Cyber Range Event Lead

Description

• Coordinating with the user(s) to manage objectives and the event's scope
• Performing as a member of the Event Engineering Team (EET) and responsible for defining event objectives and translating user requirements into tasks for the event team to execute
• Supporting medium to large system deployments, including planning, designing, and evaluating software options, selecting operating systems and protocol suites, configuring media, and deriving requirements
• Designing, implementing, and troubleshooting elements of system networking, including routing and switching, and supporting special communicate methods such as VPN
• Performing independent analysis, evaluation, and integration solutions to complex technical problems to meet management and mission objectives
• Seeking optimum design within customer specifications, quality standards, schedule, & funding limitations
• Working with site users to deploy and integrate their solutions. Offering assistance to participants during initial integration stages or when integration fails. Assisting in documenting changes
• Assisting with analysis on projects or phases of projects to enhance the technical and economic development of the product
• Resolving a variety of technical problems leading to advanced engineering studies designed to increase efficiency or reduce costs
• Assisting with briefing senior management and customer personnel on technical matters, technical research studies, and applications and in developing technical presentations
• Configuring both internal systems and customer tools within mixed environments
• Monitor system performance and system resource utilization, ensure system availability and reliability, and chart trending and capacity planning
• Working within established configuration and change management policies to ensure awareness, approval and success of changes made to system infrastructure
• Assisting in selecting and implementing security tools, policies, and procedures
• Liaising with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution in fielded environments
• Working inside classified and unclassified environments to accomplish government goals

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Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with a focus in computer science, or a focus in computer and information sciences, engineering, mathematics, management information systems or a related discipline with 9 years of related experience; or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree
• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Experience with Computer Network Operations (CNO), Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Networks Exploitation (CNE) platforms
• Experience with cyber testing or training (depending on focus), including planning, coordinating, execution, and analysis
• Intermediate knowledge of: software development; programming languages; operating systems; networks; enterprise and consumer IT concepts, architectures, and systems (compute, network, storage)
• Possess a high level of proficiency of systems administration and/or information technology concepts
• Experience configuring and installing various network devices and services (e.g., routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN)
• Experience building and deploying software (from internal and external parties), troubleshooting vendor solutions with outside assistance
• Experience with VMware virtualization tools, to include vSphere, and their interoperability with networks
• Intermediate familiarity with defensive and offensive cyber tools and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTP)
• Skilled at inferring requirements or desirable attributes for environments or test/training strategies
• Demonstrated ability to effectively synthesize data from multiple sources to make prioritization and resource allocation decisions
• Superior oral communication skills (including the ability to project confidence and enthusiasm) in the following core areas: formal presentations; soliciting goals and requirements from range users; explaining cyber security and testing/training concepts; effectively communicating event and environment requirements to team members; explaining cost/benefit tradeoffs; managing expectations; and explaining technical cyber concepts to non-cyber-savvy audiences
• Ability to work independently and to collaborate with range users and other event stakeholders
• Superior technical writing skills, including the ability to author event design documents and create persuasive and impactful technical briefing materials

Desired Skills

• Master's degree with a focus in computer science.
• Experience working in a cyber range environment as an operator or administrator
• Experience with CNO/CND/CNE platforms.
• Experience with cyber testing or training (depending on focus), including planning, coordinating, execution, and analysis, with at least five (5) years of experience in each domain
• Expert knowledge of at least five (5) of: software development; programming languages; operating systems; networks; enterprise and consumer IT concepts, architectures, and systems (compute, network, storage)
• Expert knowledge of defensive and offensive cyber tools and TTP
• Experience with logical isolation of virtual enclaves to support isolated test environments
• Experience with configuring/administering NetApp storage networks
• Experience planning or conducting Defensive Cyber Operation (DCO) or Offensive Cyber Operation (OCO)
• Experience working with platform development, training, and/or testing organizations, end-users (operators), and system developers (contractors)
• Familiarity with relevant DoD testing and/or training policy directives
• Extensive experience participating in or conducting cyber "table top" (CTT) exercises
• Familiarity with cyber range tools, including deployment, configuration, monitoring, and traffic generation
• Extensive and varied experience designing realistic terrain, including global gray and target environments
• Expertise in complex enterprise infrastructures using various operating systems and services (e.g., AD, Exchange, VPN, email, databases, web

Clearance Information

SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE SECRET LEVEL WITH TS/SCI ELIGIBILITY

Travel Requirements

• Minimal Travel (less than 10%)

About Us

Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.

SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals starting at 10 days of vacation and 5 days of sick leave annually, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

EEO

Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

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