Cyber Range Engineer

By Light HQ • Fort Meade, MD

2d • $120,000 - $145,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Cyber Range Engineer for the Persistent Cyber Training Enterprise (PCTE-OG). The successful candidate will be able to guide cyber range development and execution, systems administration, cybersecurity, and account management, and address ad-hoc customer-related technical requirements and synchronize priorities across the platform’s functional areas. The ability to thrive within high-pressure situations and drive relevant teams to take the right actions is a must. The position is full-time on-site in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience in Cyber, Networking or equivalent military experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as information technology, computer science, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university or 6+ years of relevant experience can be substituted for degree.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II/III Certification, such as Security+, CCNA, CISSP, or equivalent, or the ability to obtain it within 6 months of start date.
• 3+ years of experience with CNO/CNE/CND platforms
• 4+ years of experience with cyber training, validation exercises, and working with cyber protection teams (CPTs), including planning, coordinating, and execution.
• Intermediate knowledge of the Joint Event Life Cycle (JELC) and defensive and offensive cyber tools
• Expert working knowledge of networking, to include DNS, routing, basic to advanced TCP/IP skills and troubleshooting.
• Background in MS, AD, Security Onion, and VMWare.
• Demonstrated understanding of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Identity Management (IdM) and Single Sign On (SSO) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Ability to translate cyber mission force training and mission rehearsal goals into actionable event environments.
• Must be a self-starter in a fast-paced environment and able to work with a range of engineers holding a diverse set of skills at differing levels of experience.
• Be sensitive and flexible to the needs and requirements of the customer.
• Ability to solve technical problems involving a variety of integrated software and hardware platforms.
• Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business.
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Please note that pursuant to a Government contract, this specific position requires U. S. Citizenship status and a TS/SCI, security clearance and CI polygraph if requested by customer.

Nice To Haves

• Intermediate knowledge of DNS: Authoritative vs. Recursive servers, SOA, NS, MX, A, and CNAME records.
• Intermediate knowledge of routing: OSPF static, BGP, route maps, access lists, prefix lists, advertise maps, and route weights.
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of exchange: Edge servers, recipient e-mail 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 and how they are tied to sensor ports and promiscuous modes.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of cybersecurity training and testing events within cyber ranges.
• Support the implementation of offensive based cyber range content, to include virtual machines, networks, hardware in the loop, training materials, applications and scenarios.
• Provide customer facing support for red cell exercise events and develop visual products tracking priorities for small to large multi-national cyber exercise.
• Assist content developers and managers in the configuration and employment of red cell applications in support of training events and exercises.
• Support the development, testing, documentation, fielding and support of complex cyber and IT training systems and equipment.
• Ensure the highest quality of task completion, meeting contractual performance criteria and deliverables in accordance with the contract.
• Support cyber range event design and execution.
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication, and system security.
• Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.
• Drive continuous process improvement across all event activities.
• Provide IT, virtual environment, and network support functions.
• Interact with vendors/users/customers and developers to understand needs and operational requirements changes that will impact the production environment.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Wellness Program
• 401(k) Matching
• Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Education & Training
• Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, Military Leave, Bereavement and Jury Duty)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees