Cybersecurity Instructor

Job ID: 2618111
Location: Little Rock, AR, US
Date Posted: 2026-10-19
Category: Cyber
Subcategory: Cybersecurity Ops
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 25% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is actively seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Instructor to enhance our Cyber Operations Courses in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Positioned at Little Rock Air Force Base, you will join a team passionate about instructing Air Force Mission Assurance Cyber Coordination Element (MACCE) personnel tasked with protecting our nation's critical infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver on-site instruction for cyber operations courses, including development and execution of curriculum throughout the year.
• Provide expert coaching, teaching, and assessment for students in alignment with Air Force MACCE and DCO curriculum, including offering feedback and progress reporting.
• Actively participate in the evaluation of course material, suggesting updates and corrections to enhance the learning experience.
• Engage in collaborative efforts with fellow instructors and staff to develop, refine, and update course materials as per customer requirements.
• Effectively utilize cyber range operations in course instruction, coordinating with range engineers to support dynamic, hands-on learning environments.
• Works under only general direction. Independently determines and develops approach to solutions. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• This role can include travel 25% of the time to support mobile training teams (MTTs
• This role has physical requirements associated with developing content at systems such as computers and part task trainers.
• Candidate must be able to lift items up to 30 lbs.
• This role requires standing for extended periods in a classroom setting.
• This role can require bending, stooping, crouching, kneeling, or crawling to set up equipment on occasion.
• Regular performance of fine manipulation associated with working at a computer is expected and this role can include handling small parts in part task trainers.

Qualifications
Required Education:
Bachelors and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience; PhD and 0 years related experience.
Qualifications:

• Proficiency with one or more of the following technical skills Linux CLI, Windows PowerShell, and networking (OSI Model, subnetting, protocols).
• Additional experience in any of the following is favorable: Mission Generation, Aircraft Components, Functional Mission Analysis, system administration, Misson Planning, cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud, AWS), Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Programming, cyber threat landscape, intrusion analysis (Diamond Model, kill chains, MITRE ATT&CK), SIEM, and/or cyber threat intelligence.
• Prior experience in educational roles or instructional design is advantageous.

Clearance:

• Active Secret security clearance preferred and must be capable of obtaining a TS/SCI clearance.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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