Cybersecurity Project Manager

Leidos; Adelphi (MD); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to lead a large-scale cyber engineering program within the C5ISR Center CSSP. 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 deliverables.

Projects include new technology deployments, infrastructure modernization, cloud migrations, and cybersecurity enhancements in a hybrid Adelphi, MD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, Cybersecurity or related field with 4+ years PM exp.
• Experience managing IT projects involving deployment, modernization, cloud migration, or related tech initiatives.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity practices and standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple cybersecurity and IT projects from planning through implementation, ensuring cost, schedule, quality, and performance.
• 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 escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams supporting modernization, cloud migration, and technology deployments.
• Monitor progress and adjust schedules, priorities, and resources as requirements evolve.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across teams to maintain alignment.
• Provide clear project status, risk, schedule, and performance reporting to leadership and Government stakeholders.
• Support resource planning and assignment of project activities across technical teams.
• Perform project quality reviews to ensure deliverables meet expectations.
• Facilitate effective communication among technical teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects with geographically dispersed teams.

Skills

Project management

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related technical discipline

PMP certification

CAPM certification

CISSP certification

Tools

MS Project

Job description

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 escalation 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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Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

About Leidos

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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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.