Range Engineer

Range Engineer
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* The Opportunity:

** 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 conditions 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  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.

Join us. The world can’t wait.
** You Have:
*** Experience with cyber range platforms, including STEP, PCTE, or Sim Space
* Experience with virtualization and building virtual networks
* Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) data flow
* Experience with OPSEC infrastructure implementation, including Docker, Kubernetes, Redirectors, and DMZ service in both Windows and Linux environments
* Experience with enterprise networks, including infrastructure, cloud networks, hardware in the loop (HWIL), and API connections
* Ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
* HS diploma or GED
** Nice If You Have:
*** Bachelor's degree preferred;
Master's degree a plus
** Clearance:
** Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
** 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.

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