Range Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•Fort Meade, MD

1d•$77,600 - $176,000

About The Position

The Cyber Range Engineer is responsible for designing, building, operating, and sustaining cyber range environments that support training, exercises, and mission rehearsals for defensive and offensive cyber missions. This role directly supports the development of realistic, scalable, and secure virtual environments used to train cyber operators, test tools and tactics, and execute complex cyber exercise scenarios. The Cyber Range Engineer works closely with exercise planners, scenario developers, red and blue teams, and infrastructure engineers to ensure ranges accurately reflect real-world operational conditions and mission objectives. This position requires a strong combination of hands-on technical expertise, systems integration experience, and the ability to translate exercise requirements into functional cyber range architectures. The Cyber Range Engineer designs and engineers virtualized and containerized environments that replicate enterprise, cloud, and mission-focused networks for cyber training and exercise execution. The engineer builds, configures, and maintains cyber range infrastructure, including virtual machines, networks, enclaves, and supporting services, to enable full-spectrum training objectives. In this role, you’ll integrate tools, scripts, and platforms used by red, blue, and white teams, as well as support exercise execution by troubleshooting technical issues, restoring environments, and adjusting range configurations in real time. You’ll collaborate with scenario developers to implement scenario injects, adversary behaviors, and data flows that align with exercise objectives. You’ll also be responsible for documenting range architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures, and supporting continuous improvement of range capabilities, automation, and scalability.

Requirements

5+ years of experience supporting cyber operations, cyber training environments, or enterprise IT infrastructure, including in virtualized or lab-based environments
Experience building, configuring, and maintaining Linux and Windows systems in a cyber range, lab, or training environment
Experience with Active Directory basics such as domains, trusts, OUs, GPOs, DNS, and permissions
Experience with SIEMs such as Security Onion, logging and monitoring solutions, and proper sensor placement
Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V
Experience supporting cyber exercises, cyber training events, or operational test environments, including execution-phase troubleshooting and environment restoration
Experience with scripting or automation tools such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible to support range deployment and sustainment
Knowledge of virtual networking concepts, including VLANs, routing, firewalls, and network segmentation
Ability to think critically, analyze complex technical issues, and troubleshoot problems in time-sensitive, execution-focused environments
Ability to collaborate effectively with exercise planners, scenario developers, red or blue teams, and infrastructure engineers
Ability to document range architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures
Active TS/SCI clearance
Willingness to take a polygraph exam
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting cyber ranges or exercises for the DoD, USCYBERCOM, or Joint organizations
Experience with container technologies, cloud-based range environments, or cyber range platforms
Experience integrating adversary emulation or penetration testing tools
Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
Bachelor's degree
Networking Certification such as Network+ or CCNA

Responsibilities

Designing, building, operating, and sustaining cyber range environments.
Supporting the development of realistic, scalable, and secure virtual environments for training, tool testing, and exercise execution.
Translating exercise requirements into functional cyber range architectures.
Designing and engineering virtualized and containerized environments replicating enterprise, cloud, and mission-focused networks.
Building, configuring, and maintaining cyber range infrastructure, including virtual machines, networks, enclaves, and supporting services.
Integrating tools, scripts, and platforms used by red, blue, and white teams.
Supporting exercise execution by troubleshooting technical issues, restoring environments, and adjusting range configurations in real time.
Collaborating with scenario developers to implement scenario injects, adversary behaviors, and data flows.
Documenting range architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures.
Supporting continuous improvement of range capabilities, automation, and scalability.