Cyber Security Engineer - Careers at Leidos
Leidos
Cyber Security Engineer - Careers at Leidos
Job Description
Unleash Your Potential as a Cyber Security Engineer at Leidos
Join Leidos in Huntingdon, UK, delivering innovative cybersecurity solutions for classified and unclassified networks. Require DV clearance and 4/5 days on-site.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop creative solutions to complex technical cybersecurity challenges.
- Maintain systems at required security posture with engineering teams.
- Ensure log forwarding to SIEM with Security Monitoring team.
- Collaborate on policies, processes, and technical designs.
- Assess vulnerabilities, mitigate risks, validate systems, and test security products.
- Support security enforcing functions.
Core Skills & Experience
- MOD/Home Office environments.
- Network/system security: firewalls, IDS/IPS, Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikey.
- Secure coding (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25).
- IAM expertise (RBAC, ABAC, JWT).
- Incident response in MOD settings.
- Compliance: NIST, CIS Benchmarks.
- Kubernetes administration.
Desirable Expertise
Containerisation Security: Kubernetes RBAC, pod standards, runtime security, image scanning, Tanzu deployments.
DevSecOps & CI/CD: Secure pipelines with Git/SonarQube, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), secrets management (Vault), automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Cloud & Infrastructure: KSPM (Trivy), service mesh (Istio), encryption, NSX networking, compliance auditing.
Automation: Python/PowerShell scripting, API security (OAuth/JWT).
Soft Skills
- Leadership and mentoring.
- Cross-team communication.
- Security advocacy in DevOps.
Leidos empowers teams, supports communities, and commits to ethical practices. Estimated salary £65,000-£85,000 GBP/year based on UK defence cyber roles.
Locations
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Salary
65,000 - 85,000 GBP / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Network and system security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, host security)intermediate
- Hands-on experience with Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikeyintermediate
- Secure coding practices (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25)intermediate
- Identity and access management (IAM, RBAC, ABAC, JWT, Cookie authentication)intermediate
- Incident detection and response in MOD environmentsintermediate
- Security compliance (NIST, CIS Benchmarks)intermediate
- Kubernetes administration and securityintermediate
- Kubernetes security (RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, secrets management)intermediate
- Container runtime security and image scanningintermediate
- Secure CI/CD pipelines (Git, SonarQube, Terraform, Ansible, Vault)intermediate
- Cloud security in containerised environments (KSPM, Trivy, Istio, NSX)intermediate
- Python and PowerShell scripting for security automationintermediate
- API security (OAuth, JWT, gateways, rate limiting)intermediate
Required Qualifications
- DV (Developed Vetting) security clearance required (experience)
- Experience in MOD or Home Office project environments (experience)
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities (experience)
- Effective communication across dev, ops, and security teams (experience)
- Ability to advocate security in DevOps culture (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop creative solutions to complex cybersecurity issues
- Ensure systems maintain required security posture against baselines
- Collaborate with Security Monitoring team for SIEM log forwarding
- Develop policies, processes, procedures, and technical designs with customers and agencies
- Assess vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation, validate secure systems, test security products
- Maintain and support security enforcing functions
Benefits
- general: Work with diverse, talented teams dedicated to customer success
- general: Opportunities for professional growth and unleashing potential
- general: Contribution to communities and sustainable operations
- general: Guided by Leidos Mission, Vision, and Values
- general: Occasional travel to other UK sites with primary on-site role
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Cyber Security Engineer - Careers at Leidos
Leidos
Cyber Security Engineer - Careers at Leidos
Job Description
Unleash Your Potential as a Cyber Security Engineer at Leidos
Join Leidos in Huntingdon, UK, delivering innovative cybersecurity solutions for classified and unclassified networks. Require DV clearance and 4/5 days on-site.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop creative solutions to complex technical cybersecurity challenges.
- Maintain systems at required security posture with engineering teams.
- Ensure log forwarding to SIEM with Security Monitoring team.
- Collaborate on policies, processes, and technical designs.
- Assess vulnerabilities, mitigate risks, validate systems, and test security products.
- Support security enforcing functions.
Core Skills & Experience
- MOD/Home Office environments.
- Network/system security: firewalls, IDS/IPS, Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikey.
- Secure coding (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25).
- IAM expertise (RBAC, ABAC, JWT).
- Incident response in MOD settings.
- Compliance: NIST, CIS Benchmarks.
- Kubernetes administration.
Desirable Expertise
Containerisation Security: Kubernetes RBAC, pod standards, runtime security, image scanning, Tanzu deployments.
DevSecOps & CI/CD: Secure pipelines with Git/SonarQube, IaC (Terraform/Ansible), secrets management (Vault), automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
Cloud & Infrastructure: KSPM (Trivy), service mesh (Istio), encryption, NSX networking, compliance auditing.
Automation: Python/PowerShell scripting, API security (OAuth/JWT).
Soft Skills
- Leadership and mentoring.
- Cross-team communication.
- Security advocacy in DevOps.
Leidos empowers teams, supports communities, and commits to ethical practices. Estimated salary £65,000-£85,000 GBP/year based on UK defence cyber roles.
Locations
- Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Salary
65,000 - 85,000 GBP / yearly
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Network and system security (firewalls, IDS/IPS, micro-segmentation, host security)intermediate
- Hands-on experience with Trellix, Ivanti, ClearSwift, Yubikeyintermediate
- Secure coding practices (OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25)intermediate
- Identity and access management (IAM, RBAC, ABAC, JWT, Cookie authentication)intermediate
- Incident detection and response in MOD environmentsintermediate
- Security compliance (NIST, CIS Benchmarks)intermediate
- Kubernetes administration and securityintermediate
- Kubernetes security (RBAC, network policies, pod security standards, secrets management)intermediate
- Container runtime security and image scanningintermediate
- Secure CI/CD pipelines (Git, SonarQube, Terraform, Ansible, Vault)intermediate
- Cloud security in containerised environments (KSPM, Trivy, Istio, NSX)intermediate
- Python and PowerShell scripting for security automationintermediate
- API security (OAuth, JWT, gateways, rate limiting)intermediate
Required Qualifications
- DV (Developed Vetting) security clearance required (experience)
- Experience in MOD or Home Office project environments (experience)
- Strong leadership and mentoring abilities (experience)
- Effective communication across dev, ops, and security teams (experience)
- Ability to advocate security in DevOps culture (experience)
Responsibilities
- Develop creative solutions to complex cybersecurity issues
- Ensure systems maintain required security posture against baselines
- Collaborate with Security Monitoring team for SIEM log forwarding
- Develop policies, processes, procedures, and technical designs with customers and agencies
- Assess vulnerabilities, implement risk mitigation, validate secure systems, test security products
- Maintain and support security enforcing functions
Benefits
- general: Work with diverse, talented teams dedicated to customer success
- general: Opportunities for professional growth and unleashing potential
- general: Contribution to communities and sustainable operations
- general: Guided by Leidos Mission, Vision, and Values
- general: Occasional travel to other UK sites with primary on-site role
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