Cybersecurity and Zero Trust Technical Manager

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity & Zero Trust Technical Manager to provide technical leadership and oversight across enterprise cybersecurity operations, security engineering, assessments and validation activities, and Zero Trust modernization efforts supporting the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the Hopper Global Communications Center (HGCC).

The selected candidate will lead technical teams supporting cyber defense operations, cybersecurity engineering, vulnerability management, security architecture, RMF assessments, and Zero Trust initiatives across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership across Cyber Defense Operations, Security Engineering, and Assessment & Validation teams.
• Lead Zero Trust architecture planning, implementation, and optimization initiatives.
• Oversee cybersecurity tool integration, sustainment, and modernization efforts.
• Support enterprise security architecture, cloud security, and identity management initiatives.
• Guide incident response, threat hunting, vulnerability management, and remediation activities.
• Provide engineering oversight for RMF, security assessments, and compliance activities.
• Develop technical roadmaps, executive briefings, and engineering recommendations.
• Coordinate with Government stakeholders to identify risks, improve security posture, and support mission requirements.
• Mentor cybersecurity engineers, analysts, and technical specialists.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or systems engineering experience, or a Master’s degree with 10+ years of cybersecurity, information assurance, or systems engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance in DISS and required program access.
• Experience leading technical cybersecurity or engineering teams.
• Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or classified environments.
• Experience with cybersecurity operations, RMF, vulnerability management, and security engineering.
• Experience implementing or supporting Zero Trust Architecture initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP, CISM, CAP, GIAC, CCSP, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Entra ID, Azure security services, Splunk, RSA SecurID, Cisco ISE, Cisco Secure Workload, Tanium, or similar cybersecurity platforms.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST 800-207, ICD 503, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Experience supporting cloud and hybrid-cloud security environments.

Pay Range: $131,300.00 - $237,350.00