Instructional System Designer

Location

Pensacola, FL | United States

Job description

Paragon Cyber Solutions has an immediate opening for those ready for an exciting and dynamic career as a  Instructional System Designer  to provide Instructional Systems Design (ISD), curriculum development, and life-cycle support for Center for Information Warfare Training (CIWT) Learning Standards Officer (LSO) course development/conversion initiative and Testing Officer support. The ISD shall provide Instructional Systems Designers (ISDs) to perform courseware development/conversion and to support the CIWT Testing Program

Clearance: Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI Eligibility

Travel Required:   None

Essential Functions  

• Design and develop training materials based on Government-provided documentation and using proven industry standards and DoD-approved processes. These training materials shall include the following:
• Test/administrative materials and curriculum materials, such as Lesson Plans (LPs) and Trainee Guides (TGs)
• Support materials, such as Visual Information (VI) and Instructional Media Materials (IMM)
• Creating storyboards, interacting with subject matter experts (SMEs) and course management officials, and providing recommendations for changes to the TA

Requirements

Required Skills 

• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight in a highly fluid environment, within a team and with other groups or customers 

• Strong degree of professionalism, excellent organization skills
• Ability to work multiple tasks concurrently and switch between tasks quickly 
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, and detail-oriented and ability to exercise diplomacy within a team environment 
• Ability to organize and participate in meetings, prepare clear oral and written direction, correspondence, and reports 
• Good problem-solving skills for data analysis and detection of latent issues in data products  

Required Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, education, maintenance, or related field
• Five (5) or more years of applicable experience performing critical thinking, analysis, and/or problem-solving related work or applicable range maintenance and/or operations 
• Experience in current instructional delivery strategies, methodologies, and technologies; training devices and equipment; and ICW systems
• Experience in all phases of ISD and development, including planning, coordinating, implementing, revising, converting, and maintaining training courseware
• Experience developing web-based learning courseware that is, at a minimum, Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) 4.1 and Section 508 compliant
• A functional understanding of Instructional System Design for training products and services
• A broad understanding of current technical issues and training system design and development trends
• Experience in cradle-to-grave support in the development, acceptance, and hosting of web-based learning within the NETC domain to include the Content Hosting and Report Management Service (CHaRMS), TestTrack, and Government Content Acceptance Testing (GCAT) processes and account management
• Experience conducting analyses to identify and validate training requirements, documenting results of analyses, and developing and recommending alternative training strategies for decision-maker consideration
• Experience developing training planning data, including resource requirements for initial, interim, and follow-on training requirements, and recommendations, justification and impacts
• Experience developing performance-based training materials in the CPM, AIM II/LOM, Adobe Captivate, and Word template formats that support the follow-on training requirement

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).

• Retirement Plan (401K w/ employer matching).
• Paid Time Off & 10 Paid Public Holidays.
• Short and Long-Term Disability.
• Healthy Work-Life Balance.
• Training & Development.

Why Work For Paragon Cyber Solutions?

You want to make a difference. You want to be recognized by name versus being a number. You want to work with a company where you can grow and work in different areas to increase your knowledge/experience. You have an entrepreneurial spirit and need to live it.

As a small business, each team member rolls up their sleeves and helps where needed (including our CEO). Our ideal candidate will be comfortable with multi-tasking and prefers working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. You must be adaptable to the needs of a growing business.

A Model of Excellence

That’s our motto in all we do and what we seek in our team members.

Are you a hardworking professional seeking a new opportunity that fosters growth? Look no further!

We are an award winning minority, woman, veteran-owned, 8(a), EDWOSB, VOSB, certified Tampa, FL-based small business. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality solutions that help our clients protect the integrity of their business operations.

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