SimSpace
Remote Technical Cybersecurity Instructional Designer
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $80K - $115K
💻 Instructional Design
🗓️ July 30th, 2025
LMS
Edtech.com's Summary
SimSpace is hiring a Remote Technical Cybersecurity Instructional Designer to create comprehensive cybersecurity training content. The role involves collaborating with subject matter experts to design engaging learning modules and immersive virtual exercises that help clients stay ahead of evolving digital threats while enhancing the educational impact and scalability of training programs.
Highlights
- Develop cybersecurity course materials in collaboration with content experts, ensuring accuracy and real-world relevance.
- Design effective learning activities and assessments within virtual cyber environments to improve learner retention and skill application.
- Write clear, measurable learning objectives aligned with cybersecurity competencies.
- Contribute to refining content development processes, workflows, and quality standards.
- Hold a 4-year degree in instructional design or related fields with 3+ years of instructional design experience and 2+ years in cybersecurity or IT education.
- Experience with learning management systems (LMS) and structuring content for virtual learning environments.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and ability to coach SME's in communicating technical materials.
- U.S. citizenship required due to government contract compliance.
- Certification in cybersecurity (e.g., Security+, Network+, ISC2) is a plus.
- Compensation ranges from $80,000 to $115,000 base salary with potential bonuses and equity stock options, plus comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, parental leave, retirement plans, and continuous learning opportunities.
Remote Technical Cybersecurity Instructional Designer Full Description
Remote Technical Cybersecurity Instructional Designer
Remote - U.S.
Who is SimSpace:
SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.
SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.
We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!
Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?
We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.
Our core values:
- Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
- Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
- Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
- Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do
We are looking for:
A Remote Technical Cybersecurity Instructional Designer with SimSpace, you'll play a crucial role in shaping the way industry professionals understand and combat digital threats. On the front lines of educational content, you will collaborate with subject matter experts to transform complex technical topics into engaging and clear training modules, utilizing our immersive virtual cyber environments. It's about cultivating a deep knowledge of cybersecurity that resonates with learners and aligns with the pulse of this rapidly evolving field. Your commitment to detail, organization, and quality will empower our clients to stay one step ahead in the dynamic world of cybersecurity.
What will you be doing as an Instructional Designer at SimSpace?
- Collaborate with content experts to develop comprehensive cybersecurity course materials that support progressive learning and to ensure content is accurate, relevant, and aligned to real-world needs.
- Design engaging and effective learning activities that improve retention and enable learners to confidently apply cybersecurity knowledge.
- Write clear, measurable learning objectives aligned with essential cybersecurity competencies.
- Leverage SimSpace’s virtual cyber environments to design realistic, hands-on exercises that simulate actual threat scenarios.
- Contribute to the evolution and scalability of our content development process, helping refine workflows, templates, and quality standards.
- Play an active role in team growth and operational improvement, shaping how we build and deliver training at scale
Requirements and Skills
- 4-year college degree in instructional design, learning experience design, education, English, technical writing, journalism, communications, or other relevant field, or a combination of relevant education and experience.
- 3+ years in instructional design and curriculum development.
- 2+ years with cybersecurity or information technology education or training.
- Experience with learning management systems (LMS).
- Ability to structure content within virtual learning environments.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and protocols.
- Ability to coach and collaborate with subject matter experts in conveying technical material to adult audiences.
- Ability to design assessments and feedback mechanisms for learning modules.
- U.S. citizenship as required by our existing U.S. Government contracts.
- Certification in Cybersecurity is a plus (e.g., Security+, Network+, ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity or equivalent).
We’re proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive package designed to support your well-being, growth, and success:
- Compensation. Base salary range: $80,000 - $115,000 reflecting our confidence in your expertise and impact, with the opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions.
- Health & Wellness. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus savings plans—coverage starts on day one!
- Mental Health Support. Access to company-paid counseling, coaching, and resources for you and your family through Spring Health.
- Financial Well-Being. Plan for your future with a 401(k)-retirement savings plan featuring a company match.
- Flexible Time Off. Take the time you need with unlimited vacation and dedicated health & wellness days. SimSpace provides flexible solutions to meet the diverse work-life needs of team members.
- Parental Leave. Paid leave plans to support you and your loved ones during life’s most important moments.
- Ownership Opportunities. Equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants—become an invested stakeholder in our shared success.
- Referral Rewards. Earn $1,500–$3,500 for every qualified hire through our employee referral program.
- Peloton Interactive Wellness Program. Full- and partial- subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts to help you reach your personalized fitness goals.
- Continuous Learning. Access a LinkedIn Learning membership to prioritize your personal and professional development.
- Social Connections. Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through our SocialSpace Community.
- Extra Perks. Legal plan coverage, pet insurance, wellness reimbursements, and more to simplify life’s details.
Join SimSpace and enjoy benefits that enhance your career, health, and happiness!
SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact careers@simspace.com.
SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range.
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