Cyber Range Event Designer

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
• Monitoring 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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• 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 corresponding experience and demonstrated mastery of relevant computer science topics
• 8+ years of experience with software and systems development, DoD CNO/CND/CNE platforms, cyber T&E, or cyber exercise planning and execution
• Intermediate knowledge of: software development; programming languages; operating systems; network design; tactical and strategic networks; enterprise and consumer IT concepts, architectures, virtualization technologies, and systems (compute, network, storage)
• Intermediate familiarity with defensive and offensive cyber tools and 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 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 concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to both work independently and to collaborate with range users and other event stakeholders
• Technical writing skills, including the ability to author event design documents and create persuasive and impactful technical briefing materials

• National Security Agency (NSA) Red Team experience is a plus
• Master's degree with a focus in computer science
• 10+ years of experience with CNO/CND/CNE platforms
• 10+ years of experience with cyber testing or training (depending on focus), including planning, coordinating, execution, and analysis, with at least 5 years of experience in each domain
• Knowledge of existing and emerging CNO/CND/CNE technologies
• Expert knowledge of at least 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 planning or conducting DoD DCO or 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 exercises
• Familiarity with cyber range tools, including deployment, configuration, monitoring, and traffic generation
• Extensive and varied experience designing realistic cyber 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)

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

• As needed depending on Event Schedule

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.

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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