Security Engineer

Leidos - Security Engineer

Description Job Description:Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Security Operations Center (SOC) Support Services is a US Government program responsible to monitor, detect, analyze, mitigate, and respond to cyber threats and adversarial activity on the DHS Enterprise. The DHS SOC has primary responsibility for monitoring and responding to security events and incidents detected at the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) and Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) and is responsible for directing and coordinating detection and response activities performed by each Component SOC. Direction and coordination are achieved through a new shared DHS incident tracking system and other means of coordination and communication.Leidos has an immediate need for a Systems Engineer to join our DHS Team. As a member of the DHS VAT team, the Systems Engineer is responsible for supporting the development of a system for automating VAT reporting metrics. Specific Job Duties:Develop and disseminate analytic products and services to enable data-driven decisions and influence operational behaviors to reduce attack surfaces and enhance cyber resiliency. Proactively seek opportunities to collaborate with leadership to detect areas throughout the program that require process improvement, optimization, and/or automation. Continuously research novel solutions and use analytical abilities to implement improvements in efficiency/accuracy of program tracking. Conduct data collection, analysis, processing (extract/transform/load), governance, and data-cleansing activities by developing scripts (in Power Query M, Python, and R) and use innovative tools and approaches to organize qualitative and quantitative data across disparate sources for analysis into a normalized format for use by Business Intelligence applications (Power BI). Administrate multiple Microsoft Teams, SharePoint sites, and Power Automate flows.Develop Risk Management dashboards using the Cyber Security Assessment & Management (CSAM) API.Develop a Threat Based Risk Management console to promote senior leadership awareness and provide decision making support in managing cybersecurity risk for the customer. Extend capabilities of proprietary Vulnerability Management tool by adding capabilities for inventory management comparisons and validation checks for file integrity, proper scanner configuration, user setup, and other diagnostics. Ability to obtain a security clearanceAbility to work independently with minimal direction; self-starter/self-motivatedQualifications:Bachelors Degree with 8 to 12 years of prior relevant experience OR Masters Degree with 6 to 10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess Doctoral degree in a technical field.Must be able to obtain an EOD (Enter On Duty) Security Clearance.Application and Solutions Development: Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Vulnerability Management, Executive Dashboards, Cloud based Digital/Business/ Robotic Process Automation, Data Cleansing, and Executive DashboardsVulnerability Management Tools: Tenable Nessus, Splunk, ECOP, Cyber Security Assessment & Management (CSAM) API, Swimlane APIBusiness Intelligence Tools: Power BI, IBM Cognos Analytics, TableauData Analysis Tools: Power BI, Power Query M, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), SQL, VBA, Access, Excel, JMP, Minitab, Python, and RPay Range: