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Job Details
Role: Cyber Range Engineer
POP: Contract (12 months)
Location: Annapolis Junction, MD (On-site)
Job Description:
The senior cyber range engineer will be a part of the event and mission rehearsal team and 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).
Required Skills:
- Associates degree in a technical discipline such as information technology, computer science, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university.
- Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification such as Security , CCNA, CISSP or other equivalent certification.
- 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.
- 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 MS, AD, Security Onion, and VMWare
- Demonstrated an understanding of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Identity Management (IdM) and Single Sign On (SSO) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
- Translating 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.
- Provides expert-level IT, virtual environment, and network support functions.
- 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.
Tasks:
- 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.
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