DCO Cyber Instructor​/Developer

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) located at Hurlburt Field, FL. 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.

• 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.

• 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…