ICF International seeks an experienced Senior Cyber Engineer for the Joint Cyber Training Enterprise (JCTE) and will be expected to be a subject matter expert for cyber range validation, and range control.
This role will address ad-hoc customer related technical requirements and synchronizing priorities across the platform’s functional areas.
You must thrive in high pressure situations and drive relevant teams to take the right actions. The Senior Cyber Engineer will provide subject matter expert guidance on cyber range development and execution, systems administration, cybersecurity, and account management support for the JCTE and report directly to the Chief, Engineer for JCTE.
This work will be onsite supporting a program at Ft. Meade, MD. Must be able to perform shift work and have flexible hours as required.
Required Clearance : Active TS / SCI with ability to obtain and maintain a poly.
What You Will Be Doing :
- The Senior Cyber Engineer for JCTE will provide technical (back end) expertise to support large scale cyber exercises and multi-spectrum cyber operations.
- Act as the principal advisor for cyber range operations in support of DCO / OCO activities for the US Cyber Command (USCC).
- Integrate into a highly talented and seasoned cyber operators and provide cyber range expertise to enable DCO and OCO operations for USCC as well as across the service components.
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
Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities
Drive continuous process improvement across all event activities.
Provides expert-level IT, virtual environment, and network support functions.
What You Must Have :
Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as information technology, computer science, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university (or additional 5 years’ experience in lieu of degree).
8 years of related work experience
A minimum of 4 years of experience with CNO / CNE / CND platforms.
5 years of experience with cyber training, validation exercises, and working with cyber protection teams (CPTs), including planning, coordinating, and execution.
Active TS / SCI with ability to obtain and maintain a poly.
Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification such as Security+, CCNA, CISSP or other equivalent certification.
Expert working knowledge of networking, to include DNS, routing, basic to advanced TCP / IP skills and troubleshooting.
Experience in MS, AD, Security Onion, and VMWare.
Demonstrated understanding and hands on experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Identity Management (IdM) and Single Sign On (SSO) using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
Preferred Qualifications :
Intermediate knowledge of the Joint Events Life Cycle (JELC) and defensive and offensive cyber tools
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.
Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business.
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.
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