 in Kuwait. The
ARIES program provides IT repair, maintenance, operations, logistics, and
engineering services to help ensure secure, reliable, and uninterrupted
availability of Army Military Intelligence Enterprise IT Systems. You will be
a part of a dynamic team supporting customers throughout the ARCENT Area of
Responsibility including both U.S. and coalition personnel. This is a deployed
position located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
The Cybersecurity Officer (CSO) will be part of a dynamic team supporting US
Army Central (ARCENT) G2 and supported customers throughout the ARCENT Area of
Responsibility, with primary duty at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, including both U.S.
and coalition personnel. Will serve as an Information Systems Security Officer
(ISSO), responsible for completing accreditation processes on multiple
networks under the Risk Management Framework (RMF), working with security
managers to improve organizational security (physical security, information
security, etc), leading Incident Handling issues for the organization, and
overseeing vulnerability management (network, server, storage security) &
patching efforts. Additional responsibilities include general IT project
management, configuration management, and related roles & duties. Additionally
you will assist with operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting in support
of the Service Desk as needed. Must possess a strong customer service and
mission-first focus, team-oriented attitude, passion for security, and
impeccable ethics. Candidate should be comfortable and conversant in all
assigned topics, including briefing senior military leadership. Experience
with Information Assurance/Cyber Security tasks on US military Intelligence
networks in SWA a huge plus.
Primary Responsibilities
* Working with other teammates and network service providers, complete security accreditation packages as directed by appropriate governing ISSM or AO (RMF) and assist program managed systems with moving their packages through the various accreditation processes on collateral, coalition, and top secret networks
* Work with Cybersecurity teams from outside organizations and with the local special security officers and security managers to properly respond to, document, and coordinate remediation efforts from cybersecurity incidents (cross domain violations, data spills, etc)
* Collaborate with other teammates, develop, implement, and manage multi-domain security policies including: disaster recovery & COOP, data retention, data & media destruction, COMSEC, physical security, OPSEC, etc
* Work with systems admins, network admins, and service desk to apply security patches, IAVAs, STIGS, best practices, and updates (including OS updates) for all assigned systems and continued compliance/updates from SCCM
* Assist Service Desk technicians with Tier I issues and customer service & VTC scheduling requests as needed or directed by the site lead
* Participate in or lead special projects and day‐to‐day operations as needed or assigned by the site lead, including surging to alternate locations for customer requirements to complete primary responsibilities
Basic Qualifications
* Bachelor 's Degree and ‎2- ‎4 yrs experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
* Familiar with basic administration of Windows desktops, laptops, servers, storage devices, and network devices
* Active ‎8140 IAT II IA Baseline Certification, such as Security+|ce
* Security clearance requirement: Active TS SCI
* Current US passport with at least ‎6 months until expiration
Preferred Qualifications
* IAT Level III certification (CASP+ CE, CISSP or Associate, etc)

Pay Range:

Pay Range $‎54,600.‎00 - $‎84,000.‎00 - $‎113,400.‎00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.