Systems Engineer (Technical Documentation) - TS/SCI

About the role

Pursue a career at Parsons where you can thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

$103,500.00 - $181,100.00

Schedule

Not specified