Technical Writer II with Security Clearance

Duties

• Responsible for the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents, including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation.
• Writes and edits technical documentation for all of the project's hardware and software, including 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.

SKILLS

• Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals, and technical publications.
• Modernize the system's security engineering processes (via written guidance) to adopt new policies and guidance that integrate Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) security as part of the overall CSS security engineering toolset.
• Understand basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents.
• Gather technical information and prepare written text.
• Maintain a current internal documentation library.
• Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio, etc. Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides and manuals, and technical publications.
• Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials.
• Work on all phases of documentation.
• Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
• Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences.
• Cook up the layout and design of documents.
• Research highly technical subject matter, organize information from multiple sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.
• Under general direction, write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
• Apply concepts for technical writing based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources.
• Produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community of DoD electronic equipment and systems.
• Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer-related information.
• Produce technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects, developing analytic tradecraft methodologies.
• Apply technical manual standards to work products.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Six (6) years of experience as a TW in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.