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 protected, 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

📌 Manager – Cyber Range Centre of Excellence (Bengaluru)
🏢 Dayananda Sagar University
📍 Bengaluru