Data Security Specialist
Leidos
- Gaithersburg, MD
- $81,250-146,875 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform analysis to ensure the safety of information system assets.
- Develop protocols to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.
- Interface with user community to understand their security needs and implement procedures to accommodate them.
- Support security planning, assessment, risk analysis, and risk management.
- Identify overall security requirements for the proper handling of Government data.
- Ensure that user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures to maintain security.
- Identify potential cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities within the agency’s systems, networks, and applications.
- Develop, implement, and enforce cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g., NIST, DISA STIGs Agency Standards).
- Maintain a current working knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, data security best practices, and technical standards.
- Communicate with other technical leads, IT groups, and customer reps so they understand all aspects of proposed changes/solutions.
- Manage multiple assignments and work independently with minimal oversight.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or have a Green Card.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance (Background Investigation).
- BS degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or related field and four to eight years of prior relevant experience with a focus on cybersecurity OR Masters with two to six years of prior relevant experience.
- Two to four years of experience with Microsoft Azure; Strong understanding of Azure data security features and services.
- Proficiency in configuring and managing Azure data security solutions such as Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel, Azure Active Directory (AAD), Azure Firewall, and Azure Information Protection.
- Experience with hybrid cloud environments and securing both on-premise and Azure resources.
- Experience using common vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., Nessus) to discover weaknesses.
- Experience configuring/managing/tuning security event monitoring tools (SIEM).
- Experience working with Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Strong written and oral communications required.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, practices, and technologies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Able to weigh business needs against security concerns and articulate issues to management.
- Experience automating management tasks with Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
- Experience working among different Cloud Provider environments (Azure).
- Experience developing in PowerShell.
- Experience working with SIEM tools such as Splunk to ingest, normalize, store, and maintain data from endpoint, network, and application sourcetypes.