Fortinet Certified Trainer - Contract 1099 - Part Time / Flexible

Description Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we're the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges. Focal Point Academy (a CDW company) is seeking a skilled and motivated cyber instructor to create, maintain, and deliver courses in highly virtualized environments. Instructors will create course material, design training exercises, deliver training to students, and assess results. Instructors leverage deep subject matter expertise in relevant technical disciplines to provide a high-quality learning experience for our students. Through their work, the Instructor will empower students to develop and validate their cyber skills creating immediate job and career opportunities. • This is a 1099/contract position - part time / as needed basis. RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES • Accurately identifies skill level of participants and aligns delivery of course material to match individual students' needs. • Demonstrates consistent classroom and student management to ensure a positive, successful learning environment. • Researches future direction of technology relevant to cyber security and incorporates new topics in the development and delivery of cyber content. • Deploys, maintains, and secures classroom equipment, images, and materials in virtual classrooms or in facilities around the globe. • Travels to customer training sites both inside and outside the Continental United States. • Performs other duties as assigned by management. Experience: • *Certifications: Fortinet Certified Trainer (FCT) with NSE 4 FortiOS and NSE 7 Enterprise Firewall. If you do not have the FCT, we might consider sponsoring. * • *Experience with the following classes: NSE 4 FortiGate Security, NSE 4 FortiGate Infrastructure. * • Previous experience conducting technical training in classrooms or small groups. Competencies: • Industry Expertise: Advanced subject matter expertise in cyber security consulting and training. • High Impact presentation: Ability to conduct strong presentations to train and educate students on technical material and applications. • *Manage Learning Environment: * Ability to select initial presentation strategies, manage time available for course, facilitates opportunities for learner success, resolver learner behavior problems. • Learner evaluation performance: Ability to monitor learner progress during instruction, administer tests, evaluate attainment of end-of-course objectives. • Adult learner principles: Ability to engage learners to identify their learning needs, help trainees set personal learning objectives, assists trainees apply training content to their jobs, creates practice opportunities during the training session. • Communication Skills: Superior writing and verbal communication skills. • Collaboration and Teamwork: Ability to work with all levels of internal and external clients, from clerks to CEO. Willingness to collaborate with subject matter experts and team members to complete projects and other business deliverables. • Analytical: Keen sense of analytical skills. • Problem Solving: Experience with identifying problems and creating proactive steps to resolve the problems in a way that avoids adverse impact of issues. • Detailed Oriented: Strong attention to deadlines with accuracy and efficiency. • Accuracy: Ability to deliver projects and all deliverables with the utmost accuracy and attention to detail. • Multi-tasking: Capable of managing several tasks, projects and client deliverables effectively, efficiently and on time. Education/Certification: • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science/Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering or other relevant field, or 5+ years' equivalent experience. Technical Requirements: • Information Security Professional with significant experience and background in cyber security. • Exceptional, effective classroom communication skills. • Proficient with Microsoft Windows operating systems including console/terminal usage. • Due to the extensive classroom training tasks, this role requires extensive experience with successful classroom teaching techniques, delivering technical training for adult learners. • Intermediate to Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Who we are: CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers. CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you'll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self-and your best ideas-to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving-and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape. Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

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