Cyber Range Coordinator (Part-time Letter of Appointment

Position: Cyber Range Coordinator (Part-time Letter of Appointment)
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Job Description Truckee Meadows Community College, located in Reno, NV is seeking applicants for a part-time Cyber Range Coordinator.

TMCC's Cybersecurity Program — offered as both an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree and a Skills Certificate within Computer Science and Technology — has been established for more than eight years and serves approximately 60–80 students annually across two career pathways: network defense and application security. A hallmark of the program is TMCC's Cyber Range, a secure, isolated computing environment that simulates real-world networks, systems, and user activity so students and industry partners can safely practice penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, network defense, and incident response without risk to live systems.

The Cyber Range Coordinator & Cyber Exercise Developer manages the day-to-day operation, security, and continuous improvement of this range and leads the design, development, and facilitation of realistic cybersecurity exercises and tabletop simulations for a reusable exercise repository. Beyond student instruction, the position drives the range's role as a community resource: facilitating collaborative tabletop exercises with local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies so those partners can test preparedness, response protocols, and communication strategies during simulated incidents — while giving students direct exposure to real-world professional scenarios.

This role benchmarks TMCC's cyber range curricula and exercise design against national standards — including the NIST NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity, CISA's Tabletop Exercise Package (CTEP) resources, and practices used at peer community-college and federal/DoD cyber ranges (e.g., the Persistent Cyber Training Environment model) — so that TMCC graduates and regional partners are trained to recognized, transferable standards rather than ad hoc criteria.

Working closely with Cybersecurity faculty, IT staff, NSHE system partners, and regional industry/government stakeholders, the Coordinator ensures the range remains operational, secure, aligned to FERPA and NSHE data-governance requirements, and current with evolving cybersecurity threats and workforce needs.

Responsibilities:

Cyber Range Administration Administer, maintain, and continuously enhance TMCC's cyber range infrastructure, including virtualized environments, networking, servers, storage, identity/access controls, and security tooling.

Configure, deploy, and maintain isolated cyber range environments supporting credit instruction, non-credit workforce training, competitions, and outreach events.

Troubleshoot hardware, software, networking, virtualization, and access issues, escalating to TMCC IT or vendor support as needed.

Develop and maintain a library of repeatable, versioned lab environments and scenario templates that can be reused across course sections and training cohorts.

Monitor system performance, availability, and security posture of the range, applying patching and hardening practices consistent with TMCC/NSHE IT security standards.

Maintain current documentation of range architecture, configurations, standard operating procedures, and access/role assignments (e.g., in TMCC's enterprise architecture repository).Exercise Development Design, build, and facilitate realistic cybersecurity tabletop exercises, technical simulations, and live cyber range events for students, faculty, and external partners.

Plan and facilitate collaborative tabletop exercises with local businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies, allowing those partners to test preparedness, incident response protocols, and communication strategies in a simulated environment.

Align exercise objectives and skill outcomes to recognized frameworks such as the NIST NICE Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity and CISA's Tabletop Exercise Package, ensuring benchmarked, curriculum-relevant learning outcomes.

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