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