Senior Cyber Range Technician

Valiant is looking for a Senior Cyber Range Technician to join our team!

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experienced in the area of Cyber operations within the past 5 years with current active IAT Level 2 (CCN/A, GICSP, Sec+, GSEC, SSCP) and able to obtain IAT Level 3 within a year.
• Builds, configures, and deploys virtualized servers, workstations, and complex network infrastructures (both classified and unclassified) to create realistic environments for cyber training and exercises.
• Maintains the operational readiness, performance, and security of all cyber range hardware and software, including hypervisors, storage arrays, network devices, operating systems, and security tools.
• Implements and stages custom training scenarios by deploying specific applications, user accounts, network traffic generators, and pre-planned vulnerabilities as directed by exercise planners.
• Installs, manages, and troubleshoots a wide array of commercial and open-source cybersecurity tools used for training, including security information and event management (SIEM), intrusion detection systems (IDS), and vulnerability scanners.
• Provides direct technical support to training audiences (both Blue and Red Teams) during live exercise events, resolving connectivity, system access, and tool functionality issues in real-time.
• Operates the range control systems to monitor, direct, and measure training events, including injecting events, scoring performance, and collecting data for after-action reports.
• Executes established procedures to reset and restore the cyber range environment to a clean, baseline state upon the conclusion of each training event.
• Creates and maintains detailed technical documentation for the range architecture, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and scenario configurations.
• Able to provide cyber range training to local US/ROK/UNC cyber defenders to enhance training/readiness.
• Other duties as assigned.