Insider Threat Program Engineering Manager

The Digital Modernization Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for an Engineering Manager supporting the HEITS Contract as part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Insider Threat Program (ITP). This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to manage a team of engineers and architects to support the sustainment, development, and advancement of the ITP cybersecurity infrastructure baseline. The ITP mission is to identify insider threats to the department by utilizing advanced analytics, monitoring, and data correlation which in turn help address and eliminate potential threat actors from compromising the DHS mission in safeguarding the homeland.

The selected candidate will oversee a team of 12 individuals who will be responsible for the following:

Overseeing the User Activity Monitor Software solution, maintain the configuration baseline, perform maintenance/updates, troubleshoot performance issues, partner with stakeholders to ensure the complete deployment of the software throughout the enterprise, and eliminate any coverage gaps. Support the ITP enterprise infrastructure, perform all routine maintenance activities, provide guidance on upgrades and system recapitalization, perform availability/capacity management. Support all networking requirements and ensure full availability of all network switches and routers. Oversee High Speed Guard Cross Domain solution that supports the transfer of data between multiple classification domains. Support all documentation to effectively capture the configuration baseline. Support performance management to ensure key metrics are tracked and captured reflected the efficacy and performance of the enterprise. Oversee all information assurance activities to ensure the continued security accreditation of the enterprise. Provide training as directed by the customer to stakeholders on the usage of the UAM tool and ensure a certification program is in place for personnel development.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and (8)+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with (6)+ years of prior relevant experience 

• Prior leadership responsibilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills 

• Experienced and adept at developing and maintaining technical documents, analyses, and reports

• Experienced with preparing and presenting briefings to senior customer management, and customer stakeholders

• Working knowledge of the ITIL framework and best practices 

• Working knowledge of defense-in-depth principles, network/HW/SW security architecture, network topology, IT device integrity, and common security elements 

• Ability to obtain DHS EOD SCI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in IT Management, Engineering, or related field 

• Proven experience (10+ years) in IT service delivery management 

• Experience with User Activity Monitoring products and platforms

• Experience with Everfox High Speed Guard Platform

• Experience with Cisco or Juniper Networking Concepts

• Experience with On Premise Systems Infrastructure

• Experience overseeing a team of engineers

Original Posting:

June 12, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00

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.