Instructional Systems Designer

Astrion•Biloxi, MS

About The Position

Instructional Systems Designer Location: Hurlburt Field, FL, JBSA, TX, and Keesler AFB, MS Job Status: Full time Clearance: Top Secret/SCI Astrion has an exciting opportunity coming up for an ISD to join our team and support the 39th Information Operations Squadron (39 IOS). We are preparing to hire for Journeyman, Senior, and SME levels. We anticipate a start date in March/April 2026. Cyber Operations Formal Training Support III (CyOFTS III) is a Cyber Schoolhouse program supporting delivery, development, and sustainment of cyber training across operationally relevant mission sets. The team supports instruction, curriculum and content development, training operations, and program execution at multiple Air Force and joint training locations.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
Degree in subject matter related to courseware hired to develop Air Force ISD Course (AETC ADDIE or Approved Equivalent Course)
5+ years experience applying the ISD process to formal Air Force CO, IO, or Faculty Development courseware.
CCAF ISD Certification or civilian equivalent

Responsibilities

Provide subject matter expertise for ISD activities supporting CO, IO, and Faculty Development courseware.
Apply the Instructional Systems Development (ISD) process to develop and update formal Air Force CO, IO, and/or Faculty Development courseware.
Use Air Force ISD Course (AETC ADDIE or approved equivalent) methodology to analyze, design, develop, implement, and evaluate training products.
Develop and maintain training objectives, lesson plans, evaluation materials, and supporting documentation consistent with ISD requirements.
Maintain required ISD certification (CCAF ISD Certification or civilian equivalent) as applicable.
Augment and support the Government in course planning and development, including, but not limited to, all formal training courses, lessons, and related courseware material.
Develop curriculum IAW applicable Master Training Task List (MTTL) and Training Task List (TTL) requirements as well as audit and edit all developed courseware for accuracy, completeness, flow, balance, and clarity of understanding, IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
Provide associated documentation for design, development, revision, and administration of FTU training.
Utilize the ISD ADDIE Model, along with Bloom's taxonomy level of learning and/or the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition (SAMR) Model for all course development.
Assist in the development of Training Systems Requirements Analysis to include Mission/Task Analysis (MTA), Training Requirements Analysis (TRA), Objective Media Analysis (OMA), and Training Systems Basis Analysis (TSBA).
Provide instructional strategies, methods, media analysis, objective analysis media and a syllabus/course map.
Assist in the analysis of all tasks performed in the operation and maintenance of course materials; and assist in producing an MTTL for each mission area.
Analyze Task Analysis Worksheets to ensure training requirements are derived by identifying TTL and knowledge, Qualifications, and abilities (KSA) needed to perform each task and comparing the entry level of learning to the required Bloom's taxonomy level of learning.
Work with colleges/universities, institutions, industry, or Government agencies (i.e. Government, DoD, Joint, USAF, industry, academia, or foreign government) to identify and implement new information applicable to specific courses (or lessons).
Review all guidance, technical documents, and manuals to ensure they effectively enable Government personnel to utilize training systems in instruction.
Assess and analyze training needs through surveys, interviews with staff members, student feedback, training needs analysis, customer site visits, and training planning team direction, and recommend changes to improve existing curriculum.
Work with internal and external SMEs to incorporate new material developed by SMEs into current or new courseware.
Utilize ADDIE for development of new training programs and curriculum updates and assist in the Spiral Development Cycle (SDC).
Audit feedback from internal and external sources with military and Government staff to ensure currency, consistency, and quality of course material.
Review, coordinate, and prepare responses for internal and external directives and documents pertaining to training.
Operate an application-based Learning Management System (LMS) Authoring Manager to build and deploy questions. (e.g., Moodle, Question Mark®)
Operate LMS Perception Manager to include scheduling tests, retrieving, and analyzing test and critique metrics, building classes and student rosters and grading student tests. (e.g., Moodle, Question Mark®)
Perform curriculum quality assurance audits on all 39 IOS managed lessons per direction from the COR/Alternate COR.
Assist in authoring cognitive and performance objectives and test questions.
Review curriculum for grammar, format, and classification IAW established 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
Provide courseware documentation support for courseware developers.
Update the Master Course File courseware documents, illustrations, and handouts as part of the SDC unique to each course.
Provide user/test administration and critique creation and management within the test and critique management software. (e.g. Moodle, Question Mark®)
Provide test proctoring for staff and students.
Assess and update student evaluation performance results IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs, ACC Instructions, and Joint Directives.
Assess, analyze, and report on student academic and performance tests.
Develop/deliver lesson plans of instruction (Part I's), instructor notes and/or aids (Part II's), lesson test and/or evaluation questions (Part III's) and lesson student materials (Part IV's) within the Government specified timeframe as outlined IAW 39 IOS SOPs/Instructions/OIs and established templates in both soft and hard copy.
Plan, design, and develop e-learning products, including objectives, storyboards, web-based aids, video instruction or performance support systems for inclusion into a learning management system.
Assist in the creation of mission simulator virtual environments for use in training missions, mission scenarios, and mission evaluation tests or demonstrations.
Assist in records management duties and responsibilities.