Release Readiness Engineer – Technical Writer

Defense Unicorns

Release Readiness Engineer/Technical Writer developing UDS documentation for Warfighters and system administrators. Collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams to create operational documentation.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $123,250 - $166,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Kubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Plan, author, and maintain installation guides, admin/operator guides, troubleshooting/runbooks, and release notes aligned to product releases and operational needs.
Plan, author, and maintain Warfighter focused end user guides.
Installation & deployment documentation: Create step-by-step install/configuration guides for product components and integrations (including prerequisites, expected outputs, verification steps, and safe rollback guidance).
Administration & Day-2 operations: Document operational workflows: upgrades, configuration changes, health checks, resource considerations, and common operational failure modes in constrained/mission environments.
Troubleshooting & runbooks: Build and curate troubleshooting-by-symptom runbooks (diagnosis steps, likely causes, resolution paths, and prevention guidance).
Aid development of training modules and job aids for user personas.
Operate in a Git-based doc workflow (issues/PRs/reviews), establish templates, and improve/maintain documentation.
Information architecture & discoverability: Organize technical documentation so it’s easy to navigate and avoids duplication across products

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years writing technical documentation for software platforms (DevSecOps, infrastructure, Kubernetes-adjacent systems strongly preferred).
Demonstrated experience producing:
Installation guides
Administrator/operator manuals
Troubleshooting guides and runbooks
Comfortable documenting complex workflows; able to interpret design docs and technical specs and convert them into guidance.
Experience working in environments with higher operational rigor (airgapped, disconnected/limited connectivity, regulated or government contexts) preferred.
Strong collaboration skills with engineering and delivery teams; able to drive clarity, obtain technical decisions, and keep docs aligned with shipped behavior.
Proficiency with Git-based documentation workflows and modern docs toolchains (Markdown, static-site docs frameworks, review cycles, issue tracking).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision
Premiums are 100% Company Paid
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401k Retirement Plan
Company Stock Options
Home Office Budget
Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
Paid Parental Leave
Reimbursement for approved trainings/subscriptions
Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical documentationinstallation guidesadministrator manualstroubleshooting guidesrunbooksworkflow documentationGit-based documentation workflowsMarkdownstatic-site documentation frameworksDevSecOps

Soft Skills

collaborationclarityinterpretation of design documentstechnical decision making