Mission Lead, Cyber Defense & Team Leadership

Leidos LLC; Whitehall (OH); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a cyber defense lead for 100% on-site work in a classified environment. The role emphasizes team leadership, advanced training coordination, and rapid incident response within SCIF facilities and compliance with DoD reporting standards.

Collaboration with HR and leadership to maintain psychological safety, perform performance reviews, and ensure mission readiness for critical incidents. Columbus, OH commute considerations apply for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance or ability to obtain within 180 days.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II baseline certification (e.g., Security+ CE, SSCP, GSEC, CySA+) and CSSP-A or CSSP-IR certs.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysts in evaluating alerts from endpoints, IDS/IPS, NetFlow and sensors across classified enclaves.
• Correlate multi-source log data to produce Cyber Incident Reports (CIR) and integrate threat intel into SIEM.
• Direct incident reporting and containment actions to leadership and DoD entities.

Skills

TCP/IP networking

Wireshark

tcpdump

defense-in-depth

clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4 years cyber defense or SOC

Bachelor's degree + 8 years cyber defense or SOC

Tools

Splunk

Elastic

Sentinel

Job description

Leidos is seeking a cyber defense lead for 100% on-site work in a classified environment. The role emphasizes team leadership, advanced training coordination, and rapid incident response within SCIF facilities and compliance with DoD reporting standards.

Collaboration with HR and leadership to maintain psychological safety, perform performance reviews, and ensure mission readiness for critical incidents. Columbus, OH commute considerations apply for eligible candidates.