Technical Writer
CACI International Inc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Scott AFB • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $57,500 - $117,900 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documents, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions.
- Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language.
- Work with customers to translate their functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
- Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documentation, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions.
- Supports the engineering team with documentation for system components and engineering artifacts.
- Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language.
- Provide overall leadership of the technical writing tasks and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution.
- Process Owner for all technical documentation on the program including documentation produced by professional technical writers under management.
- Writes and edits technical documentation for all of the project’s hardware and software to include 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.
- Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing and user documentation.
- Distill complex information into clear, concise text.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of experience in a technical or lead writing role
- Proven ability to distill complex information into clear, concise text
- US Citizen with ability to pass T1 investigation
- Demonstrated excellent writing and grammar skills combined with ability to work independently and deliver accurate content under pressure and tight deadlines
- Proven experience designing and delivering developer-oriented documentation as well as working directly with development teams
- Experienced using multiple tools to develop base templates and manipulate output styles
- Possess a thorough understanding of software development (SDLC), IC ITE, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and other key terminology in this PWS.
Benefits
- healthcare
- wellness
- financial
- retirement
- family support
- continuing education
- time off benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
technical writingdocumentationuser documentationhow-to guidestechnical specificationscode documentationinstallation documentationconfiguration documentationdata flow documentationediting
Soft skills
communicationleadershipindependenceability to work under pressureattention to detailability to distill complex informationtime managementcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptability