Instructional Systems Developer at Knight Federal Solutions

Description

Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.  We have established a company culture that supports our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work. When you join our team, you belong to a group of people that work hard, strive for greatness and care about people.

Our hard work is evident in everything we do.  Whether it be supporting large government programs in the areas of Simulation and Training, Information Technology, Intelligence or Engineering we always strive to be the best.  It is for this reason that we have been recognized as a World Class Team Supplier by Northrop Grumman and were also named one of Florida’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. 

As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success! 

Successful candidate will provide instructional design and development expertise in support of the Joint Knowledge Online (JKO) website and other JS J7 training efforts by developing joint military internet-based courseware, joint references, and any other joint training and reference materials presented via the Internet. Employee will draw from a wide range of sources such as military policy, joint and service doctrine, service missions, war plans, lessons learned and simulations, and joint military subject matter experts to develop these products. Specific job tasks include determining course requirements, writing course specifications, researching content, identifying imagery, writing scripts and developing storyboards for web based interactive courseware and other instructional materials; creating and maintaining web pages; researching links and other joint and joint related material and performing quality assurance reviews of all products and any other JST JS J7 function as required.

Requirements

• BA required in these or similar majors: English, Education, Instructional Systems Design. Masters in same or similar fields is a plus. Additional experience in the field may substituted based upon products created and shown. 
• Minimum of 4 years in the design and development of content for computer-based and/or web-based instruction using the instructional systems development (ISD) process. JKO Government internship can sub for this requirement.
• Strong writing skills with the ability to translate information into instructional content (desktop, mobile, SGST).
• Strong information gathering skills ranging from researching documents to interviewing subject matter experts.
• Ability to translate written concepts into visual representations.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent follow-up and organizational skills. Military leadership skills are a plus.
• Knowledge and/or proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Excel.
• Must have a minimum of 5 years JKO JMO experience, and full working knowledge and rights to all JKO LCMS systems at the System Administrator level (best) or Training Coordinator level (minimum).

Clearance: 

•  Active Secret security clearance 

Desired

• Experience using Adobe Creative Cloud or equivalent. Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash, and Fireworks. Must be able to convert Flash to HTML5. We are specifically looking for use of these tools in online courseware development.
• Experience using JKO Course Builder as a content developer. Must be able to develop desktop/mobile course and SGST Scenario. All must be HTML5 based, with no Flash.
• Experience as a graphics artist is a major plus, as this gives the team more flexibility in assigning work to the new hire (a person with both ISD and graphics artistry skills will be chosen over one who has only one set of skills)
• Knowledge of SCORM requirements, standards and of DoD Web Policy, Mobile Code Policy, and Section 508.Experience in web page design and graphical user interfaces graphic design and creating imagery.
• Understanding of Learning Management Systems (LMS), especially the JKO LCMS and JKO Course Builder.
• Understanding of modular design concepts and principles.
• Knowledge of the data flow process and design with databases, and Knowledge of web site development and maintenance protocol.
• Experience in training military & civilian personnel via computer-based and web-based applications.
• Experience with multimedia development software (Creative Cloud, Sound Photoshop, Quicktime, Adobe Premier, etc.). HTML and HTML5 coding, and web based authoring applications skills (i.e., JavaScript, XML, Java Server Pages, etc.) with the ability to build web pages, web-based interactive courseware, and other web-based products.

Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.