Job Description

JOB TITLE:

Technical Writer

JOB LOCATION:

Odenton, MD (Ft. Meade AF Base)

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Responsible for preparing, reviewing, revising, and maintaining 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.
• Understand basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents.
• Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications.
• Gather technical information, prepares written text.
• Maintain a current internal documentation library.
• Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.
• Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
• Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications.
• Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences.
• Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials.
• Coordinate layout and design of documents.
• Work on all phases of documentation.
• 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, operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer related information.
• Research highly technical subject matter, organizes information from multiples sources, and express technical information in written format that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.
• Produce technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects developing analytic tradecraft methodologies.
• Apply technical manual standard NSA DS-89 to work products.
• Work independently preparing and maintaining highly complex systems, programming and operations documentation, procedures and methods.
• Provide expert oversight of technical writing and editing to all phases of acquisition and technical documentation for the Program, Project, or Contract.
• Act as project leader for projects with complex or voluminous documentation and may provide or coordinate special documentation services as required.
• Review work products of others for compliance with technical manual NSA Data Standard (DS)-89.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Eight (8) years of experience as a TW in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• A master's degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to six (6) years of experience.
• Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

COMPENSATION:

$130,000.00

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