Remote Instructional Designer & Train-the-Trainer Expert

DecisionPoint | Cortek; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint | Cortek seeks a Journeyman Instructional Designer / Train-the-Trainer Specialist to develop and deliver technical learning solutions for the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. This role transforms SME knowledge, SOPs, system changes, and lessons learned into courses, labs, job aids, microlearning, and performance-based assessments for Government IT personnel.

The role applies adult-learning principles, accessible-content standards, and instructional-design methodologies to create practical

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Adult Education, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Current ITIL certification.
• Preferred: Experience in instructional design, technical tra

Responsibilities

• Conduct training-needs analyses and collaborate with subject matter experts to identify target audiences, performance gaps, learning requirements, and desired outcomes.
• Translate complex technical information into clear, practical, and measurable learning objectives.
• Convert subject matter expert knowledge, standard operating procedures, technical documentation, releases, migrations, upgrades, and lessons learned into structured learning products.
• Design and develop instructor-led courses, virtual courses, eLearning, labs, simulations, exercises, demonstrations, job aids, reference guides, and microlearning.
• Develop train-the-trainer programs that prepare instructors, coaches, and technical subject matter experts to deliver consistent and effective training.
• Create course outlines, design documents, storyboards, instructor guides, learner guides, presentation materials, facilitator notes, lab instructions, and assessment plans.
• Develop knowledge checks, quizzes, scenario-based exercises, practical demonstrations, performance tasks, and proficiency assessments.
• Design assessments that measure whether learners can perform required technical tasks, not merely recall course content.
• Tailor training content and delivery methods to specific systems, technologies, user roles, proficiency levels, and operational requirements.
• Apply adult-learning principles and instructional-design methodologies throughout analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Develop accessible training content that supports diverse learners and applicable accessibility requirements.
• Ensure training materials are accurate, current, technically validated, clearly written, and consistently formatted.
• Coordinate technical reviews and validation with subject matter experts, system owners, instructors, quality personnel, and Government stakeholders.
• Incorporate reviewer comments, testing results, learner feedback, and lessons learned into updated courseware.
• Deliver engaging virtual, classroom, side-by-side, pair-programming, workshop, lab, and blended-learning sessions.
• Facilitate practical exercises, discussions, demonstrations, coaching sessions, and learner-assessment activities.
• Observe and evaluate instructors or subject matter experts during practice delivery and provide constructive feedback.
• Support pilot sessions, course testing, release-readiness training, and post-deployment learning activities.
• Align training content with system releases, migrations, upgrades, modernization efforts, operational priorities, and workforce learning paths.
• Coordinate course schedules, learner communications, enrollment information, prerequisites, technical access, training environments, and supporting materials.
• Maintain course files, version histories, review records, source materials, accessibility documentation, assessments, and completion evidence.
• Track participation, completion, assessment results, learner feedback, proficiency outcomes, and recommended improvement actions.
• Evaluate training effectiveness and recommend improvements to content, delivery methods, exercises, assessments, and supporting resources.
• Support technical knowledge transfer during transition-in and transition-out activities.
• Protect sensitive Government, program, personnel, training, and technical information.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Instructional design

Adult learning principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Adult Education, Information Technology, or a related field

Job description

DecisionPoint | Cortek seeks a Journeyman Instructional Designer / Train-the-Trainer Specialist to develop and deliver technical learning solutions for the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. This role transforms SME knowledge, SOPs, system changes, and lessons learned into courses, labs, job aids, microlearning, and performance-based assessments for Government IT personnel.

The role applies adult-learning principles, accessible-content standards, and instructional-design methodologies to create practical