Content Engineer (Editorial) - Cybersecurity
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PacktTechnical Publishing
IndiaFull-TimeMiddle
Salary55000 - 85000 INR per month
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Job Details
- Languages
- English
- Experience
- 4+ years
Requirements
- 4+ years in editorial/content development for technical or instructional products
- Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear, structured learning
- Strong author/SME management experience
- Excellent English-language proficiency and editorial judgment
- Quality-first mindset with strong attention to detail
- Ability to contribute beyond editing, including labs, simulations, and multi-format learning products
- Familiarity with cybersecurity domains (network security, pentesting, GRC, forensics, etc.)
- Experience with hands-on labs, simulations, or technical training formats
- Awareness of AI in cybersecurity (both offensive and defensive use cases)
- Project management experience across multiple content streams
Responsibilities
- Evaluate proposals and outlines with a focus on audience relevance, real-world applicability, and differentiation
- Perform substantive edits to strengthen clarity, structure, and learning outcomes
- Ensure content includes practical attack scenarios, defensive strategies, and decision-making trade-offs
- Coach authors to translate expertise into actionable, hands-on learning
- Guide authors to include real-world case studies, tools, and workflows
- Build strong relationships with cybersecurity experts, practitioners, and researchers
- Collaborate on product launches and positioning for cybersecurity audiences
- Enhance books with labs, simulations, red-team/blue-team exercises, and walkthroughs
- Contribute to derived formats such as threat briefings, research explainers, live hacking demos, and cohort-based training
- Track trends across threat landscapes, vulnerabilities, compliance requirements, and AI-driven security challenges
- Benchmark against competing learning resources and certifications
- Feed insights into product strategy to keep Packt at the forefront of cybersecurity education
- Own quality sign-off for all products
- Balance speed-to-market with depth and accuracy
- Ensure technical correctness, clarity, and adherence to ethical/security standards
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