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Huntsville, ALCybersecurity Training Specialist
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver cybersecurity training content for technical staff, leadership, and mission support personnel.
- Create guidance materials, presentations, and interactive modules aligned with the DoD.
- Maintain and update training repositories, ensuring content reflects current threats, technologies, and compliance standards.
- Facilitate training sessions using platforms such as Microsoft Teams and learning management systems.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity SMEs to ensure training aligns with operational needs and mission assurance priorities.
- Assess training effectiveness through surveys, evaluations, and performance metrics.
- Ensure training materials meet accessibility, classification, and version control standards.
- Track and report metrics.
- Stay current with cybersecurity trends, threats, and instructional technologies.
- Study and identify individual or group training needs, and administer plans, procedures, and programs to meet training needs.
- Analyze training program effectiveness and submit reports and recommendations to management.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in instructional design or cybersecurity training, or a related field in lieu of degree.
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity training or instructional design.
- 5+ years of Experience with collaboration and training platforms (e.g., Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, LMS).
- Experience developing and delivering training in secure or classified environments preferred.
- Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity workforce frameworks.
- Must have active Secret Clearance with ability to obtain TS with SCI eligibility.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Proficiency in developing training materials and interactive content.
- Strong presentation and facilitation skills across diverse audiences.
- Ability to translate complex cybersecurity concepts into accessible training content.
- Ability to engage and motivate learners in both technical and leadership roles.
- Evaluate training effectiveness and adapt programs accordingly
- Collaborate across departments to align training with mission needs.
- Strong organizational skills, with excellent verbal and written ability.
- Good work ethic and active desire to learn.
- Skillful time management and organizational skills to set and meet deadlines.
- Ability to work both independently and within a team.
- Ability to meet minimum clearance requirements.
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays as required.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.