Systems Engineer, Jr. (Technical Documentation) - TS/SCI

Job Description

In this role, you will serve as the engineering team's documentation lead, translating complex system designs, configurations, and operational procedures into clear, accurate, and customer-ready technical manuals and engineering documentation.

• Work side by side with network, cloud, and systems engineers supporting a classified hybrid environment spanning on-premises infrastructure and cloud environments, ensuring every system we field is fully documented from concept through sustainment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Author, edit, and maintain technical manuals, operator guides, administrator guides, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and deployment plans for on-premises and cloud-hosted systems
• Develop and maintain system design documents, as-built documentation, interface control documents (ICDs), configuration baselines, and network/system architecture diagrams (Visio or equivalent) in support
• Translate engineering into clear, standardized documentation suitable for government review and acceptance in support of requirements validation and approval to operate
• Develop installation guides, runbooks, recovery procedures, and troubleshooting guides supporting day-to-day operations and continuity of operations (COOP)
• Establish and enforce documentation standards, templates, version control, and review workflows across the engineering team
• Verify documented procedures hands-on in lab and production environments to ensure technical accuracy
• Manage documentation within the program's approved repositories (e.g., SharePoint, Confluence), which may include on classified networks

Required Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline; additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of systems engineering or related IT experience, with demonstrated experience producing technical documentation for complex IT systems
• Exceptional technical writing skills with the ability to convey complex technical material clearly and concisely for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Working knowledge of Linux (RHEL) environments, virtualization, cloud computing, and TCP/IP networking sufficient to accurately document system behavior

Desired Skills

• CompTIA Security+ CE or equivalent or ability to obtain within six months of hire
• Experience documenting systems in accordance with DoD or IC documentation standards and data item descriptions (DIDs)
• Familiarity with Government cloud environments
• Experience working in SCIF or other classified/air gapped environments
• Familiarity with configuration management practices and tools (Git, SharePoint versioning, Confluence)
• Experience with structured authoring or documentation toolchains (MadCap Flare, Adobe FrameMaker, Markdown/AsciiDoc)

Pay

Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00