Technical Writer
AnaVation LLC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Reston • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
TypeScript
About the role
- Provide coordination and authoring of technical writing and editing across all phases of documentation control and deployment
- Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents covering software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation
- Compose and edit documentation for hardware and software including installation, configuration, code documentation, and end-user how-to guides
- Produce field documentation, data definition, and data flow documentation
- Format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings, and consultations with technical personnel
- Use multiple word processing and presentation tools (MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio) to produce deliverables
- Support delivery of formal contract documentation and ensure deliverables are delivered on schedule
Requirements
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph
- Education & Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience related to specific functional area
- Certifications: Active certification for IAT Level II (e.g. CompTIA Security+) by program onboarding date
- Strong technical writing (content generation, interviews with technical teams, drafts, and formal document reviews)
- Understanding and experience with document version control: formal documentation drafting, review, finalization, document control, tracking, and reporting
- Strong technical editing (reviewing and editing content for clarity and effectiveness of message, as well as proper grammar and formatting)
- Experience writing and editing technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, as well as training materials
- Experience organizing complex integrated document delivery with formal contract deliverables delivered on schedule
- Experience coordinating quality peer review of materials
- Experience cataloging documents, maintaining records, files, electronic media and archiving of information for publications
- (Preferred) Desktop publishing experience
- (Preferred) Experience quickly creating technical drawings, graphics, and figures
- (Preferred) Experience with document formats, styles, and technical writing style guides
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technical writingtechnical editingdocument version controlcontent generationformal documentation draftingdocument controlcataloging documentsdesktop publishingtechnical drawingstechnical writing style guides
Soft skills
coordinationorganizationcommunicationpeer reviewtime management
Certifications
Active TS/SCI Clearance with PolygraphIAT Level II (e.g. CompTIA Security+)