Cybersecurity Trainer

Training Delivery (12–24 hours/week depending on cohort load):
• Facilitate 2 weeknight sessions (4 hours each) + 1 weekend afternoon (4 hours) per cohort
• Deliver hands-on simulator-based training: Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Linux, Python, Penetration

Testing, SOC Operations, and Windows Forensics (we'll train you to deliver modules you're less familiar
with)
• Manage cohorts of about 30 career-changers. You're coaching, training, showing, and troubleshooting in
real-time, not lecturing.
• If teaching 2 cohorts: scales to 24 hrs/week (we design schedules collaboratively to avoid burnout)

Learning Design & Iteration (15–25% of your time):
• Design assessments measuring practical competency, not rote memorization.
• Iterate curriculum based on learner feedback, industry shifts, and employer hiring needs
• Build realistic simulation environments (vulnerable VMs, CTF challenges, incident response scenarios)
• You are empowered to modify curriculum and training approach within our andragogy, not just
executing fixed syllabi

Learner Success & Career Support (15–25% of your time):
• Coach learners through technical frustrations
• Understand learners' strength and weakness to provide guidance in preparation for career
• Work with Career Coach to jointly support learners in meeting career goals

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• Your learners' learning outcome and degree of skills application are your impact metrics.

Collaboration:
• One in-person team lunch monthly with weekly virtual team meetings.
• More frequent in-person during first 60-90 days for effective knowledge transfer.
• In-person when Academic Director or team needs face-to-face discussion.
• Remote-by-default and intentional in-person collaboration when needed.

Realistic First-Year Challenges
1. Managing diverse learning paces: Some master Metasploit in 2 sessions; others struggle with Linux
basics. You'll empathise with learners, iterate explanations and stay patient.
2. Staying current: Cybersecurity doesn't pause. You will stay current with the latest news within the
industry. We sponsor certifications and Continual Professional Development, but you own the discipline.
3. Proving pedagogical credibility: You'll complete ACLP within 12 months. Former senior analysts
realise teaching ≠ explaining. We support you but you will need to ground your mind in being empathetic
towards learners' experience and outcome.

What we co-invest in you (Year 1):
• Full sponsorship: WSQ ACLP 2.0 (pedagogical certification, RM7500; flexible timeline)
• Full sponsorship of industry certificates: GCIH or OSCP (RM15,000; aligned to your readiness and
interest)
• Company-managed TAEPP registry compliance (registration, CPD tracking, you focus on teaching, we
handle bureaucracy)

You're NOT a fit if:
• You expect minimal challenge. This is intense, high-accountability work
• You can't handle adjusting to learners or to the work. (learners have different pace, some need 3
explanations while others understand you before you even complete your sentence)
• You're only here for "remote work perk". We're remote-by-default and have intentional in-person
collaboration when needed.

• 1-3 years in cybersecurity operations (SOC analyst, pentester, security engineer, network admin,
  incident responder)
• Little or no formal teaching experience, we'll train you to become a confident educator through full
  sponsorship of WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning & Performance (ACLP) and our in-house learner
  centric train-the-trainer programme.
• Certifications (CompTIA Security+, CEH, CCNA Security, GCIH, OSCP) are bonuses, not requirements.
• Trading a technical role for work-life balance, opportunities to impact lives, and a professionally
  credentialed career path.