Supply Chain Risk Management Specialist

Description Leidos is seeking a Supply Chain Risk Management Analyst to provide technical and analytical support to the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Counterintelligence (CI) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) program. The program is responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating foreign intelligence, nation-state, and cybersecurity threats to the FAA's supply chain, critical infrastructure, and enterprise networks. Embedded within a 3-person team, this position focuses on enterprise risk assessments and procurement execution support. Providing risk analysis aligned with the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) framework, the analyst evaluates the actual security posture of software suppliers, cloud providers, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, telecommunications, and Operational Technology / Industrial Control Systems (OT/ICS) environments. This role translates threat data into technical risk scoring, conducts criticality analysis, and drafts custom contract security language to protect and mitigate threats against FAA supply chain.Primary Responsibilities:Conduct enterprise-level vendor risk assessments and technical security reviews for software suppliers, cloud providers (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS), AI tools, telecommunications, and OT/ICS (Operational Technology/Industrial Control Systems).Conduct technical and non-technical risk scoring to compile comprehensive Vendor Risk Reports that map systemic vulnerabilities.Provide specialized SCRM subject matter expertise throughout the procurement lifecycle, including early-stage acquisition planning and source selections.Author Acquisition Security Reviews and evaluation matrices that integrate directly into the FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) pipeline.Draft specific contract security language, technical security requirements, and risk acceptance recommendations to mitigate identified supply chain risks prior to contract award.Translate highly technical and complex risk assessment data into clear