Cyber Systems Engineer

About Us:

Circadence is an award-winning, privately held, US-owned business that specializes in cybersecurity training and assessment platforms. Our core area of expertise is the development and management of cyber range capabilities, implementation of policies, processes and tools required to conduct cyber assessments, and cyber workforce development using Project Ares gamified training platform. Circadence has spent more than a decade working with the Joint Information Operations Range (JIOR) and Joint Mission Environment Test Capability (JMETC) Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) Network (JMN), building cyber ranges and participating in cyber T&E, exercises, and training events. JMN is part of the National Cyber Range Complex (NCRC). Research and development programs focus on tools and services to enhance cyber operations.

Description:

The engineer will provide engineering support for design, deployment, and execution of virtual cyber events for DoD and Federal Government customers. The person will support engineering and maintenance activities within a Network Operations Security Center (NOSC) to maintain the closed-loop, distributed architecture of more than fifty sites. The person will work in a dynamic team environment, working with NOSC leadership, and remote team members and event participants. The engineer will support the full systems engineering life-cycle. There are limited travel requirements for this position.

Required Skills/Experience:

•  7+ years of hands-on IT systems engineering for cyber and electronic warfare events.
•  Well versed in VMware vSphere administration and the server building process within these environments.
•  Experience in the IT industry within Configuration Management, Change/Release/Build Management, System Administration, Support and Maintenance of RHEL, Solaris, HP-UX, Oracle Linux, CentOS and the automation of builds and deployments through Ansible and other automation technologies. Familiar with cloud tools and technologies.
• Implementation of multiple monitoring tools to the environment such as Splunk, Duo, Solarwinds, DLP, Tripwire, Nessus, Tanium, etc.
•  Experience with LAN/WAN, switches, routers, set-up, configuring, and maintenance of VMware ESX and ESXi virtual/cloud hypervisor environments; blade server/SAN storage.
•  Operational military and contractor experience supporting DoD cyber and EW programs.
•  Strong analytic abilities and meticulous and careful in their work
•  Independent thinker capable of working proficiently independently as well as within a team.
•  Active TS//SCI Security Clearance
•  Must be located at or near Huntsville, AL or be willing to relocate.
•  US Citizen/US Resident required with active SECRET or TS Security Clearance

Preferred Certifications:

• IAT Level II Security Certifications (e.g., Security + CE, CISSP, GSEC, SSCP, CCN)
• Scripting languages / Certification: Certified Associate in Python Programming (PCAP), Certified Professional in Python Programming (PCPP), ASP.Net, Javascript, PowerShell
• Additional Virtualization experience: Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, Oracle VM, or Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
• Windows/Linux experience and associated certifications
• Networking services such as data protection (backup and systems security), Microsoft Windows 2012/2016 Active Directory (to include Group Policy management), WSUS, DHCP, DNS, Exchange Traffic generation experience: Breaking point, Lariat, SKAION
• Microsoft Visio experience
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Experience utilizing agile methodology in a devops environment
• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain an Interim Secret Clearance at a minimum

Circadence Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.

Circadence will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.

All Circadence employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.