Senior Training Systems Engineer II (Cyber Ops)

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 143,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense is seeking a Training Subject Matter Expert II to design, develop, and deliver technical training for operators and analysts. You will act as the technical authority, guiding instruction, coaching, and hands-on support while maintaining training pipelines, qualification standards, and practical exercises.

The role partners with instructors, curriculum developers, and mission leadership to ensure materials reflect current tradecraft and evolving missions.

Qualifications

• Eight (8) years of experience as a SE in programs of similar scope and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME to instruct, coach, and mentor students and junior personnel.
• Develop training curricula, course materials, and hands-on exercises for training operations.
• Develop and review JQS and TQS to align training with mission requirements.
• Create and maintain structured training pipelines with milestones and timelines.
• Provide systems engineering expertise and technical documentation support to training teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Curriculum development

SME instruction

JQS/TQS review

Training pipelines

Systems engineering docs

Virtualization

Scripting languages

CTF design

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

4 years SE substitute for degree

Tools

VMware/ESXi

Proxmox

KVM

Bash

Python

C++

Job description

Black Eagle Defense is seeking a Training Subject Matter Expert II to design, develop, and deliver technical training for operators and analysts. You will act as the technical authority, guiding instruction, coaching, and hands-on support while maintaining training pipelines, qualification standards, and practical exercises.

The role partners with instructors, curriculum developers, and mission leadership to ensure materials reflect current tradecraft and evolving missions.