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Cyber Defense Analyst qualification requirements / IAT Level II certification.\nKnowledge of encryption technologies and algorithms, including:Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)\nAdvanced Encryption Standard (AES)\nGeneric Routing Encapsulation (GRE)\nInternet Key Exchange (IKE)\nMessage Digest Algorithm (MD5)\nSecure Hash Algorithm (SHA)\nTriple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)\n\nKnowledge of cybersecurity principles and organizational requirements related to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and non-repudiation.\nKnowledge of IT security principles and methods, including firewalls, demilitarized zones, and encryption.\nKnowledge of network access, identity, and access-management concepts, including Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).\nKnowledge of operating systems.\nKnowledge of network traffic and communications, including TCP/IP, the OSI model, and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) concepts.\nKnowledge of how system components are installed, integrated, and optimized.\nKnowledge of various computer architectures.\nKnowledge of network-design processes, including security objectives, operational objectives, and associated tradeoffs.\nKnowledge of network-analysis tools used to identify vulnerabilities.\nSkill in designing integration of hardware and software solutions.\nAbility to determine how a security system should operate, including resilience and dependability requirements, and assess how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment may affect system-security outcomes.\nSkill in developing and applying security-system access controls.\nSkill in evaluating the adequacy of security designs.\nSkill in assessing security-system designs.\nSkill in assessing security controls based on cybersecurity principles and requirements.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCSSP Infrastructure Support certification.\nExperience performing ISSO or ISSM functions.\nExperience with Cyber Network Defense and Analysis.\nExperience with IT security engineering.\nExperience with cloud-security engineering.\nAgile training or experience.\nENAMOR\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:\nOctober 14, 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 $69,550.00 - $125,725.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. 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