Content Developer 2

Amentum; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits (401(k) matching)

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum seeks a Subject Matter Expert to research, validate, and update mission/technical content for training courses, ensuring alignment with objectives and secure handling practices. You will provide SME input to instructional design and course delivery.

You will author and update lesson content, write assessments, and build/modify lab environments spanning systems, VMs, networks, and scripts. Mentoring CD1s and guiding small technical work packages are expected; TS/SCI preferred.

Qualifications

• Independent ownership of complex work from research through sustainment.
• Deep expertise in at least one Section 2 specialty with breadth to integrate with systems, networks, virtualization, software.
• Strong analysis/troubleshooting; identify root causes beyond tool output.
• Make sound technical decisions, document tradeoffs/risks, mentor peers, lead limited-scope efforts.

Responsibilities

• Gather and validate raw content for courses; verify currency against environment.
• Review storyboards for content accuracy, sequencing, and lab steps.
• Serve as SME on mission/technical topics; provide guidance to designers.
• Author and update lesson content and lab requirements; ensure task coverage.
• Draft and review assessments/rubrics; validate measured skills.
• Support pilot deliveries by collecting defect inputs and analyzing trends.
• Mentor CD1s and lead small technical work packages with CD3 mentorship.
• Engineer environments spanning systems, VMs, networks, and scripts.

Skills

Independent ownership

Deep specialty breadth

Analytical troubleshooting

Decision making & mentorship

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Bachelor's degree in related field

Associate's degree or 18 sem hrs + 10 years

High school diploma / GED + 12 years

Job description

Purpose and Impact

Responsible for researching, gathering, synthesizing, and updating the mission/technical raw content and material from which the course(s) will be built 'and maintained. Responsible for providing subject matter expert (SME) inputs to determining what testing is appropriate and ensuring technical alignment. of assessment items to course objectives when tasked; instructional design structure and psychometric validity remain responsibility of the Instructional Designer and/or Senior Instructional Testing Expert, as applicable to ensure student demonstrates required proficiency. Follows Government approved configuration control and secure handling procedures for controlled and assessment related materials. The courses being supported are active from 0800-1700 M-F. Contract core hours are 1000-1400.

Essential Responsibilities

• Gather and validate raw content appropriate for inclusion in the relevant courses. Validate currency/accuracy against the operational environment and document sources.
• Review storyboards to ensure content is reflected appropriately and ensure technical completeness, sequencing dependencies, and correctness of lab steps.
• Function as Subject Matter Expert on mission/technical topics considered for inclusion in the courses. Answer questions from Instructional Designers and Graphic Artists on course content and the specific goals the content is expected to fulfill. Provide authoritative technical guidance during development and delivery support as directed.
• Author and update complete lesson/module content and lab/scenario technical requirements for assigned topics; ensure content supports required tasks/skills.
• Draft and review assessment items/rubrics when tasked; validate that items measure intended skills and do not disclose restricted solutions.
• Support pilot deliveries by collecting defect/issue inputs, analyzing student performance trends, and producing actionable technical improvement recommendations.
• Serve as a topic-area SME: research unfamiliar problems, determine correct technical behavior, and translate it into realistic training.
• Engineer non-trivial environments spanning systems, VMs, networks, scripts, binaries, services, and dependencies; develop/modify/troubleshoot/validate purpose-built artifacts that emulate designated malware, RAT, persistence, exploitation, or rootkit-like behavior when required.
• Analyze application/OS/network/low-level behavior to identify root cause, artifacts, environmental dependencies, and failure modes; read/write/modify/reason through scripts/programs, execution logic, I/O, and system interactions.
• Author/review practical assessments, grading, answer criteria, and rubrics; use pilot/student/test data to improve content; peer-review for accuracy, realism, repeatability, and validity.
• Mentor CD1s and lead smaller technical efforts/work packages with CD3 mentorship, including organizing work, coordinating contributors, tracking dependencies, and surfacing risks/decision

Security Clearance Required

• NONE
• TS/SCI preferred

Minimum Education & Years of Experience

• Masters Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Engineering, Information Systems/information Technology, Education/Instructional Technology, Electrical Engineering Mathematics and six (6) years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in, or related field and eight (8) years of relevant experience

OR

• Associate's degree (or 18 semester hours of military coursework/training in a related field) and ten (10 ) years of relevant experience

OR

• High school diploma/GED and twelve (12) years of relevant experience
• Relevant experience includes mission/technical content research and development for related training, drafting/updating technical procedures/labs/exercises, and providing SME support to instructional design and course delivery

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated independent ownership of complex work from research through implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, training integration, assessment, and sustainment.
• Strong depth in at least one Section 2 specialty plus enough adjacent breadth to integrate with relevant systems, networks, virtualization, software, or tradecraft.
• Strong analysis/troubleshooting: move beyond tool output, determine why behavior occurs, research unfamiliar behavior, test hypotheses, isolate root cause, and build a defensible solution without step-by-step direction.
• Make sound scoped technical decisions, document reasoning/tradeoffs/risks, review peers effectively, mentor junior developers, and show readiness to lead limited-scope efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong preference: prior operational CNO/CND experience, especially certified/formally qualified Exploitation Analyst (EA) or Interactive Operator (IO), or comparable hands-on operational work.
• Desired, not required: JCAC; RIOT / Foundations / CNOQC graduate; CYBR3800 / HAMMR graduate.
• Also positive: relevant technical certifications, advanced cyber training, operational mission experience, and demonstrable hands-on lab work, considered in context of the section being fill

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As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.

Other Responsibilities

Safety

- Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

- Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Procedure Compliance

- Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Compensation Details

$160,000 - $210,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting

09/30/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

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