Senior Cyber Range Engineer – Onsite, TS Clearance

HireClearedTalent; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HireClearedTalent is seeking a Senior Cyber Range Engineer to lead the design, development, and management of cyber range environments for large‑scale cyber exercises and multi‑domain operations.

The role supports DCO/OCO, mission rehearsal, and cyber training activities, requiring extensive cyber, networking, virtualization, and Linux expertise. Onsite work in Annapolis Junction, MD with Top Secret clearance desired.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience supporting CNO, CNE, and CND platforms or operations.
• 5+ years of experience supporting cyber training, validation exercises, cyber exercises, or CPT operations.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, managing, or operating cyber range or cyber exercise environments.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking, including DNS, TCP/IP, routing, network troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with VMware or other virtualization technologies.
• Experience with Linux/RHEL environments.
• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory.
• Experience with Security Onion and/or comparable cybersecurity monitoring platforms.
• Experience with RHEL Identity Management (IdM), LDAP, and/or SSO.
• Ability to translate cyber mission objectives into actionable training and exercise events.
• Experience supporting mission rehearsal, cyber exercises, or other mission-critical training environments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams in fast-paced operational environments.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills when working with technical teams, vendors, users, and senior leadership.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification, such as Security+, CCNA, CISSP, or equivalent.
• Associate’s degree or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• Ability to obtain SCI and Poly within approximately 6–9 months.
• Must be willing to work 100% onsite in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, manage, and execute cyber range environments supporting DCO/OCO activities.
• Develop realistic cyber mission scenarios and training events based on operational objectives.
• Support large-scale cyber exercises, mission rehearsal, validation events, and CPT operations.
• Apply the Joint Events Life Cycle (JELC) to support planning and execution of cyber events.
• Configure and manage virtual environments, network infrastructure, cybersecurity tools, and user/account access.
• Troubleshoot complex virtual networks, enterprise IT infrastructure, and software/hardware integration issues.
• Support networking, DNS, TCP/IP, routing, virtualization, Linux/RHEL, and identity-management infrastructure.
• Work with technologies such as VMware, Microsoft Active Directory, Security Onion, RHEL IdM, LDAP, and SSO.
• Identify and mitigate cybersecurity threats while maintaining compliance with DoD policies and standards.
• Develop and implement best practices for cyber event planning, execution, performance evaluation, and continuous improvement.
• Lead and provide technical guidance to cyber engineers supporting multiple programs and cyber exercise activities.
• Coordinate with vendors, users, technical teams, and senior leadership to resolve technical issues and meet mission requirements.
• Manage multiple priorities and adapt cyber range environments to changing customer and operational requirements.

Skills

Cyber Range

CNO/CNE/CND

Networking

Linux

VMware

Active Directory

Security Onion

IdM/LDAP/SSO

DoD 8570 IAT II

Problem Solving

Education

Assoc. degree or higher in IT/CS/SE

Tools

VMware

Security Onion

RHEL IdM/LDAP/SSO

Microsoft Active Directory

DNS/TCP IP/Routing

Splunk

Job description

HireClearedTalent is seeking a Senior Cyber Range Engineer to lead the design, development, and management of cyber range environments for large‑scale cyber exercises and multi‑domain operations.

The role supports DCO/OCO, mission rehearsal, and cyber training activities, requiring extensive cyber, networking, virtualization, and Linux expertise. Onsite work in Annapolis Junction, MD with Top Secret clearance desired.