Phylax Global

Special Operations Instructor — Contract

Company: Phylax Global

Location: Okeechobee, Florida

Job Type: Contract / 1099 Independent Contractor

Work Setting: On-site and assignment-based

Travel: Required

Compensation: $600–$800 per day, depending on specialty, qualifications, assignment scope, and lead or support role

About Phylax Global

Phylax Global provides specialized training, consulting, and advisory services to high-net-worth individuals, private organizations, law-enforcement agencies, security professionals, and other approved clients.

Our programs focus on practical, real-world security solutions, including personal safety, situational awareness, threat recognition, vulnerability assessments, surveillance detection, counter-surveillance, protective and evasive driving, firearms and tactics, close-quarters training, UAS and counter-UAS, tactical medicine, and emerging warfare concepts.

We operate in a mission-focused environment that emphasizes discretion, professionalism, safety, accountability, and high-quality instruction.

Position Summary

Phylax Global is building a cadre of experienced Special Operations Instructors and Senior Instructors to support classroom, practical, and scenario-based training.

Contractors may serve as lead instructors, support instructors, safety officers, evaluators, medical instructors, UAS instructors, exercise controllers, or subject-matter experts. Applicants are not required to be qualified in every discipline but must have documented expertise in at least one approved specialty.

Assignments are based primarily in Okeechobee, Florida, with travel to other training locations as required. Selection does not guarantee a minimum number of assignments, hours, or training days.

Instructor Specialties

We are seeking qualified instructors in one or more of the following areas:

• Personal security, situational awareness, protective intelligence, surveillance detection, and counter-surveillance
• Firearms, weapons handling, live-fire range operations, close-quarters tactics, and force-on-force training
• Protective, evasive, rally, performance, military, or law-enforcement driving
• UAS operations, ISR applications, counter-UAS awareness, and uncrewed-systems integration
• Special Operations medicine, TCCC/TECC, austere medicine, casualty evacuation, and prolonged casualty care
• Robotics, autonomous systems, human-machine teaming, counter-UAS technology, electronic-warfare awareness, and emerging warfare concepts

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver lesson plans, presentations, programs of instruction, and practical exercises.
• Conduct classroom instruction, demonstrations, and scenario-based training.
• Adapt instruction for students with different backgrounds and experience levels.
• Conduct safety briefs, risk assessments, and emergency-action reviews.
• Inspect training areas, vehicles, weapons, UAS systems, medical equipment, and protective equipment as applicable.
• Maintain positive control of students, role players, equipment, and training areas.
• Enforce approved curricula, facility rules, client requirements, and safety procedures.
• Stop training immediately when an unsafe condition exists.
• Evaluate student performance and provide clear, professional feedback.
• Maintain attendance, training, incident, evaluation, and equipment-accountability records.
• Participate in after-action reviews and curriculum improvement.
• Protect confidential, client-sensitive, medical, proprietary, and operational information.
• Travel to approved training locations when assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Documented service in, assignment to, or direct support of a United States Special Operations Forces organization in a role relevant to the position.
• Honorably separated or retired from active-duty military service within the 12 months preceding the application date.
• Demonstrated experience as an instructor, trainer, evaluator, team leader, exercise controller, safety officer, or subject-matter expert.
• Ability to develop and deliver lesson plans, safety briefs, practical exercises, student evaluations, and after-action reviews.
• Strong presentation, written communication, interpersonal, and conflict-de-escalation skills.
• Professionalism, discretion, sound judgment, reliability, and accountability.
• Ability to conduct risk assessments, enforce safety requirements, and recognize unsafe conditions.
• Physical ability to safely demonstrate the skills associated with the applicant’s specialty.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Ability to travel and work on-site in Okeechobee, Florida.
• Willingness to complete service-history, credential, reference, background, and assignment-specific verification.

Relevant backgrounds may include Special Operations operators, leaders, instructors, evaluators, medics, communications specialists, mobility or advanced-driving personnel, UAS operators, intelligence or reconnaissance specialists, aviation or maritime personnel, EOD specialists, and other directly relevant roles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current or previously held security clearance
• Military master instructor, service-school instructor, or instructor-evaluator experience
• Experience developing complete programs of instruction
• Experience training law-enforcement, government, executive, security, or high-net-worth clients
• Current firearms-instructor, range-safety, FAA Part 107, medical, TCCC, TECC, PHTLS, CPR/AED, or other specialty credentials
• Experience managing live-fire, driving, UAS, medical, or force-on-force training events
• Associate or bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Application Process

Apply through Indeed with a current résumé. In your application, identify the instructor specialty or specialties for which you are applying and include your current location, travel availability, active-duty separation or retirement date, and requested day rate.

Candidates selected for further consideration will be asked to provide:

• A one-page instructor biography
• Relevant licenses and certifications
• Three professional references
• A permanently redacted DD Form 214 or equivalent separation document
• Additional documentation needed to verify Special Operations service and qualifications

The DD Form 214 must show the applicant’s name, branch, rank or pay grade, active-duty dates, separation or retirement date, character of service, and relevant specialty or training.

Applicants must permanently redact Social Security numbers, dates of birth, home addresses, personal contact information, dependent information, medical or financial information, signatures, identifier barcodes, classified information, and operationally sensitive information.

Do not upload an unredacted DD Form 214 or any classified, controlled, proprietary, or operationally sensitive material.

Official follow-up correspondence may come from Joseph@phylaxglobal.com.

Phylax Global evaluates applicants based on lawful, job-related qualifications, verified experience, instructional ability, professionalism, safety awareness, and assignment requirements.