Delta Solutions and Strategies is seeking an intelligence and cyber instructor to support professional military education at the National Security Space Institute (NSSI) in Colorado Springs, CO. You will teach a variety of lessons based upon your background to Department of Defense (DoD) students. The instructor will have direct contact with the students in the presentation of course materials, exercises, evaluations, labs, guest lecturers and control of the execution of the lesson and classroom. Instructors teach in graduate and undergraduate level settings and are responsible for accomplishing all activities and tasks required to prepare, review, instruct, guide, evaluate and assess assigned lessons. Instructors must maintain currency with lesson materials and remain abreast of all changes.

NSSI is the Department of Defense’s premier source for space professional continuing education. NSSI coordinates closely with an array of education partners to fulfill its unique mission of providing in-residence, distance learning, blended, hybrid, and mobile space professional continuing education to more than 6,100 DoD students, U.S. government entities, and international partners annually. NSSI courses have expanded its international education beyond the traditional Five Eyes Alliance (FVEY) to 59+ nations and NATO. NSSI also provides education to USSPACECOM through specialty courses ranging from space intelligence fundamentals, joint targeting, and joint planning processes to

international coalition education.

What you will be doing:

- Provide education and training on space operations, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), cyberspace operations, and the joint planning process
- Develop instruction on how space intelligence collection capabilities support terrestrial operations and how terrestrial ISR capabilities can support space operations
- Provide instruction in assigned courses, including mobile/international courses using approved lesson materials
- Maintain, update, and provide course lesson materials, including lesson objectives, samples of behavior, lesson plans, and graded measurements
- Continually learn and apply teaching methods for effective adult learning
- Provide instruction on adversary space and cyberspace capabilities, organizations, and doctrine or policies
- Teach elements of the joint targeting process and its relation to space and cyberspace fires and effects
- Apply and teach basic scientific concepts and terminology associated with adversary space operations
- Provide an understanding of the unique capabilities, authorities, and how intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) supports cyberspace operations.
- Understand campaigns and operational planning on how to effectively integrate space intelligence and cyberspace capabilities
- Develop lesson plans and teach on cyberspace operations, USCYBERCOM, the Cyber Mission Force (CMF), and Space Force’s Defensive Cyber Operations-Space (DCO-S) concepts
- Teach a basic understanding of cyber-attack analysis models, such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and the Aerospace Corporation's Space Attack Research and Tactic Analysis (SPARTA) matrix

What you will need:

- Bachelor’s degree; prefer Master’s degree or beyond
- Top Secret/SCI clearance
- 8+ years on intelligence experience
- 4+ years total joint experience, Joint Staff, Command Command-level or component, or service headquarters-level experience
- 3+ years of cyberspace experience, or a cyber-related Master’s degree; prefer certifications in CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), or Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA)
- 3+ years teaching or instruction; prefer university experience or certification from a joint/service instructor course
- Knowledge in the latest teaching techniques, classroom management, modalities, media, technology, learning management systems (LMS) and innovations
- Experience in the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) and the Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate (ADDIE) model curriculum and lesson development process
- Demonstrated knowledge with intelligence analysis, collection management, joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment (JIPOE), targeting fundamentals, and intelligence support to mission planning
- Have a deep understanding of the space intelligence organizational structures, functions, and capabilities, including national intelligence organizations and agencies, U.S. Space Command J2, National Space Defense Center (NSDC), Combined Space Operations Center ISRD, Space Force Delta 7 (ISR), and service intelligence centers
- Ability to teach National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) overhead systems
- Comprehensive expert knowledge of threats to U.S. space systems and the means to mitigate those threats
- Wargaming experience at the national or combatant command level
- Understanding of security classification guides, classification levels, Foreign Disclosure Officer (FDO) processes, and other guidance as identified in lesson plans

Delta Solutions & Strategies offers a generous benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), PTO, paid holidays, parental, military and jury duty paid leaves.

In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this position is $105,000-$120,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Delta Solutions & Strategies considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.

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