Senior Cyber Range Engineer

Senior Cyber Range Engineer

Location: Hanover, MD - onsite.

Job Description:

The Senior Cyber Range Engineer will be a part of the event and mission rehearsal team and will be responsible for defining and executing event objectives.

The engineer will provide expert guidance on cyber range development and execution, systems administration, cybersecurity, and account management support for the Joint Cyber Training Enterprise (JCTE).

Essential Job Functions:

As a Senior Cyber Range Engineer, provide leadership and technical (back-end) expertise to support large-scale cyber exercises and multi-spectrum cyber operations.

Principal advisor for cyber range operations in support of DCO/OCO activities for the US Cyber Command (USCC).

Lead a team of cyber engineers and provide cyber range expertise to enable DCO and OCO operations, and day-to-day management of the separate programs coming through JCTE.

Required Skills:

Intermediate knowledge of the Joint Events Life Cycle (JELC).

Intermediate knowledge of defensive and offensive cyber tools.

Expert working knowledge of networking, to include:

DNS

Routing

Basic to advanced TCP/IP skills and troubleshooting.

Background in:

Microsoft (MS)

Active Directory (AD)

Security Onion

VMware

Demonstrated understanding of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Identity Management (IdM) and Single Sign-On (SSO) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

Translate cyber mission force training and mission rehearsal goals into actionable event environments.

Support cyber range event design and execution.

Drive continuous process improvement across all event activities.

Provide expert-level IT, virtual environment, and network support functions.

Must be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment and able to work with engineers holding a diverse set of skills at differing levels of experience.

Be sensitive and flexible to the needs and requirements of the customer.

Desired Skills:

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of DNS:

Authoritative vs. Recursive servers

SOA

NS

MX

A

CNAME records

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of routing:

OSPF

Static routing

BGP

Route maps

Access lists

Prefix lists

Advertise maps

Route weights

Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Exchange:

Edge servers

Recipient email addressing

Mailboxes

Auto-configuration for Exchange clients

Intermediate knowledge of Security Onion or Splunk:

Interface requirements

Scalability landmines

Enterprise configurations (sensor and master)

VMware port properties

How they are tied to sensor ports and promiscuous modes

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team environment.

Prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.

Interact with vendors, users, customers, and developers to understand needs and operational requirements that will impact the production environment.

Ability to solve technical problems involving a variety of integrated software and hardware platforms.

Required Education & Experience:

8+ years of experience with CNO/CNE/CND platforms.

5+ years of experience with cyber training, validation exercises, and working with cyber protection teams (CPTs), including planning, coordinating, and execution.

Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification such as:

Security+

CCNA

CISSP

or other equivalent certification.

Associate's degree in a technical discipline, such as Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems, or Software Engineering, from an accredited college or university.

Candidates should come from a JCTE (Joint Cyber Training Exercise ) environment (Military), preferably.

Top Secret is required, and the willingness to get a CI if needed.

Other Requirements:

Please note that, pursuant to a government contract, this position requires U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance. Security clearance requirements will be specified in the Government's Task Order.