Cyber Range Content Engineer

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🕒 5 days ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $60k - $70k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Content Marketing Manager

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SANS Institute

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1989

🔒 Cybersecurity

📚 Education

☁️ SaaS

Cybersecurity • Education • SaaS

SANS Institute is a leading organization specializing in cybersecurity training and education, providing a wide range of hands-on courses, certifications, and degree programs aimed at enhancing the skills and expertise of cybersecurity professionals. Founded in 1989, it offers expert-led training sessions globally, alongside resources like webinars and podcasts to support ongoing learning and development in the cybersecurity field. SANS Institute is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations mitigate cyber risks through rigorous training that aligns with industry standards and best practices.

📋 Description

• Develop, adapt, test, and publish hands-on cybersecurity challenge content across the Cyber Simulations & Ranges product portfolio, including BootUp CTF and ASAP • Reconfigure and migrate existing challenge content to current delivery platforms, including re-platforming legacy BootUp CTF content to Skills Quest • Validate content functionality, solvability, difficulty progression, hint quality, and answer-key accuracy before release • Maintain and refresh published content for technical accuracy and alignment with current cybersecurity threats, tools, and practices • Align cybersecurity content with DCWF, NICE, and NIST workforce development frameworks • Deploy and adapt frameworks across games and products, ensuring implementations are documented and repeatable • Build, maintain, and enhance scripts, automation, and technical utilities for content creation, deployment, testing, and reporting • Contribute to new tools and frameworks • Support completion, refinement, and transition of business-unit tooling, including RUBA • Serve as the dedicated technical resource for the Cyber Simulations & Ranges business unit • Troubleshoot technical issues in live and in-development cyber range environments • Conduct quality assurance and testing to identify technical issues and ensure range experiences function as intended • Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and handoff materials • Partner with content creators, the Senior Principal Architect, General Manager, and external content partners • Collaborate with SANS business units, Engineering, and product stakeholders • Communicate project status, technical issues, risks, and competing priorities • Escalate competing demands or resource constraints to the General Manager • Participate in team meetings and cross-functional discussions • Work effectively as part of a remote, globally distributed team across multiple time zones • Perform other related duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience • Professional experience in cybersecurity, software development, cyber range development, cybersecurity training, or a related technical field • Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, tools, technologies, and common attack and defense techniques • Experience developing or adapting hands-on cybersecurity challenges, labs, exercises, or similar technical content • Proficiency with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar • Experience with automation, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting technical environments • Ability to work with existing codebases, frameworks, and technical platforms and adapt them to new use cases • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a methodical approach to troubleshooting and quality assurance • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly document technical processes and solutions • Ability to work independently, manage assigned priorities, and collaborate effectively within a distributed team • Unrestricted authorization to work in the USA; visa sponsorship is not available • Preferred: experience developing content for cyber ranges, CTFs, cybersecurity labs, or hands-on technical training environments • Preferred: experience with containerization, virtualization, cloud environments, APIs, or infrastructure-as-code • Preferred: experience with NICE, NIST, or DCWF cybersecurity workforce frameworks • Preferred: experience developing automation or tooling for content deployment, testing, or analytics • Preferred: familiarity with Git, CI/CD, code review, and issue tracking • Preferred: SANS or other relevant cybersecurity certifications • Preferred: experience in a remote, globally distributed technical environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary • Bonus opportunities • 401(k) plan with company match • Medical, dental, and vision plans • Company-provided short term disability • Optional long-term disability • Supplemental life and AD&D insurance for employees and dependents • Voluntary accident insurance • Identity theft protection • Fitness and wellness programs • Company-paid employee assistance program (EAP) • Generous paid time off, including volunteer time • Professional development opportunities • SANS training opportunities • Primarily remote work environment • Tools and flexibility to thrive professionally and personally