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Leidos Health Mission Solutions is seeking a Security Section Manager on a large network services opportunity supporting the National Institute of Health (NIH) in the Bethesda, MD area.

Candidate MUST be local to the DC Metro area for onsite work and be a US Citizen or US Person with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.

Job Summary:

The Security Section Manager (SSM) leads a network security and performance management team supporting a large NIH enterprise network system. The scope of work for the team includes sustainment of multiple security-related services and devices. It also includes installing, configuring, and managing a very large suite of network tools. The SSM reviews and implements security policies, regulations, rules, and norms and ensures that the network infrastructure environments are secure. The SSM will work directly with the Program manager, operations and architecture team leads as well as Leidos leadership.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Prioritize, assign, and oversee completion of security and network performance engineering staff tasks

• Ensure that operational security objectives are being met per customer’s expectations

• Perform project planning and estimating for new security tasks as requested by the customer

• Ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met for incident response and other security-specific SLAs

• Ensure delivery of reports and required security section contractual documents

• Implement and maintain the program cybersecurity plan

• Develop and direct implementation of security standards and best practices for the organization

• Coordinate with the program Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) to ensure that IT security audits are conducted on schedule

• Provide operational oversight, coaching to team leads, mentoring to junior staff, and succession planning for the program

• Develop employee base to achieve high degree of employee retention and performance

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Ten (10) years of Network Security experience for comparable enterprise network and security services

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related discipline OR possess one or more of the following certifications: CISSP, CCNP, CCIE Certification

• Five (5) years’ experience in leading teams of 5-15 security and system administration professionals

• Knowledge of network security technologies including firewalls; Web Filtering; Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS); Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS); Network Access Control (NAC); Domain Name Systems (DNS); Application Delivery/Load Balancing; Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate Management

• Experience configuring and operating network monitoring, traffic, and infrastructure tools

• Experience supporting System Accreditation and Authorization activities

• Demonstrated ability for oral and written communication with customers and internal management

Desired Qualifications:

• Certified PMP (Active certification required)

• Experience using ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management

• ITIL 4 Foundation certification

• Demonstrated current and significant relationships with NIH, HHS or comparable civil government executives and mid-level managers, particularly in IT operations, network and security services

• Good understanding of Cisco and other vendors of network devices and software

• Experience working with VMWare vCenter

• Experience with ScienceLogic SL1

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Original Posting Date:

2024-03-21

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.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00

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.

REQNUMBER: R-00131800

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.