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Leidos

Builds technology for defense and civil agencies

Industrial Security Representative

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$65.7k - $118.7k
Senior
Bachelor's, Master's
Arlington County, Arlington, VA, USA
In PersonSupports the customer at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA.
Risk & ComplianceRegulatory Compliance & Ethics
No H1B Sponsorship
US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • Typically requires a bachelor's degree and 4–8 years of prior relevant experience, or a master's degree with 6–10 years of prior relevant experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Must possess an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or Top Secret/SCI, preferably from the Department of Defense.
  • Prior experience as a Facility Security Officer and/or CPSO.
  • Thorough working knowledge of the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, relevant Department of Defense security guidance, and Intelligence Community Directive standards.
  • Ability to work independently or in a team with minimal direction and provide customer service.
  • Ability to interpret company and government security policies and apply them to program operations.
  • Strong understanding of physical security requirements for OSS, SCIFs, and collateral Restricted Areas, and working knowledge of SF-86, SF-312, DD-254, SF700, SF702, and other required forms.
  • Thorough understanding of security databases, including DISS, NISS, NBIS, and SIMS.
  • Experience creating and conducting initial security briefings, debriefings, indoctrinations, pre- and post-foreign-travel briefings, and refresher briefings, as appropriate.
  • Ability to develop and establish an effective security awareness, training, and education program.
  • Ability to communicate with internal and external parties and influence others outside the area on policies, practices, and procedures.
  • Extensive experience with classified and unclassified networks and facility clearance requirements.
  • Demonstrable experience communicating information security and risk-related concepts effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills and the ability to act calmly and competently in high-pressure situations.
  • Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
  • Ability to work in a changing regulatory environment with short-, mid-, and long-term timelines for remediating non-compliance.
  • Strong organization, oral and written communication, proofreading, time management, multitasking, and planning skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
  • Prior experience in personnel and industrial security.
  • COMSEC Custodian certificate or experience.
Responsibilities
  • Safeguard industrial installations, resources, utilities, materials, tools, and information essential to organizational operations.
  • Protect and manage classified information and equipment, ensuring proper classification, access, handling, storage, and destruction.
  • Develop, implement, and analyze programs to ensure adherence to federal classification laws, regulations, and directives.
  • Manage clearance prescreening, verification, and maintenance, including upgrades or downgrades, clearance crossovers, continuous vetting, and periodic reinvestigations.
  • Manage foreign visitor and facility access and special and restricted access programs; brief and debrief individuals on privileged-access requirements and responsibilities.
  • Implement the industrial security program and ensure company and customer security requirements are met.
  • Provide security management and implement security policies and procedures for a Department of Defense agency, with emphasis on physical, information, and personnel security, including OPSEC.
  • Conduct ISR duties including processing CAC and building-access applications, access-control requests, country and threat briefings, personnel in- and out-processing, indoctrinations and debriefings, security-record management, courier-card applications, and visit authorization requests.
  • Provide access control for agency spaces at multiple government locations; administer agency SIPR tokens and CAC resets; transmit and retrieve SCI cable traffic; and provide official and unofficial OCONUS travel briefings for directorate personnel.
  • Process personnel security actions, including requesting, reviewing, approving, and submitting clearance packages through SCI nomination packages in accordance with customer requirements.
  • Maintain personnel security databases tracking new-employee clearance actions and annual security-training completion.
  • Conduct security self-inspections, apply risk-mitigation methods, support customer assessments, and implement required security measures.
  • Document compliance activities in accordance with the governing-authority-approved authorization package.
  • Maintain facility and program Security Operation Plans and other documentation.
  • Use centralized services and databases to record clearances, incident reports, personnel movements, visit requests, and related information for performance metrics.
  • Ensure personnel complete and maintain required security education and training.
  • Ensure proper protection and corrective measures are taken when an incident or vulnerability is discovered.
  • Conduct customer-required inspections and upload results to customer databases.
  • Process and produce CAC and related badge requests.
  • Interface and collaborate directly with customer officials, key leaders, and customers; provide security support to IC and DoD officials.
  • Provide surge support and perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • FSO training certificate for possessing facilities from DCSA.
  • Experience as a COMSEC Custodian or Manager.
  • Experience developing and implementing OPSEC plans.
  • Knowledge of access-control and intrusion-detection systems.
  • Experience conducting security incident inquiries.
  • Professional certifications or affiliations.

About the company

Leidos develops technology and runs services for defense, intelligence and civilian agencies, as well as healthcare and commercial customers. It combines software and engineering work with systems integration, building secure networks and equipment used in demanding operations. Its portfolio includes medical services, energy infrastructure design and technology that supports military missions, linking specialist businesses under one parent. Customers pay through contracts for delivered systems and services, with payment tied to labor, costs or agreed project milestones. Leidos traces its roots to a company founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Reston, Virginia

Founded

1969

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What believers are saying

  • Recognized sales are growing: Leidos reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $4.56 billion, up 7%, in August 2026.
  • Technical study gets support: Leidos lists 4,092 certification prep courses and tuition assistance for full time employees.
  • Future work includes funded contracts: Leidos reported $10.2 billion of funded backlog in August 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Federal budgets dominate demand: Leidos' February 2026 filing attributed 87% of fiscal 2025 revenue to U.S. government work.
  • Cleared cyber roles restrict access: Leidos' live Fort Meade analyst posting requires active Top Secret clearance with a polygraph.
  • Cost overruns threaten margins: firm fixed price work accounted for 43% of Leidos' fiscal 2025 revenue.

What makes Leidos unique

  • Runway capacity improves through software: Leidos and UK navigation provider NATS optimize landing spacing with Intelligent Approach.
  • Leidos reaches patients directly: its QTC medical exam business connects over 15,000 providers with more than 90 clinics.
  • Leidos builds battlefield hardware: it is the Army's prime contractor for Enduring Shield, a mobile air-defense launcher.

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Benefits

  • Medical, dental, & vision insurance
  • Health Savings account
  • Income protection
  • PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Jury duty pay
  • Bereavement leave
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Family Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

8%
PR Newswire
Oct 22nd, 2026
Leidos wins $95M Defence Logistics Agency deal to bring AI to Pentagon asset system

Leidos will use artificial intelligence (AI) automation to speed up the Pentagon's asset management system, under a new $95 million, five-year contract from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The Enterprise Logistics Management System (ELMS) is used by more than 50 agencies to manage over 80 million items of government property valued at more than $140 billion. Leidos has supported ELMS and its predecessor for more than 21 years. The company will apply AI-driven automation, cloud, and modern software development practices to speed up software delivery, streamline processes, and keep operations secure and reliable. The contract runs through August 2031, including a base year and four option years. "Logistics wins wars and accurate, reliable asset visibility is a cornerstone of military readiness," said Jason McCarthy, senior vice president at Leidos.

PR Newswire
Oct 21st, 2026
Leidos wins $160M US Cyber Command award for full-spectrum cyber operations

Leidos has won a five-year, $160 million award to support US Cyber Command in planning and conducting full-spectrum military cyber operations. The work will help the command respond to evolving threats and coordinate operations across the Department of War. The company will integrate and coordinate offensive and defensive operations, including support to secure, operate, and defend the Department of War Information Network. It will also provide cyber defense, operational planning, emerging threat analysis, and help develop tactics, techniques, and procedures. Jason O'Connor, president of Leidos Intelligence, said the team includes the recently acquired Kudu Dynamics. The award advances Leidos' NorthStar 2030 strategy, with cyber as a key growth driver.

PR Newswire
Oct 14th, 2026
Leidos wins one-year MOD logistics extension to 2029, building on $508M in benefits

Leidos has won a one-year extension to its Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The deal continues logistics support to the UK Armed Forces through June 2029. Leidos has been prime contractor since 2015. It manages more than 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Numbers, supports distribution to more than 600 locations worldwide, and runs the £83 million Defence Fulfilment Centre at MOD Donnington. The company estimates it has delivered £400 million in benefits to the MOD. During the extension, Leidos will work on supply chain resilience, inventory visibility, and digital capability. The programme supported the MOD through the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent needs related to Ukraine.

INSURASALES
Oct 13th, 2026
Blackstone leads $1B financing for Analogic merger with three Leidos units

Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) is leading a $1 billion financing package for the merger of Analogic Corporation with three Leidos units: Security Enterprise Solutions, Ports & Borders, and Industrial Automation. The combined business will make imaging and detection technology for sectors such as aviation security and healthcare. BXCI is lead lender and joint lead arranger, alongside HPS, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Brad Colman, BXCI's head of healthcare investing, called the deal proof of its strength in building large credit strategies with flexible solutions. Analogic is based in Salem, New Hampshire. Leidos employs 50,000 people and earned $17.2 billion in fiscal 2026. BXCI managed $443 billion in assets at the end of 2025. Roughly 75% of Blackstone's credit assets are backed by institutional and insurance clients.

GFM Limited
Oct 13th, 2026
Blackstone leads $1bn private credit financing for Leidos-Analogic security merger

Blackstone is leading a $1bn private credit financing to support the combination of the security enterprise solutions businesses of Leidos Holdings and Analogic Corporation, Bloomberg reported. Blackstone Credit & Insurance is reportedly lead lender and joint lead arranger, alongside HPS Investment Partners, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo. Leidos, a listed engineering and technology services company based in Virginia, serves government and commercial clients. It generated $17.2bn in revenue in 2025. Analogic develops imaging, detection, artificial intelligence, and automation technologies. Private equity firm Altaris acquired it in a $1.1bn take-private deal in 2018. Blackstone was reportedly also among the lenders in a recent financing for Waymo, which was increased to $5bn.