Leidos Corporate Group is looking for a Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management Analyst to be part of our Cyber Operations team in Gaithersburg, MD.
Primary Responsibilities
Identify, classify, plan mitigations, and track results for detected cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
Identify and classify systems and network vulnerabilities.
Set up scheduled and ad-hoc scans/reports, and configure, maintain, and use various information security assessment tools.
Work with POCs by providing timely reports, including advanced reporting using a SIEM.
Ability to communicate remediation recommendations and timelines to POCs.
Ability to work with various remote corporate support and infrastructure teams.
Work with system and network POCs on remediation guidance, to assist with staying in compliance with defined remediation timelines.
Assist Vulnerability Management Engineers with security scanner configurations and analysis.
Work with Vulnerability Management Engineers on maintain scanning infrastructure, to include assisting with application upgrades and configuration changes.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 4 - 8 years of IT or Cybersecurity relevant experience. Additional years of Cybersecurity relevant experience may be considered in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
Cybersecurity experience should include the following: reviewing cyber security vulnerabilities for risk and relevance and planning mitigations for systems vulnerabilities.
Advanced knowledge using vulnerability scanning tools (Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable, etc.)
US citizenship is required and able to obtain federal security clearance.
Strong in-depth understanding of various common operating systems, like: Microsoft Windows, Linux/UNIX operating systems, MacOS, etc.
Preferred Qualifications
Intermediate knowledge of network devices and network security concepts.
Understanding of compliance benchmarks, government regulations and frameworks (800-171, 800-53, CIS, DISA, etc.)
Strong communications skills
Basic knowledge of cloud and cloud security concepts.
External Referral Bonus: Eligible
External Referral Bonus $: 2000.00
Potential for Telework: Yes, 100%
Clearance Level Required: None
Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Requisition Category: Professional
Job Family: Information Assurance
Pay Range: Pay Range $71,500.00 - $110,000.00 - $148,500.00 #Remote
