Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a US Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, cloud, security devices, servers and workstations.  The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. 

 

Primary Responsibilities: 

Perform internal and external pentest against systems to determine vulnerabilities and offer mitigation strategies. 

Perform web app pentests 

Perform vulnerability risk assessment 

Perform physical pentests and social engineering 

Perform cyber incident response as needed for programs 

 

Basic Qualifications: 

Bachelors’ degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 5 to 8 years of professional experience; or 3 to 5 years of professional experience with a Masters’ degree. 

Additional years of experience and certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree. 

Must have a Secret Clearance.  In addition to specific security clearance requirements all Department of Homeland Security CBP SOC employees are required to have or be able to favorably pass a 5 year (BI) Background Investigation.  

5 years in Pen Testing and Vulnerability Assessment, with specific emphasis on web application and enterprise network environments. 

8 years of professional experience in incident detection and response, malware analysis, or cyber forensics. 

 

Specific experience in at least 1 f the following specialties: 

Mobile application testing 

Cloud infrastructure testing 

RF Testing 

Mainframe systems 

 

Experience with the majority of the tools listed below: 

Kali Linux 

Metaspoilt 

Burp suite pro 

Cobalt Strike / Empire 

Tenable Nessus 

Debuggers such as Immunity 

Bloodhound 

BladeRF / HakRF 

Hak5 equipment 

Wireshark / tcpdump 

 

Certifications: At least one pentesting certification: 

CISSP 

GISF 

GPEN 

GWAPT 

GXPN 

OSCE 

OSCP 

OSEE 

OSWP 

 

Clearance:  In addition to specific security clearance requirements all CBP SOC employees are required to successfully complete a CBP Background Investigation to support this program 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

Understanding of Cyber Kill Chain & Intelligence Defense.

Ability to brief senior officials on pentesting requirements and results

Original Posting Date:2024-12-11

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 $104,650.00 - $189,175.00

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.