? (High Salary) Cyber Operations Countermeasures Engineer
Company: Leidos
Location: Odenton
Posted on: June 30, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Description Leidos has a current job opportunity
for a Cyber Operations Countermeasures Engineer on the DISA GSM-O
II program supporting the DISA Joint Operations Center (DJOC)
embedded with DISA Headquarters, Fort Meade, MD. The candidate will
support the DISA GSM-O II TN13 Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO)
Branch. This position will provide leadership for defensive cyber
operations activities and will be expected to actively engage with
a variety of customers and mission partners, anticipating their
needs, and delivering flawlessly. POSITION SUMMARY: GSM-O II
provides network operations and cyber defense support to the
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in support of the
Department of Defense (DoD) and Combatant Commands (CoCOMs).
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Direct and track enterprise
countermeasure actions and assess the effectiveness of
countermeasures on an ongoing basis. - Analyze high volumes of
logs, network data (e.g. NetFlow, PCAP), and other attack artifacts
in support of incident investigations. - Understand the life cycle
of network threats, attacks, attack vectors and methods of
exploitation with an understanding of intrusion set tactics,
techniques and procedures (TTPs). - Collaborate with team members
and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to create and validate
countermeasures in accordance with (IAW) the DoDIN boundary defense
posture. - Maintain situational awareness of cyber activity by
reviewing DoD, Intelligence Community and open source reporting for
new vulnerabilities, malware or other threats that have the
potential to impact the DoDIN. - Support mission-critical
Continuity of Operations (COOP). BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: - Must have
an active and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance. - BS degree and
4 years of prior relevant experience in order to operate within the
scope contemplated by the level. AA 6 years or 8 Years of work
relevant expertise without degree. - Must have a DoD-8570 IAT Level
2 baseline certification (Security CE or equivalent) to start and
able to obtain CSSP-A certification within 180 days of start date.
The candidate is required to maintain these certs during
employment. - Proficient understanding of Cyber Network Defense
(CND) in regards to protect, detect, respond and sustain within a
Computer Incident Response organization. - Applying Various subnet
techniques (e.g CIDR) - Advanced understanding of TCP/IP, common
networking ports and protocols, traffic flow, system
administration, OSI model, defense-in-depth and common security
elements. - Knowledge of the common attack vectors at the network
layer. - Experience with receiving, analyzing, and troubleshooting,
network alerts from various sources within the Enterprise to
determine Root Cause. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience with
DISA and DoD Networks. - Experience with malware analysis concepts
and methods - Use of Cyber Defense tools for continual monitoring
and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity. -
Providing timely identification and alerting of possible
attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities and misuse activities and
distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities. -
Skill in configuring and utilizing network protection components
(e.g. Firewalls, VPNs, IPS, IDS, and NIDS) - Advanced
Certifications such as SANS GIAC/GCIA/GCIH, CISSP or CASP. -
Experience in intelligence driven defense and/or cyber–Kill Chain
methodology. Original Posting:June 2, 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 $85,150.00 - $153,925.00 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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