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Booz Allen Hamilton lists this Range Engineer, Senior opportunity in fort meade, Maryland. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

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The Cyber Range Engineer is responsible for designing, building, operating, and sustaining cyber range environments that support training, exercises, and mission rehearsals for defensive and offensive cyber missions. This role directly supports the development of realistic, scalable, and secure virtual environments used to train cyber operators, test tools and tactics, and execute complex cyber exercise scenarios. The Cyber Range Engineer works closely with exercise planners, scenario developers, red and blue teams, and infrastructure engineers to ensure ranges accurately reflect real-world operational c ond itions and mission objectives. This position requires a strong combination of hands-on technical expertise, systems integration experience, and the ability to translate exercise requirements into functional cyber range architectures.

The Cyber Range Engineer designs and engineers virtualized and containerized environments that replicate enterprise, cloud, and mission-focused networks for cyber training and exercise execution. The engineer builds, configures, and maintains cyber range infrastructure, including virtual machines, networks, enclaves, and supporting services, to enable full-spectrum training objectives.

In this role, you’ll integrate tools, scripts, and platforms used by red, blue, and white teams, as well as support exercise execution by troubleshooting technical issues, restoring environments, and adjusting range configurations in real time. You’ll collaborate with scenario developers to implement scenario injects, adversary behaviors, and data flows that align with exercise objectives. You’ll also be responsible for documenting range architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures, and supporting continuous improvement of range capabilities, automation, and scalability.

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You Have:

5+ years of experience supporting cyber operations, cyber training environments, or enterprise IT infrastructure, including in virtualized or lab-based environments

Experience building, configuring, and maintaining Linux and Windows systems in a cyber range, lab, or training environment

Experience with Active Directory basics such as domains, t rus ts, OUs, GPOs, DNS, and permissions, SIEMs such as Security Onion, logging and monitoring solutions, and proper sensor placement, and virtualization technologies such as VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V

Experience supporting cyber exercises, cyber training events, or operational test environments, including execution-phase troubleshooting and environment restoration

Experience with scripting or automation tools such as Bash, PowerShell, Python, or Ansible to support range deployment and sustainment

Knowledge of virtual networking concepts, including VLANs, routing, firewalls, and network segmentation

Ability to think critically, analyze complex technical issues, and troubleshoot problems in time-sensitive, execution-focused environments

Ability to collaborate effectively with exercise planners, scenario developers, red or blue teams, and infrastructure engineers and document range architectures, configurations, and standard operating procedures

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

Experience supporting cyber ranges or exercises for the DoD, USCYBERCOM, or Joint organizations

Experience with container technologies, cloud-based range environments, or cyber range platforms

Experience integrating adversary emulation or penetration testing tools

Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Networking Certification such as Network+ or CCNA Certification

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.Range Engineer, Senior

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