Content Developer I

Amentum; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 175,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Amentum seeks an experienced instructional content specialist to research, validate, and update mission/technical materials for courses. You will ensure technical alignment, draft procedures, and provide SME input to ISD and development teams, with a focus on secure handling and configuration-control procedures.

The role involves building training content, preparing labs and assessments, and supporting evaluation and QA processes in a government environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cyber/IT foundation sufficient to build/troubleshoot training; LMS or curriculum experience alone is insufficient.
• Ability to read/modify and, where appropriate, write scripts/code; reason through execution logic.
• Experience with government-approved templates/tools for technical content is a plus.
• Familiarity with configuration management (CM) repositories and versioning processes.

Responsibilities

• Gather and validate raw content for courses; document sources and assumptions.
• Review storyboards for technical accuracy and provide disposition inputs.
• Draft/update technical narratives, procedures, and labs according to templates.
• Provide SME clarification to instructional designers and graphic artists.
• Assist in drafting assessment questions and rubrics; ensure no answer keys are present.
• Coordinate content submission to CM repositories and support release notes.

Skills

Cyber/IT foundation

Troubleshooting and debugging

Scripting/Automation

Problem-solving skills

Technical documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Associate's degree or 18 sem hrs military training

High school diploma/GED with experience

Tools

Virtual Machines

Networks

Scripting languages

Job description

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.

Work Schedule

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. Document sources/references and assumptions for review.
• Review storyboards to ensure content is reflected appropriately and provide documented technical accuracy comments and disposition inputs as directed.
• Draft or update technical narratives, procedures, and lab/exercise instructions using Government-approved templates/tools as directed.
• Provide SME clarification to Instructional Designers and Graphic Artists to ensure course content reflects technical intent and correct tool/tradecraft behavior.
• Assist in drafting or updating assessment questions/items and rubrics when tasked, ensuring student-facing materials do not contain answer keys or restricted solutions.
• Coordinate submission of updated content to Configuration Management (CM) repositories and support versioning/release note inputs as directed.
• Certifications in areas relevant to the training content areas are desired.
• Research assigned cyber content; build/configure/modify/troubleshoot systems, VMs, networks, scripts, tools, and artifacts used in training/assessment.
• Draft/update technical procedures, labs, demonstrations, practical exercises, and assessment components to team standards.
• Reproduce expected behavior; determine whether systems/networks/programs/exploits/artifacts behave as intended; troubleshoot using logs, pcaps, system artifacts, debugging data, documentation, and experimentation.
• Document dependencies, assumptions, edge cases, failure conditions, and observable artifacts affecting learners or assessment validity.
• Support practical assessments, answer criteria, rubrics, automated grading, and controlled exam material; provide SME input to ISD, facilitators, testing, QA/QC, engineering, and developers.
• Use approved version/configuration-control workflows; complete assigned work to standard, communicate blockers/status, seek guidance as appropriate, and incorporate review feedback.

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI preferred

Minimum Education & Years of Experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Cyber Engineering, Information Systems/information Technology, Education/Instructional Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field and two (2) years of relevant experience

Associate's degree (or 18 semester hours of military coursework/training in a related field) and four (4) years of relevant experience

High school diploma/GED and six (6) 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

• Hands-on cyber/IT foundation sufficient to build/troubleshoot technical training; instructional-design, LMS, or curriculum experience alone is insufficient.
• Working proficiency in at least one Section 2 specialty; broad mastery is not required.
• Ability to investigate unfamiliar problems using evidence rather than trial-and-error; read/modify and, where appropriate, write relevant scripts/code; reason through execution logic and system interactions.
• Ability to explain behavior and convert it into accurate labs/procedures/demonstrations/practical’s; foundational understanding of relevant OS, network, virtualization, software, and cyber-tradecraft interactions.
• Ability to follow technical standards, accept review, execute reliably, and meet applicable CD1 contract/clearance/education/experience requirements.

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.

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.

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

$175,000.00 - $190,000.00

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

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to support you and your priorities. Offerings include:

• 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.

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