Threat Systems Engineer

Command Post Technologies, Inc.; Hattiesburg (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Leadership training

401k with company matching

ESOP

Career development

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible hours

Work/Life balance

Rewards and recognition

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is seeking an experienced Threat Systems Engineer to support cyber and electronic warfare threat operations across a distributed MDO environment.

You’ll engineer, configure, and validate threat systems, defensive controls, and replicable adversary infrastructure in high‑fidelity emulation environments. You will translate threat intelligence into executable configurations, ensure system stability and security, and work across live, virtual, and constructive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a cybersecurity, computer science, systems engineering or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of experience in cyber operations, threat systems engineering, threat emulation, or related DoD mission environments.
• Hands-on experience configuring and validating offensive and defensive cyber tools in threat emulation or cyber range settings.
• Understanding adversary infrastructure, defensive architectures, and operational employment.
• Experience translating threat intelligence into executable system configurations.
• Ability to work in sustained, high-tempo, distributed teams.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure, and implement cyber threat systems and defensive controls in threat emulation environments.
• Translate threat intelligence into operational system configurations to replicate adversary infrastructure and behaviors.
• Support deployment, integration, and sustainment of threat systems across distributed environments.
• Ensure realism, repeatability, stability, and security during training and mission execution.
• Validate emulated systems to represent adversary capabilities and effects accurately.
• Conduct testing, tuning, and assessment of threat configurations for effectiveness.
• Identify gaps and recommend corrective actions or upgrades to systems.
• Support verification activities to align threat systems with objectives and avoid unintended impacts.
• Provide hands-on operational support during threat operations and exercises.
• Collaborate with engineers, threat intelligence, and government stakeholders on evolving requirements.
• Contribute to technical reporting, analyses, and system assessments.

Skills

Threat systems engineering

Operational testing

Threat emulation

Defensive cyber controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Threat emulation platforms

Cyber range environments

Cyber defense tools

Job description

Description

Command Post Technologies (CPT) is seeking an experienced Threat Systems Engineer to support continuous cyber and electronic warfare threat operations across a distributed Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) environment. This role is focused on engineering, implementing, configuring, and validating cyber threat systems, defensive cyber controls, and supporting infrastructure used to replicate adversary capabilities within high-fidelity threat emulation environments.

This position translates threat intelligence and engineering direction into executable system configurations, ensuring emulated systems accurately replicate adversary behavior, infrastructure, and operational effects while maintaining system stability, repeatability, and security. It is primarily aligned to operational support, with additional responsibilities supporting cyber implementation, technical validation, and lifecycle sustainment across live, virtual, and constructive environments.

This role requires hands‑on engineering expertise with offensive and defensive cyber tools, strong understanding of adversary infrastructure and defensive architectures, and the ability to operate effectively within highly classified, compartmented environments supporting geographically distributed operations. Occasional travel may be required based on mission requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure, and implement cyber threat systems, defensive cyber controls, and supporting security mechanisms within threat emulation environments.
• Translate threat intelligence, threat profiles, and engineering guidance into operational system configurations that replicate adversary infrastructure, behaviors, and system responses with high fidelity.
• Support deployment, integration, and sustainment of threat systems across distributed cloud, hub, and Tactical Edge Device (TED) environments.
• Ensure threat systems are configured to support operational realism while maintaining repeatability, stability, and control during training, testing, and mission execution.
• Validate that emulated cyber and EW threat systems accurately represent adversary capabilities, techniques, and operational effects.
• Conduct technical testing, tuning, and assessment of threat system configurations to verify functionality, defensive control effectiveness, and mission relevance.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or degraded fidelity within threat representations and recommend corrective actions, configuration updates, or system enhancements.
• Support verification activities to ensure threat systems align with operational objectives and do not introduce unintended impacts to test or training environments.
• Provide hands‑on operational support during ongoing threat operations, exercises, and mission execution across classified environments.
• Support cyber implementation activities including system hardening, configuration management, security control validation, lifecycle sustainment, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, threat intelligence personnel, and Government stakeholders to ensure threat systems remain aligned with evolving mission requirements and intelligence updates.
• Contribute to technical reporting, engineering analysis, and system assessments supporting continued threat environment modernization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience supporting cyber operations, threat systems engineering, cyber range operations, threat emulation, or closely related DoW mission environments.
• Hands‑on experience engineering, configuring, and validating offensive and defensive cyber tools within threat emulation, operational test, or cyber range environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of adversary cyber infrastructure, defensive architectures, techniques, and operational employment.
• Experience translating threat intelligence into executable system configurations and operational threat environments.
• Ability to operate effectively in sustained, high-tempo operational environments across geographically distributed teams.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting cyber ranges, threat emulation platforms, or live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) environments.
• Familiarity with modular or behavior‑driven threat modeling approaches.
• Experience supporting Army, joint, or other DoW multi‑domain operations involving cyber and EW integration.
• Experience operating across multiple classification levels in continuously operating mission environments.

About us

We are Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT). CPT is a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), providing engineering services in the areas of Cyber Security, Software Development, Test & Evaluation, and Strategic Planning. CPT employees appreciate working in a caring environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance. As individuals, we come together as a team, supporting a culture rooted in our core principles of integrity, determination, and innovation. In all of CPT’s collaboration efforts, our team prioritizes communication, accountability, and being resourceful in order to maximize efficiency and results.

What’s In It for You

• Great health benefits (for more info contact us directly)
• Leadership training
• 401k with generous company matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Career professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible hours
• Work/Life balance
• Rewards and recognition
• Paid Time Off
• Parental Leave

Command Post Technologies, Inc. (CPT) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) founded in 2008 and headquartered in Suffolk, VA with personnel in various states including Virginia, Maryland, Florida, and Texas. With 2/3 of our staff being former military, CPT firmly believes in employing veterans. Command Post Technologies, Inc. is a unique provider of innovative solutions that enhance our corporate clients’ productivity and empower our government clients with the ability to protect against all enemies: foreign and domestic. CPT adapts its successful military experiential approach to the needs of leaders in a global business environment and provides an elite leadership curriculum that results in a world-class, leadership-altering event.

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