Senior Instructor

Leidos is looking for a part-time Sr. Instructor with demonstrated expertise in analytic training and instruction, including writing, presenting, and critical thinking skills (especially structured analytic techniques and facilitating critical thinking exercises), to assist with a program teaching experienced staff how to incorporate new tools into their workflow. Candidates must have an active or be immediately eligible for a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph to be considered. Qualified candidates are skilled at program coordination, communicating with diverse groups, providing presentations, creating tailored learning content, developing subject matter expertise, providing mentoring that effectively conveys analytic expertise to students, and delivering effective instruction. The successful candidate will assist the program team with customer communications, coordination of taskings, and help plan and respond to requirements. The work will be based on class schedules and training will be held at multiple locations in the Northern Virginia area. Candidates must be able to support a training day that may start as early as 7am and may extended to 6pm. Non-training days may or may not be full days and will follow traditional office hours.

Primary Responsibilities

Senior Instructor tasks require considerable expertise to plan, conduct, develop, and/or evaluate training and content for a variety of audiences. The Sr. Instructor will be required to provide instruction, individual or with a team, to audiences on specific tools and techniques. The Sr. Instructor may be required to conceptualize and develop content for training modules, programs, and/or exercises. The Sr. Instructor will provide support as part of a larger program and will coordinate with the program on course goals, objectives, and requirements. The Sr. Instructor may lead communications between the team with customer managers, offices, and other experts to plan, manage, propose and/or implement projects and improvements.

Basic Qualifications

• A BA degree and at least 12+ years of direct knowledge of and substantial experience with analysis techniques.
• At least seven (7) years of experience working as an analytic manager and/or analyst, including at least seven (7) years of experience in providing substantive review of and personal feedback on drafts and briefings to analysts.
• At least ten (10) years of experience with the analytic techniques, tools, methods/procedures & new approaches to analysis used across multiple sectors. 
• Experience supporting analysis at multiple government agencies. 
• Experience in teaching, mentoring, instructional design, and/or course facilitation and delivery.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Ability to provide constructive and targeted feedback on analytic tradecraft in writing, briefing, and critical thinking using analytic standards and guidelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of, and at least three (3) years of direct substantial experience in delivering and applying the curriculum, teaching approaches, and evaluation methods. 
• Fifteen (15) or more years of direct knowledge of and substantial experience with intelligence analysis techniques.
• Ten (10) or more years as an analytic manager and/or analyst, including ten (10) or more in providing substantive review of and personal feedback on drafts and briefings to analysts.
• Fifteen (15) or more years of experience with the analytic techniques, tools, methods/procedures & new approaches to analysis used in multiple sectors.
• Instructor certification or equivalent (such as CPLP or other certification).
• Master’s Degree or higher.

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Original Posting:

August 12, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.