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Senior Cyber Range Engineer (High Level Clearance Required)

AI summary of the role

Senior Cyber Range Engineer supporting the Joint Cyber Training Enterprise (JCTE) at US Cyber Command.

No longer in the current catalog. Last included 2026-09-09. Check the employer’s posting for availability.

What you’ll do

  • Act as principal advisor for cyber range operations in support of DCO/OCO activities for US Cyber Command (USCC).
  • 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.

What you’ll bring

  • 8 years of related work experience.
  • Minimum 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).
  • Active high level clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a poly.

Technologies

CNO · CNE · CND · Security Onion · VMWare · Red Hat Enterprise Linux · LDAP · DNS · TCP/IP · SPLUNK

About ICF International

Blends consulting, technology, analytics, and communications to help governments, utilities, and enterprises deliver public-sector, energy, health, disaster, and digital modernization programs.

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Source and classification

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ICF is actively recruiting for an experienced Senior Cyber Range 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. Additionally, the ideal candidate 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 Range 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. Flexibility to work additional hours is required. Required Clearance: Active high level clearance
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ICF is actively recruiting for an experienced Senior Cyber Range 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. Additionally, the ideal candidate 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 Range 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. Flexibility to work additional hours is required. Required Clearance: Active high level clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a poly. What You Will Be Doing: The Senior Cyber Range Engineer for JCTE will provide technical (back end) expertise to support large scale cyber exercises and multi-spectrum cyber operations. Duties include: 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 [... source excerpt omitted ...] 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: 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 high level clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a [... source excerpt omitted ...] ding 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: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as information technology, computer science, systems, software engineering or a related field. 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. Interme

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