
Senior Instructor - Nuclear Weapons
Germantown, MD · HybridFull-time$140–160K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
Global Engineering & Technology seeks a Senior Instructor to support the Department of Energy’s Office of Classification in Germantown, Maryland. The instructor develops training materials and conducts training for DOE and other government communities on nuclear weapons, classification, and sensitive-information topics. The role offers a hybrid onsite/remote option, with up to 40% of work from home after approximately six months of qualification, and future management opportunities.
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Full job description
Global Engineering & Technology (GET) is seeking a highly qualified individual for the position of Senior Instructor to support the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Classification in Germantown, Maryland. This position has future management opportunities.
This is a highly compensated position that offers a hybrid onsite/remote work option. Once fully qualified in their position (approximately 6 months), the Senior Instructor will have the flexibility to complete up to 40% of their work from home.
The Senior Instructor develops and prepares Department of Energy (DOE) training materials in highly technical subject areas relating to work performed by our team of classification analysts, declassification analysts, and nuclear technology subject matter experts. This instructor also conducts training on classification and sensitive information policies, guidelines, and procedures for the greater DOE community including the national laboratories and national security sites, as well as other government agencies.
Subject areas include:
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Nuclear weapon design
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Nuclear weapon utilization
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Nuclear weapon material production
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Radiological emergency response
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Safeguards and security of nuclear weapons and special nuclear material
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Protection of Restricted Data, Formerly Restricted Data, and Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information.
Compensation Range: $140,000-$160,000/Year (depending on qualifications)
Requirements
All applicants with a background in nuclear weapon design or employment will be strongly considered.
Education:
This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in a scientific discipline (e.g., physical sciences, engineering, or mathematics). A Master’s Degree is highly desirable.
Security Clearance:
This position requires an active Top Secret or DOE Q security clearance.
Highly sought-after skills, knowledge, and experience:
The ideal candidate will have classification/declassification experience and at least two (2) years of direct training experience, including experience with modern training techniques encompassing the development of course syllabuses, student evaluations, recognition of individual student requirements, and utilization of computer-based training systems.
The ideal candidate will be a DOE qualified Derivative Classifier (DC), Derivative Declassifier (DD), and have experience serving as an Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information Reviewing Official (UCNI RO). Absent this experience, the candidate will be provided with training to attain these qualifications.
Benefits
We provide exceptional benefits to our full-time employees (spouse/family coverage option available at a company-subsidized rate).
Benefits include:
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Medical plan options with UnitedHealthcare
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Dental Insurance
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Long-term and Short-term Disability Insurance
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Life Insurance
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AD&D Insurance
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Generous 401(k) match
All benefits are effective on day one of employment.
This job posting is not intended to be a comprehensive list of duties or qualifications. The qualifications and requirements listed in this posting are intended as a general guide. Meeting these criteria does not guarantee selection, as additional factors (including nature of experience, skills, and organizational needs) will be considered during the review process.
Global Engineering & Technology, Inc. (GET) does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,988 open Instructor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$140–160K/yr
- Maryland median$92–159K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$71–94K/yr657 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $150K, is 20% above the Maryland median midpoint ($125K) — in the top quarter of Instructor salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 81 open Instructor jobs in Maryland and 3,988 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- Experience
- Instructor postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,407 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,712 of the 3,988 open Instructor jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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