Director, Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering

Leidos has an exciting opportunity as part of the Corporate Information Security (CIS) Office leading our Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering (CAE) team.  The Director of CAE is the technical director and leader accountable for CIS workflow design and execution, setting and executing Leidos cybersecurity engineering standards and practices, cybersecurity program design and consultation, and technical compliance assessment and execution.  The role requires a foundational understanding of cybersecurity network, endpoint, application, and mobile domains along with creativity in facilitating solutions that meet regulatory compliance and the needs of the business.  The Director for CAE ensures the strategic objectives across Leidos initiatives incorporate cybersecurity tools, processes, and talent that differentiate Leidos as a systems integrator in the market space.  The CAE Director envisions and develops the cybersecurity strategic direction of the CAE organization and ensures alignment and integration with overall company strategic mission.

In this role you will work closely with other CIS organizations to ensure CAE technical governance and standards meet policies defined by Cybersecurity Risk Management (CRM) and execution needs defined by Cybersecurity Operations to ensure the protection of Leidos assets and information.  Through collaboration the CAE director facilitates identification of operational gaps, discussions around strategic alternatives, and drives consistency in our cybersecurity technical approach.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 
- Develop and implement the overall direction for the CAE organization, and global cybersecurity engineering strategy balancing safety and business requirements.

- Guide the technical security architecture for Leidos programs, environments, and IT projects by facilitating technical governance and regulatory compliance validation for Leidos environments (e.g., NIST 800-171, CMMC, Privacy, among others).

- Lead a growing team of technical professionals accountable for designing, delivering, and validating cybersecurity solutions for a large systems integrator on schedule and on budget.

- Develop and grow a high performing leadership team that fosters talent development and performance excellence for Leidos’ cybersecurity engineering organization.

- Builds enduring relationships and influence industry supplier partners to support the delivery of Leidos cybersecurity objectives.

- Ensure CIS workflow change management process meet the need of the business and execute to those processes within SLOs.

- Develop and evaluate measures and metrics to inform engineering processes, performance, and standards.

- Partner with Chief Information Office Services (CIOS) to design, deploy, and execute modern IT solutions safely.    
- Work closely with the Cybersecurity Intelligence and Response Center Team (CSIRT) to design architecture and engineering changes in response to incident activity.

- Develop the cybersecurity engineering talent focusing on culture, collaboration, building technical skills, and program deliverables.

- Partner with BD/CIS/CIO functional senior leaders as well as Corporate and Sector leadership to influence, operationalize, and continuously improve cybersecurity engineering processes.

- Execute, lead, and mature the delivery of safe business outcomes for our complex set of sector programs.

- Facilitate the development cybersecurity technical roadmaps to drive constant cyber transformation and improvements in Leidos’ defensive posture.

- Stay up to date with the latest security trends and developments and maintain a high level of technical expertise in the field.

- Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, encourage innovation and the implementation of cutting-edge technologies.  Promote inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, and empower staff to self-organize to solve complex technical challenges.

- Prepare and present briefings on solutions while tailoring to audiences with varying levels of technical expertise.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience in Information Security with a real passion for the field.  Additional years of relevant experience, training, and/or professional certifications will qualify in lieu of a degree.
• Must be able to obtain a Security Clearance and therefor have US citizenship.  Individuals do not need to possess a clearance today.
• Demonstrated cybersecurity leadership experience.
• Expertise with cybersecurity engineering processes and governance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor technical content to the experience of the audience.
• A self-starter who uses a combination of learned skills, professional network, and grit to achieve objectives.
• Demonstrate poise and creativity while working with cybersecurity and IT leaders in different domain spaces to come to a common solution.
• Demonstrated ability to build consensus among stakeholders with competing interests, needs, and priorities.
• Knowledge of a broad spectrum of cybersecurity products and markets.  The role includes facilitating analysis of alternatives to onboard new enterprise cybersecurity capabilities.
• Experience and comfort in taking strategic intents and driving technical organizational change.

Preferred Qualifications

All of the below are not requirements, but would bring significant value to the team:

• Knowledge and experience in DFARS; NIST 800-53; NIST 800-171
• Experience with international security standards including UK’s Cyber Essentials, AU’s Defence Industry Security Program (DISP), and ISO 27001.
• Previous project execution/project leadership experience is advantageous.
• Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP)
• Information security experience as a DoD and/or Intelligence Community employee or contractor.
• Experience with Hybrid, SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS cloud-based cybersecurity services and architectures.
• Actively engaged in related industry forums and peer communities.
• Directly support business development growth.
• Demonstrated expertise in one or more cybersecurity domain (Network, Endpoint, Cloud, Application, Mobile, or Regulatory Compliance)
• Held one or more previous roles spanning Architecture, Engineering, Risk or Operations.

Original Posting Date:

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:

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.