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Cyber Range Engineer
�� Location: Fort Meade, MD (Onsite)
�� Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph REQUIRED
�� Salary: Up to $150,000

Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Cyber Range Engineer to support advanced cyber testing, training, and mission simulation efforts within the Department of Defense at Fort Meade.

This role is critical to the design, engineering, and operation of virtualized cyber range infrastructure used to simulate real-world cyber environments for offensive and defensive cyber exercises, mission rehearsal, capability validation, and cyber operator training.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in networking, virtualization, Linux and Windows systems engineering, and secure infrastructure, along with experience supporting classified DoD or Intelligence Community cyber operations environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, configure, and maintain cyber range environments used for cyber testing, training, and operational simulation
• Engineer and support virtualized infrastructure platforms used to create complex cyber scenarios and simulated networks
• Deploy, administer, and maintain Linux and Windows systems within secure and isolated range environments
• Configure and troubleshoot network architectures including routing, switching, VLANs, segmentation, and firewall rules within lab environments.
• Build and maintain multi-domain and segmented network topologies for cyber exercises and mission rehearsal.
• Provision systems, networks, and services to support red team / blue team cyber exercises.
• Integrate cyber tools, sensors, monitoring platforms, and mission systems into cyber range environments.
• Perform system hardening, patching, and configuration management in accordance with DoD cybersecurity standards (STIGs, RMF).
• Collaborate with cyber operators, trainers, engineers, and mission teams to support evolving operational requirements.
• Develop and maintain documentation, architecture diagrams, and configuration baselines to enable repeatable cyber range deployments.
• Troubleshoot system, virtualization, and networking issues during live cyber training events and exercises.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph (no exceptions).
• Security+ Certification (DoD 8570 / 8140 compliant).
• Strong experience with Linux systems administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, or similar).
• Strong experience with Windows Server administration (Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, PowerShell).
• Experience administering both Linux and Windows environments in secure enterprise networks.
• Solid networking knowledge including:
• TCP/IP
• Routing & switching
• VLANs
• Network segmentation
• Firewalls
• Subnetting
• Experience with virtualization platforms, such as:
• VMware ESXi
• vCenter
• Virtual networking
• Virtual machines and templates
• Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community environments.
• Ability to work onsite full-time at Fort Meade, MD in a classified environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience working with Cyber Range environments.
• Experience supporting cyber training exercises, red team/blue team operations, or mission simulation.
• Experience with automation or scripting, such as:
• Bash
• PowerShell
• Python
• Familiarity with cyber operations tooling and workflows.
• Experience with infrastructure automation or rapid environment deployment.
• Understanding of STIG compliance, RMF, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.

Work Environment:

• Fully onsite at a secure government facility.
• Collaborative, fast-paced cyber operations and training environment.
• Direct support of national security cyber missions.

Why This Role Matters
This role directly supports cyber readiness for national security missions, enabling operators to train and test capabilities in realistic, mission-driven cyber environments.

Cyber Range Engineers play a key role in ensuring cyber teams are prepared to defend and operate within complex digital battlefields.
  

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