Senior Cyber Range Event Designer

• Deriving test objectives from multiple input sources and translating event objectives to actionable tasks for creation of a closed cyber test environment and execution of test activities with the engineering and cyber evaluation teams.
• Assessing training objectives for multiple capability levels of those being trained. 
• The Cyber Event Designer is responsible for scoping training objectives, identifying data capture requirements, and providing the required environmental realism to support the training objectives.
• Up to 40% travel is required to support customer site exercises.

• Must be a US Citizen 
• At least 5 years of experience with Cyber Network Operations / Cyber Defense Operations and at least 5 years experience at conducting cyber exercises, working through the planning process and coordinating with end users, event sponsors and partner infrastructure providers
• TS clearance
• At least 3 years of experience with defensive and offensive cyber tools and TTP

• Intermediate knowledge of: software development; programming languages; operating systems; networks; enterprise and consumer IT concepts, architectures, and systems (compute, network, storage)
• Willingness to travel to customer sites; approximately 40% travel.
• Experienced in defensive and offensive cyber Tactics, Techniques and Procedures.
•  Ability to build and assess network and software systems architectures.
• Demonstrated experience with technical writing and oral communication focused on soliciting goals and requirements, effectively communicating design decisions, and informing senior leadership
• Experience working with DT&E and/or OT&E
•  Experience working with US CYBERCOM and other DoD cyber training organizations.
• Proven ability to design cyber training events, skilled at decomposing training objectives and MSELs into computer systems and network design features.
• Understanding and appropriate application of network sensors and traffic generation tools as applied toward training cyber environments

Company Overview

Adapt Forward is a cybersecurity solutions provider for some of the nation’s most valuable information systems. Leveraging advanced threat assessment technology and experience in building high-level information security infrastructure, we develop adaptive solutions uniquely tailored to our customers’ business objectives to protect sensitive data against sophisticated threats in an increasingly complex security environment.

Summary of Benefits

• Comprehensive Physical Wellness Package, including Medical, Dental, Vision Care, plus Flexible Spending Accounts for health- and dependent-care are included in our standard benefits plan.


• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Contribution is immediately available and vested.


• Annual Training Budget to be used for conference attendance, school enrollment, certification programs, and associated travel expenses.


• Eleven Federal Holidays, plus three weeks of PTO/vacation/sick leave that accrues at a rate of ten hours per month.


• Employee Assistance Program: Counseling/legal assistance and other employee well-being programs are also offered.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Adapt Forward’s Veteran/Disability Affirmative Action Plan narrative section is available for inspection upon request during normal business hours at the Human Resources office and may be requested by contacting Human Resources at [email protected].