Jr. Cybersecurity Risk Management Analyst

Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Junior Cybersecurity Risk Management Professional to join our team. Do you love cybersecurity? Are you forever researching and investigating “why” a cyber event happened and intrigued with how it could have been prevented? Do you enjoy facilitating and leading team projects and making an impact on cybersecurity within a company? Do you know how to implement the controls in NIST SP 800-53 or how to identify risk in a supply chain? If you answer “yes” to most of those, then you might be a perfect fit for our corporate Risk Management Team!

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for ensuring the security and protection of our organization's assets, data, and systems from cyber threats and vulnerabilities. We are looking for someone who possesses solid critical thinking skills, project management skills, network security knowledge, experience with analyzing third-party suppliers for cyber risk, strong technical writing, great initiative, and a solid work ethic.

Primary Responsibilities

• Research, develop, implement, and maintain security policies, procedures, and controls, both internally for the team as well as for the enterprise, to address and mitigate identified risks and regulatory requirements.
• Research and conduct accurate cybersecurity risk assessments to identify potential cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities and recommend treatment, analyzing technical network security and compliance/governance documentation as required.
• Collaborate and communicate well with cross-functional teams to ensure that risk management objectives are met throughout the system, supplier, and/or software development life cycles.
• Investigate and develop solutions to complex system-level and enterprise-wide cybersecurity risk management challenges, managing large projects and being responsible for key project deliverables.
• Produce high-quality technical reports and presentations to communicate security risks and remediation plans to stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Proven ability to regularly employ critical thinking and ingenuity to work assignments and develop new solutions to technical problems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, for technical and non-technical subject matter
• Experience and ability to work well in a remote role/team
• Bachelor of Science degree in an Information Technology or Cyber Security major and 2-4 years of prior relevant cyber work experience (in lieu of bachelor’s degree, 5 years of cybersecurity work experience and professional cyber certifications may be considered to meet time requirements)
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply advanced technical principles, theories and concepts within the Cybersecurity field
• US Citizenship is required and eligible for federal security clearance
• Excellent project and time management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Multiple relevant professional security industry certifications (such as Security+, CISSP, GCIH, etc) through accrediting bodies such as the DoD, ISC2, ISACA, SANS or Comp TIA
• Understanding of the security implications of firewall, router, proxy and intelligent switch rule base configuration settings as well as the provisioning, deployment, configuration, and/or administration of enterprise network security solutions and devices
• Experience developing software programs in at least one coding language and/or experience analyzing code for vulnerabilities in a SCA scanner
• Experience reviewing third party supplier security controls, including cloud SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS providers
• Understanding of risk management advanced concepts and experience balancing cyber risk with business needs
• Experience as a systems administrator, network security architect, or other role related to designing and implementing technical controls, hardening guides, and security settings within systems and networks
• Knowledge of, and hands-on experience with systems using federal guidelines such as NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-37, NIST SP 800-60, and FIPS 199/200

If you have a passion for cybersecurity, a strong work ethic, and meet the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team. We offer competitive compensation packages, opportunities for growth, and a supportive work environment. Apply now to take the first step in advancing your cybersecurity career!

Pay Range

Pay Range $63,050.00 - $97,000.00 - $130,950.00

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.

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