Junior Security Engineer: Vulnerability & RMF Focus On-site

Leidos Inc; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Junior Security Engineer to support day-to-day security activities across enterprise and isolated environments. This 100% on-site position provides hands-on security operations, vulnerability management, RMF/ATO activities and continuous monitoring to maintain a strong security posture.

You will collaborate with senior security personnel, system administrators and engineers, implementing security requirements, identifying and remediating issues and contributing to a broader

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph and U.S. citizenship required.
• DoD 8570.11 IAT Level II certification requirements (Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, or SSCP) and an appropriate computing environment (CE) certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day security activities under the direction of senior security personnel and elevate risks, technical issues and blockers as appropriate.
• Support vulnerability management activities from identification through closure, including analysis, remediation, validation and documentation.
• Perform vulnerability scanning and analyze findings using ACAS, Tenable/Nessus or equivalent technologies.
• Work with Windows, Linux, network, desktop support and other engineering teams to assist with vulnerability remediation and security-related technical issues.
• Implement and validate DISA STIGs and approved security configuration baselines across infrastructure systems.
• Perform recurring security activities, including audit log reviews, account reviews, vulnerability reviews, security control validation and continuous monitoring.

Skills

Security troubleshooting

Network troubleshooting

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Windows Server 2016/2019

Active Directory

IIS

DNS

DHCP

Exchange

Splunk

ACAS

Tenable/Nessus

MS Visio

MS Project

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Junior Security Engineer to support day-to-day security activities across enterprise and isolated environments. This 100% on-site position provides hands-on security operations, vulnerability management, RMF/ATO activities and continuous monitoring to maintain a strong security posture.

You will collaborate with senior security personnel, system administrators and engineers, implementing security requirements, identifying and remediating issues and contributing to a broader