Curriculum Developer

Overview

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.

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:

• 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