Manager – Cyber Range Centre of Excellence

Title:- Manager – Cyber Range Centre of Excellence (CR-CoE)
Location: Dayananda Sagar University, Main Campus, Harohalli-562112, Bengaluru
Employment: Full-time
Educational Qualifications
B.Tech. / M.Tech. / MCA / MSc. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Cyber Security, or a closely related discipline.
Candidates with demonstrated hands-on exposure to Cyber Security, Networking, Digital Forensics, Ethical Hacking, Cloud Security, SOC Operations, or related areas will be preferred.
Work Experience
Minimum 5 years of relevant hands-on experience in a cyber security laboratory, technical training environment, R&D facility, IT/Engineering support environment, security product-development environment, or related technical domain.
Practical experience in operating, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting hardware, networking infrastructure, security tools, virtualization platforms, and laboratory systems.
Experience in preparing laboratory experiments, demonstrations, datasets, technical documentation, SOPs, and troubleshooting procedures.
Experience in guiding students, trainees, technicians, research scholars, or junior engineers will be strongly preferred.
Demonstrated evidence of personally operating relevant tools, preparing experiments, and troubleshooting real hardware or software issues.
Technical Competencies
Desktop/workstation assembly and installation, configuration, and maintenance of operating systems, utility software, security tools, and laboratory applications.
Networking, network segmentation, virtualization, sandboxing, isolated laboratory environments, and first-level hardware/software/network troubleshooting.
Cyber Range, SOC, Red Team/Blue Team, Digital Forensics, Malware Analysis, Cloud/Container, IT/OT, and Blockchain laboratory environments.
Linux and Windows server administration, network analysis, vulnerability assessment, security monitoring, digital forensics, malware analysis, and incident-response workflows.
Ability to perform first-level diagnosis of hardware, software, networking, virtualization, and system-integration issues and escalate unresolved issues with appropriate technical evidence.
Professional Skills
Strong hands-on orientation with a commitment to safe, controlled, and authorized laboratory operations.
Clear technical communication, concise documentation, patient learner support, ownership, reliability, and structured problem-solving.
Ability to work effectively with faculty members, students, research scholars, industry partners, project teams, and technical support personnel.
Ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and build-test-learn environment.
Ethical and responsible handling of data, credentials, equipment, intellectual property, and confidential project information.
KEY SKILLS
Cyber Range Operations and Management
Cyberbit / RangeForce Cyber Range Platforms
Offensive and Defensive Security Laboratories
SOC Operations and Security Monitoring
Kali Linux / Parrot OS / Tails
Windows Server 2019 / Ubuntu 24.04 Server
Metasploit Framework
Burp Suite
Nmap / ZenMap
Wireshark
Zeek / Suricata
Security Onion
Wazuh / Elastic
Splunk SIEM
Tenable Nessus / Vulnerability Management
FTK Imager
Ghidra
Volatility
Autopsy / Digital Forensics
Virtualization and Sandboxing
Cloud Security and Container Environments
Hyperledger / Ethereum Development Environments
NVIDIA Morpheus / RAPIDS / CUDA / TensorRT / Triton, where deployed
Network Segmentation and Infrastructure Management
Hardware and Software Troubleshooting
Laboratory Asset and Equipment Management
SOP Development, Documentation and Technical Training

Work arrangement
No