DCO Cyber Instructor/Developer

Overview

DCO Cyber Instructor/Developer

Location: Hurlburt Field, FL, JBSA, TX, and Keesler AFB, MS

Job Status: Full time


Clearance: TS SAP

Astrion has an exciting opportunity coming up for a DCO Cyber Instructor/Developer to join our team and support the 39th Information Operations Squadron (39 IOS).


We are preparing to hire for Journeyman, Senior, and SME levels. We anticipate a start date in March/April 2026.

Cyber Operations Formal Training Support III (CyOFTS III) is a Cyber Schoolhouse program supporting delivery, development, and sustainment of cyber training across operationally relevant mission sets. The team supports instruction, curriculum and content development, training operations, and program execution at multiple Air Force and joint training locations.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

• Active Top Secret clearance
• 3+ years of cyber-related roles.
  • Examples include (not limited to) knowledge in command line interface across various operating systems; host/network analysis; forensic analysis; scripting languages; terrain mapping; network fundamentals; and/or familiarity of cyberspace defense actions and missions supporting USCYBERCOM.
• 4-6 years expeditionary/tactical communications or equivalent experience.
• IAT level II certification required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver instructor-led training and/or develop instructional content in support of Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) per approved curriculum and standards.
• You will augment and support the Government in course planning and development, including, but not limited to, all formal training courses, lessons, and related courseware material, developing curriculum IAW applicable Master Training Task List (MTTL) and Training Task List (TTL) requirements as well as auditing and editing all developed courseware for accuracy, completeness, flow, balance, and clarity of understanding, IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
• You will provide associated documentation for design, development, revision, and administration of FTU training.
• You will utilize the ISD ADDIE Model, along with Bloom's taxonomy level of learning and/or the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR) Model for all course development.
• You will assist in the development of Training Systems Requirements Analysis to include Mission/Task Analysis (MTA), Training Requirements Analysis (TRA), Objective Media Analysis (OMA), and Training Systems Basis Analysis (TSBA).
• You will provide instructional strategies, methods, media analysis, objective analysis media and a syllabus/course map.
• You will assist in the analysis of all tasks performed in the operation and maintenance of course materials; and assist in producing a MTTL for each mission area.
• You will analyze Task Analysis Worksheets to ensure training requirements are derived by identifying TTL and knowledge, Qualifications, and abilities (KSA) needed to perform each task and comparing the entry level of learning to the required Bloom's taxonomy level of learning.
• You will work with colleges/universities, institutions, industry, or Government agencies (i.e. Government, DoD, Joint, USAF, industry, academia, or foreign government) to identify and implement new information applicable to specific courses (or lessons).
• You will review all guidance, technical documents, and manuals to ensure they effectively enable Government personnel to utilize training systems in instruction.
• You will assess and analyze training needs through surveys, interviews with staff members, student feedback, training needs analysis, customer site visits, and training planning team direction, and recommend changes to improve existing curriculum.
• You will work with internal and external SMEs to incorporate new material developed by SMEs into current or new courseware.
• You will utilize ADDIE for development of new training programs and curriculum updates and assist in the Spiral Development Cycle (SDC).
• You will audit feedback from internal and external sources with military and Government staff to ensure currency, consistency, and quality of course material.
• You will review, coordinate, and prepare responses for internal and external directives and documents pertaining to training.
• You will operate an application-based Learning Management System (LMS) Authoring Manager and LMS Perception Manager to build, deploy questions, schedule tests, retrieve, and analyze test and critique metrics, build classes and student rosters and grade student tests. (e.g., Moodle, Question Mark®)
• You will perform curriculum quality assurance audits on all 39 IOS managed lessons per direction from the COR/Alternate COR.
• You will assist in authoring cognitive and performance objectives and test questions.
• You will review curriculum for grammar, format, and classification IAW established 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
• You will provide courseware documentation support for courseware developers.
• You will update the Master Course File courseware documents, illustrations, and handouts as part of the SDC unique to each course.
• You will provide user/test administration and critique creation and management within the test and critique management software. (e.g. Moodle, Question Mark®)
• You will provide test proctoring for staff and students and also assess, analyze, and report on student academic and performance tests.
• You will assess and update student evaluation performance results IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
• You will develop/deliver lesson plans of instruction (Part I's), instructor notes and/or aids (Part II's), lesson test and/or evaluation questions (Part III's) and lesson student materials (Part IV's) within the Government specified timeframe as outlined IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs and established templates in both soft and hard copy.
• You will plan, design, and develop e-learning products, including objectives, storyboards, web-based aids, video instruction or performance support systems for inclusion into a learning management system.
• You will assist in the creation of mission simulator virtual environments for use in training missions, mission scenarios, and mission evaluation tests or demonstrations.
• You will assist in records management duties and responsibilities.
• Develop, update, and maintain lesson plans, courseware, training materials, and hands-on lab content aligned to the Cyber Instructor/Developer labor category.
• Facilitate hands-on labs, exercises, or scenarios that reinforce learning objectives.
• Assess student performance and provide feedback consistent with course standards.
• Apply cyber-related knowledge areas outlined in the labor category (e.g., command line interfaces across operating systems; host/network analysis; forensic analysis; scripting languages; terrain mapping; network fundamentals).
• Support training content and delivery consistent with familiarity of cyberspace defense actions and missions supporting USCYBERCOM (as applicable to the course/missions supported).
• Support expeditionary/tactical communications topics and practical application consistent with the labor category experience requirements (as applicable).
• Maintain required instructor podium hours and required certifications associated with the labor category level (Journeyman/Senior/SME).

***This position is contingent upon contract award***