Curriculum Developer

Apogee has an exciting new opportunity for a The Curriculum Developer designs and updates highly technical cyber operations training modules, hands-on labs, cyber range scenarios, and performance-based assessments in support of COF training aligned to the Cyber 2.0 framework. This role focuses on building practitioner-level learning experiences that bridge entry-level cyber skills to mission readiness.

****Contingent Upon Contract Award****

Curriculum Development

• Develop/modify practitioner-level cyber course content for COF audiences, including:
  • Lesson plans, student guides, instructor guides
  • Hands-on performance tasks and exercises
• Incorporate current threat intelligence and adversary TTPs into instructional content (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK alignment as directed).

Scenario & Lab / Range Content Development

• Build complex, multi-stage lab exercises and range scenarios emulating realistic network environments and adversary behavior.
• Produce range guides/runbooks enabling setup, execution, and teardown with clear steps and expected outputs.

Assessment Development

• Create knowledge checks and performance-based assessments aligned to learning objectives and USCYBERCOM work role standards.
• Build objective scoring rubrics, grading criteria, and validation artifacts (to support consistent scoring across instructors).

Sustainment and Updates

• Support quarterly curriculum and assessment reviews; implement updates driven by:
  • Emerging threats / TTP changes
  • Software/tool updates
  • Government feedback from delivery events
• Maintain traceability between objectives, instruction, labs, and assessments.

Coordination and Documentation

• Coordinate closely with the Lead Curriculum Developer/PM to meet delivery schedules (including the “30 days prior to execution” package requirement).
• Contribute to Government meeting materials and action items as requested.

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen 
Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
Certifications: GPEN OR OSCP OR CASP+

Education: Bachelor's degree
Years of Experience: 5+ years of cyber operations experience
Additional Experience:

• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following:
  • Scenario creation / adversary emulation
  • Hands-on lab development
  • Technical assessment design
• Strong technical writing ability (clear, step-by-step lab guidance; concise instructional content)

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional Experience:

• Experience developing content for cleared audiences and operational units
• Familiarity with DoD cyber training ecosystems (e.g., PCTE) and secure networks (NIPR/SIPR/JWICS)
• Experience with detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, malware analysis, red team tradecraft, and/or secure network architecture (any one is useful depending on course focus)
• Prior instructor experience, even if not in a formal schoolhouse

Additional Information
Location:  Vandenberg SFB, CA
On-site This is a fulltime onsite position
Travel: 10% CONUS