Cybersecurity Project Manager

Leidos LLC; Adelphi (MD); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to support a large-scale cyber engineering program within a high-visibility DoW environment. You will partner with senior program leadership, technical leads, and engineering teams to plan and execute cybersecurity and IT modernization initiatives while managing schedules, risks, resources, and project deliverables.

Location is hybrid—3 days on site at Adelphi, MD—with U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity with 4+ years IT project management experience.
• Experience managing IT projects including deployment, modernization, cloud migration or web app development.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity practices and standards.
• Ability to manage schedules, risks, deliverables, and competing priorities.
• Experience leading small technical teams and communicating with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple cybersecurity and IT projects from planning through implementation.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Define project scope, objectives, priorities, and success criteria in coordination with leadership.
• Identify, track, mitigate, and elevate project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams supporting infrastructure modernization, application development, cloud migration, and technology deployments.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Risk management

Scheduling

Cybersecurity practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity

Job description

The C5ISR Center Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) is a premier defensive cyber operations organization supporting the Department of War (DoW). Operating 24x7x365, the CSSP provides continuous monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management across a diverse, multi-tenant environment.

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to support a large-scale cyber engineering program within this high-visibility environment. In this role, you will partner with senior program leadership, technical leads, and engineering teams to plan and execute cybersecurity and IT modernization initiatives while managing schedules, risks, resources, and project deliverables. Projects may include new technology and application deployments, infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity enhancements, and migrations from on-premises environments to the cloud.

Location: Hybrid - 3 days on site at Adelphi, MD. Clearance: U.S. Citizenship with an active TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility Strongly Preferred Certifications: PMP and Cybersecurity certification.

Primary Responsibilities

• Manage multiple cybersecurity and IT projects from planning through implementation, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and performance requirements are achieved.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resource requirements.
• Define project scope, objectives, priorities, and success criteria in coordination with technical and program leadership.
• Identify, track, mitigate, and elevate project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams supporting infrastructure modernization, application development, cloud migration, and technology deployments.
• Monitor project progress and adjust schedules, priorities, and resources as requirements evolve.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across teams to maintain alignment and ensure dependencies are effectively managed.
• Provide clear project status, risk, schedule, and performance reporting to internal leadership and Government stakeholders.
• Support resource planning and assignment of project activities across technical teams.
• Perform project quality reviews to ensure deliverables meet program and customer expectations.
• Facilitate effective communication among technical teams, program leadership, and executive stakeholders.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while supporting geographically dispersed teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical discipline with 4+ years of IT project management experience; additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience managing IT projects involving technology deployment, infrastructure modernization, web application development, cloud migration, or similar technical initiatives.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity practices and standards.
• Demonstrated experience managing project schedules, milestones, risks, deliverables, and competing priorities.
• Experience providing oversight and direction to small technical teams supporting infrastructure or technology deployments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting schedule and budget requirements.
• Ability to proactively manage tasks and projects through completion with limited supervision.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating project status to technical and senior-level stakeholders.
• U.S. citizenship with an active Top Secret (TS) clearance with ability to obtain SCI eligibility.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting cybersecurity, defensive cyber operations, Security Operations Center (SOC), or DoW/DoD environments.
• Experience managing cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity engineering, or application deployment projects.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, or other modern technology delivery methodologies.
• Project management certification such as PMP, CAPM, or equivalent.
• Cybersecurity certification such as CISSP, CEH, GCIH, GISF, or another relevant industry certification.

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At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it.

We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail.

Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: September 1, 2026 For U.S. Positions: 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 $87,100.00 - $157,450.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

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Commitment and Diversity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.