Junior Cyber Analyst

LeidosLeidosFort Meade, Maryland, United States
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Posted

8/28/2026

Employment

Full time

Range

$58k - $105k/year

Work style

On-site

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Core responsibilities

The Junior Cyber Analyst will support USCYBERCOM by developing and synchronizing operational plans and cyber effects against adversary systems. They will also assist in targeting selection, validation, and the integration of cyberspace capabilities into strategic mission objectives.

Requirements overview

Candidates must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with a polygraph. A high school diploma is required, along with less than two years of relevant cybersecurity experience.

Key skills

CybersecurityOperational PlanningCyberspace OperationsTargetingSituational AwarenessThreat AnalysisAttack MethodsVulnerability AssessmentTechnical WritingCommunicationProject ManagementJoint Operations

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Education requirements

high school

About Leidos

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Employees

37,469

Type

Public Company

Size

10,001+ employees

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government & commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.

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Security & SafetyTechnologyGovernment & Public SectorData & AnalyticsSoftware

Description

The Cyber & Analytics Business Unit with the Intel Sector at Leidos currently has an opening for a Junior Cyber Analyst to support USCYBERCOM. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience helping the COSS 3.0 mission. In this mission we support the advancement of USCYBERCOM, the CNMF, and JTF-ARES as it transforms to achieve the objectives outlined in USCYBERCOM 2.0, 2026 National Cyber Strategy, and the USCYBERCOM AI Strategy. Moving from opportunistic AI to systemic adoption. Primary Responsibilities Support approved plans development and staffing processes within collaborative environment to enable full spectrum Cyberspace Operations (CO) according to USCYBERCOM planning guidance and applicable Joint publications. Develop and synchronize OCO into plans to deliver integrated cyber effects against adversary systems in support of Joint and National strategic objectives. Draft and staff foundational planning documents such as Operational Plans (OPLANS), Operational Orders (OPORDs), and Fragmentary Orders (FRAGOs). Support targeting selection, validation, synchronization, and enable integration during the execution of activities within Cyber Warfare domain. Support Joint Operational Planning Groups and Teams (OPG/OPT), and develop and integrate Cyberspace capabilities into plans. Develop concepts of support, courses of action, integrate command and external capabilities, coordinate and document comprehensive plans. Engage in, and provide situational awareness to, range of projects, Crisis Action Teams, and current operations activities supporting OPTs. Demonstrate knowledge of cyber threats and attack methods and techniques emanating from state and non-state adversaries and tiered vulnerabilities within Blue Space as focus of threats Review, approve, prioritize, and submit operational requirements for research, development, and/or acquisition of cyber capabilities and develop and maintain deliberate and/or CO crisis plans. Communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means. Minimum Requirements Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance with Polygraph is required for consideration. High School diploma with less than 2 years of relevant cyber security knowledge or experience. This posting is for multiple opportunities. If 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. Original Posting: May 20, 2026 For 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. Pay Range: Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00 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.

Requirements

  • Cybersecurity
  • Operational Planning
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Targeting
  • Situational Awareness
  • Threat Analysis
  • Attack Methods
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Technical Writing
  • Communication
  • Project Management
  • Joint Operations

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