Sr. Cyber Range Engineer

Company Overview

By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide. 

Cole Engineering Services (CESI), a By Light company, is recognized as a premier provider of modeling and simulation (M&S) training solutions to the Federal Government and industry. Since 2004, CESI has been at the forefront of developing, maintaining, and integrating simulation-based training, serious gaming, technical services, training and other support in live, virtual, constructive, and gaming (LVCG) domains.  CESI also designs, builds and runs infrastructure, platforms, applications and processes that enable cyber training for the integrated multi-domain force. Our vision is to become a worldwide full spectrum LVCG and cyber training/analysis developer, integrator and services provider.

Position Overview

The Sr. Cyber Range Engineer for the Persistent Cyber Training Environment Operations Group (PCTE-OG) will provide subject matter expertise for cyber range design, implementation, validation, and execution. The candidate will provide deep technical expertise across a broad spectrum of IT and cybersecurity products, tools, architectures, and implementations, with the ability to use that expertise to design and implement cyber ranges. Also, the candidate must support individual training, large scale collective training and operational mission rehearsal requirements for the Cyber Mission Force teams located at Joint-Base San Antonio. The candidate will work closely with customer and third-party organizations and must be able to respond to ad-hoc technical requirements while synchronizing priorities across the enterprise. The candidate must thrive in high pressure situations.

This position is located onsite at Joint-Base San Antonio (San Antonio, TX).

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Range Engineer for PCTE-OG, the candidate will provide technical expertise to support the development and execution of large-scale cyber exercises and multi-spectrum cyber operations. The candidate will support the execution of cyber training and mission rehearsal events. 
• Principal advisor for cyber range operations in support of DCO/OCO activities for the US Cyber Command (USCC).  
• Integrate into a highly talented team of seasoned cyber operators and provide cyber range expertise to enable DCO and OCO operations for USCC as well as across the service components. 
• Maintain operational relevancy to ensure that training events and other products are consistent with recent trends and requirements in the DoD Cyber domain.
• Support cyber range event design and execution
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication and system security
• Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities
• Drive continuous process improvement across all event activities.
• Provides expert-level IT, virtual environment, and network support functions.
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication and system
• Regularly interacts with the customers and leadership to establish training priorities and report on status of work.
• Supervises and mentors a team of cybersecurity and training professions.  

Required Experience/Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as information technology, computer science, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university.

• 8 years of combined experience with Computer Network Operations (CNO)/ Computer Network Exploitation (CNE)/ Computer Network Defense (CND) platforms, cyber training, validation exercises, and working with cyber protection teams (CPTs), including planning, coordinating, and execution.  

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate), VMware VCP-Cloud, or other similar and relevant certifications.

• Active certifications in Red Hat, Linux, VMware, and/or Windows (install, configure, maintain and administer)

• Active and relevant network engineering certification such as JNCP, CCNA, Palo Alto, CCNA Cyber Ops, or others

• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification such as Security , CCNA, CISSP or other equivalent certification.

  Experience translating cyber mission force training and mission rehearsal goals into actionable event environments.

• Intermediate knowledge of the Joint Events Life Cycle (JELC)
• Intermediate knowledge of defensive and offensive cyber tools
• Relevant experience and certifications in network engineer to include: JNCP, CCNA, Palo Alto, CCNA Cyber Ops, or others
• Experience and certifications in Microsoft/Windows, Active Directory, Security Onion, and VMWare
• Experience and certifications in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Ability to translate cyber mission force training and mission rehearsal goals into actionable event environments.
• Support cyber range event design and execution
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication and system security
• 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.
• Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business. 
• Be sensitive and flexible to the needs and requirements of the customer.
• Support cyber range event design and execution
• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication and system security

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• 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 e-mail addressing, mailboxes, auto-configuration 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.  
• 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.
• Have a basic understanding of Cyber Mission Force team structures and Defensive and Offensive Cyber Operations.

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U. S. Citizenship status and a TS SCI security clearance. Security Clearance requirements will be specified in the Government's Task Order.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. The above is intended to describe the general contents of and requirements for the performance of this job.

Benefits Overview

CESI recognizes that our strength is our people. We support every employee as an individual to build strong teams across the enterprise.  Our benefit package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Wellness Program
• 401(k) Matching
• Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Education & Training
• Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, Military Leave, Bereavement and Jury Duty)

CESI is committed to principles of inclusion and equal employment opportunity.  We foster a non-discriminatory, professional work environment for all our teams.  We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.