Subject Matter Expert: Cybersecurity, Codecademy for Business
We are NYC based but remote friendly! (US based candidates only)
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Codecademy is looking for a Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide guidance on upcoming cybersecurity content. The SME will work with our Codecademy for Business unit to outline high-level requirements for cybersecurity content on the Codecademy for Business roadmap and provide reviews of finalized content for technical accuracy. The Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert provides the Codecademy for Business Curriculum team with specialized, up-to-date, nuanced insight into. This is a paid, remote, contract position, with a typical commitment of 1-5 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- Work with Curriculum Developers to design a syllabus, scope, learning outcomes, and outline requirements for cybersecurity content on the Codecademy for Business curriculum roadmap.
- Meet weekly with a Curriculum Developer and content writer to answer questions, clarify feedback, and check in on project progress.
- Review the final products created by content writers for technical accuracy and provide respectful, clear, specific, actionable feedback.
- Evaluate existing content and identify any serious gaps in content.
- Provide clear explanations of technical concepts.
What You'll Need
- 5+ years of experience working as a cybersecurity professional.
- Extensive knowledge of many of the following topics:
- Creating and Running Employee Security Awareness Training
- Employee and User Account Policies
- Access Control Models
- Creating an Incident Response Playbook
- Blockchain Basics
- Virtual Private Networks
- Third-Party Risk Management
- Creating a Cybersecurity Team
- The ability to provide respectful, clear, actionable, specific, and empathetic feedback and explanation
- A strong command of written and spoken English
What Will Make You Stand Out
- 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity
- Experience working with cybersecurity for business use cases
- Experience in both cybersecurity and education
- Experience teaching in one or more of the following areas:
- Cybersecurity
- Information Security
- DevOps
- Experience in online education at scale
- Experience using the Codecademy platform
Note: This role will require you to submit a writing sample in the application.
This is a contract, remote position. You can expect anywhere from ~1-5 hours of work per week, with the freedom to work wherever and at whatever times you want.
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Equal Employment Opportunity
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