Advanced Social Network Analysis (SNA) Instructor - Part-Time - TS/SCI with Polygraph Required
LMI Consulting
McLean, VA, USA
3/20/2026
Education / Training
Part Time
Overview
LMI is looking for an experienced Advanced Social Network Analysis (SNA) Instructor to join our team on a part-time/hourly basis. The instructor will deliver advanced SNA courses in support of a U.S. Federal Government Agency working with classified media. The course, titled Advanced Social Network Analysis, is a three-day program held once per quarter. This is an advanced-level instructional role requiring both technical expertise and the ability to engage and inspire students. A successful candidate will enjoy translating complex methodologies into practical, real-world use cases and empowering learners with cutting-edge analysis tools.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an instructor for the previously developed course curriculum
- Set up and guide students through coding environments, following provided instructions and resources.
- Teach Python fundamentals and advanced concepts, with a focus on the pandas library and class-specific Python packages.
- Introduce and review SNA (Social Network Analysis) concepts, ensuring students grasp methodological foundations.
- Educate students on community detection, pattern analysis, and temporal analysis techniques.
- Train students to use specialized graph visualization software provided by the course curriculum.
- Highlight the broad applicability and interdisciplinary relevance of Social Network Analysis across various data types and industries.
- Facilitate understanding of analytical methodologies and their practical implementation through hands-on examples and exercises.
- Provide guidance and support to students for mastering both technical tools and theoretical concepts.
- Provide student support and troubleshooting
- Prepare and submit written post-course feedback to help refine course curriculum
- Work with an instructional designer to refresh/update the SNA course as needed.
Qualifications
Required
- Strong knowledge of Social Network Analysis (SNA) principles, including graph theory, community detection, and network visualization.
- Proficiency in Python programming, including data manipulation with pandas, and experience with graph-related Python libraries.
- Experience with graph visualization tools and familiarity with temporal and pattern analysis.
- Proven teaching or instructional experience, with excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Ability to make abstract and technical concepts accessible to a wide variety of learners.
- Strong organizational skills, with experience in preparing and delivering instructional content.
- Bachelor’s Degree in applicable discipline.
- TS/SCI with polygraph.
Desired
- Experience working in customer analytic environment.
- Proficiency with client-specific tools.