Cybersecurity Project Manager - Cloud & Infra Modernization

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

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to support a large-scale cyber engineering program within the CSSP at Adelphi, MD. You will partner with senior leaders, technical leads, and engineering teams to plan and execute cybersecurity and IT modernization initiatives while managing schedules, risks, and deliverables.

Location is hybrid—3 days on site in Adelphi—with a TS/SCI clearance and SAP eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Cybersecurity or related technical field with 4+ years of IT project management experience.
• 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.
• U.S. citizenship with an active Top Secret (TS) clearance with ability to obtain SCI eligibility.

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.

Skills

Project management

Cybersecurity

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Cybersecurity

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Project Manager to support a large-scale cyber engineering program within the CSSP at Adelphi, MD. You will partner with senior leaders, technical leads, and engineering teams to plan and execute cybersecurity and IT modernization initiatives while managing schedules, risks, and deliverables.

Location is hybrid—3 days on site in Adelphi—with a TS/SCI clearance and SAP eligibility.