Technical Writer

Role Overview

• Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documents, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions.
• Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language.
• Work with customers to translate their functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documentation, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions Supports the engineering team with documentation for system components and engineering artifacts.
• Provide overall leadership of the technical writing tasks and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution.
• Process Owner for all technical documentation on the program including documentation produced by professional technical writers under management.
• Writes and edits technical documentation for all of the project’s hardware and software to include installation, configuration and how-to documentation.
• Creates code documentation for software; produces implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities; provides field, data definition, and data flow documentation and formats technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings, and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources.
• Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing and user documentation.
• Distill complex information into clear, concise text.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in a technical or lead writing role
• Proven ability to distill complex information into clear, concise text
• Secret security clearance, or US citizen with ability to pass T1 investigation
• Demonstrated excellent writing and grammar skills combined with ability to work independently and deliver accurate content under pressure and tight deadlines
• Proven experience designing and delivering developer-oriented documentation as well as working directly with development teams
• Experienced using multiple tools to develop base templates and manipulate output styles
• Possess a thorough understanding of software development (SDLC), IC ITE, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and other key terminology in this PWS
• Secret security clearance
• Graduate degree in related area of study
• Demonstrated expertise in migrating documentation to an automation-driven process

Tech Stack

• SDLC

Benefits

• healthcare
• wellness
• financial
• retirement
• family support
• continuing education
• time off benefits