Senior Cyber Policy Analyst

Leidos is seeking a Cybersecurity Policy Analyst/Subject Matter Expert to support the DHS Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Program Management and Governance Division.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Propose security policy enhancements, through gap analysis, in coverage and/or new capabilities that would further promote the Department’s national security posture.

• Support the creation of DHS NSS SOPs and playbooks for security guidance that support NSS policy (e.g. incident response, scorecards, stakeholder training)

• Perform DHS National Security Exception (NSE) reviews and analyses in support of DHS Section 508 compliance, as required.

• Document any changes and recommend any future updates architecture and design documents by staying abreast to trending and technological advancements

• Develop procedures for the continuous monitoring of devices accessing DHS networks that are outside the scope of current manual and automated capabilities to ensure visibility of all systems.

• Review trends and advancements in technology (ex. Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing) and create white papers, as requested.

• Develop draft guidance and policy surrounding the implementation virtual and cloud environments.

• Develop and inventory scripts and queries to organize, extract, and present data in support of architectural role.

• Provide architecture subject matter advisement to the Government including, but not limited to, cybersecurity security and engineering principles and design and implementation of National Security Manager guidance

• Analyze continuous monitoring, configuration management, vulnerability management, asset management, software management and self-reported data to identify trends and anomalies cybersecurity performance and mitigation of risks.

• Develop Security Impact Analysis (SIA) reports, as a result of analysis under the security architecture role

• Support any internal and external audits of the DHS NSS environment

• Create presentation/briefs relating the security architecture, as required

• Document and address information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree 8-12 years of experience.

• Shall have 8 or more years of experience in policy interpretation and development.

• Shall have 3 or more years of experience in development and analysis of metrics.

• Must have one of the following certs.

• Certified Authorization Professional (CAP)

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching

• CompTIA Security+

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience drafting IT, cybersecurity, or related policy documentation using federal government, particularly DHS, official document requirements and style guides.