Cyber Range Engineer

Cyber Range Engineer

Client: United States Cyber Command

POP: 12 months

Location: Orlando FL

US Citizen w/ Top Secret Clearance

SCOPE

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 expertlevel IT virtual environment and network support functions.

• Must be a selfstarter in a fastpaced 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.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of DNS: Authoritative vs. Recursive servers SOA NS MX A and CNAME records.

• Intermediate to advanced 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 email addressing mailboxes autoconfiguration 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.

• Excellent communications 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 changes that will impact the production environment.

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

TASKS

• Provide leadership and technical (back end) expertise to support large scale cyber exercises and multispectrum 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 daytoday management of the separate programs coming through JCTE.