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The ISSE will support the development, documentation, implementation, enhancement, operation, and maintenance of comprehensive System Security Plans (SSPs) across NAS systems, clusters, interconnects, storage platforms, and data resources. This role will help ensure security documentation, configuration baselines, security checklists, and system hardening guidelines align with applicable security requirements while addressing the unique performance, throughput, and operational demands of HPC environments.\nPRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:\nEnsure that the SSP and related artifacts comply with NASA and U.S. Government security requirements, including NPR 2810.1F, NIST 800-53/53B, FISMA, and the NIST HPC Security Overlay guidance.\nProvide expert technical consultation for internal and external stakeholders on HPC-specific security issues, including system hardening for MPI-based workloads, GPU/accelerator nodes, high-speed fabrics (InfiniBand, Slingshot), and performance-critical parallel filesystems.\nIdentify solutions that balance high-performance computing usability with robust security ensuring that protective measures do not inhibit large-scale simulation workflows, mission operations, or research productivity.\nProvide regular HPC-specific data analytics and reporting - including vulnerability summaries, risk evaluations, security telemetry, and compliance findings - to Division and Branch leadership.\nSupport Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) development, tracking, updating, and remediation for all HPC systems. Coordinate POA&M resolution activities across HPC systems engineering, networking, storage, and operations teams.\nConduct targeted compliance assessments for large-scale HPC environments and report findings to NAS leadership. Assessments may include HPCc-cspecific topics such as high-speed interconnect configurations, MPI-node exposure risks, GPU driver-level vulnerabilities, and specialized HPC authentication/authorization workflows.\nCoordinate with other subtasks to implement, enforce, and maintain compliance with Government cybersecurity policies, including - but not limited to - NPR 2810.1F, NIST 800-53/800-53B, NIST SP 800-234 (HPC Security Overlay), DHS directives, FIPS standards, OMB guidance, and FISMA requirements.\nCoordinate participation in NASA Assessment & Authorization (A&A) activities for large-scale HPC systems, including data calls, technical evaluations, security control inheritance definitions, and documentation updates.\nConduct credentialed and performance-aware vulnerability scans across HPC assets, ensuring scanning methods accommodate specialized hardware (GPU nodes, high-speed fabrics, parallel filesystems) without degrading mission workloads. Report results to NAS leadership and Information System Security Officials (ISSOs).\nReport potential or actual HPC security incidents to the appropriate NAS or Agency personnel. Support investigations in partnership with NASA SOC, Incident Response Teams, and NAS Management.\nSupport Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations and remediation actions related to HPC security issues - especially those involving system performance anomalies, distributed job failures, and parallel-environment attack surfaces.\nAssist in the development of policies, procedures, and guidelines ensuring that HPC computational, storage, networking, and data-analysis systems comply with all applicable NASA and government security requirements.\nMaintain expertise in HPC security by monitoring NASA, NIST, DOE, and industry HPC security advisories. Communicate emerging HPC-specific threats - such as accelerator-specific vulnerabilities, MPI/RDMA protocol risks, and job-scheduler exploitation vectors - to facility staff.\nCoordinate security compliance activities related to Section 508, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), IPv6 adoption, and cybersecurity reviews for all HPC IT acquisitions, including compute clusters, interconnects, accelerators, and data-storage hardware.\nSupports vulnerability assessment and design of intrusion detection tools for complex network architecture.\nBASIC QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience.\nExperience managing project work.\nPossess in-depth technical knowledge of Cybersecurity principles.\nAbility to delegate and track multiple projects at the same time.\nAbility to develop, motivate, and effectively manage the workforce.\nStrong work ethic and willingness to work as a team.\nCLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:\nU.S. Citizenship is required.\nMust have the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance ranging from a Public Trust, at minimum, up to a Top Secret clearance, as required.\nIf you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.\nOriginal Posting:\nSeptember 24, 2026For 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.\nPay Range:\nPay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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