Technical Writer
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AnsibleAWSAzureCloudKubernetesTerraform
Technical Writer
KBR, Inc.
full-time
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Location: Alabama, California, Colorado • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $94,000 - $126,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
CloudKafkaSaltStackSpark
About the role
- Be part of KBR TRMC Big Data and Knowledge Management Team supporting DoD Test Ranges and acquisition programs
- Create, edit and maintain technical documentation: how-to guides, presentations, system administration guides, installation guides, end user training materials, API documentation, wiki pages and technical reports
- Collaborate with software engineers, system architects, system administrators, data scientists, data engineers, data analysts, trainers and program managers to ensure accuracy
- Review and edit documentation created by technical staff and adhere to DoD documentation standards, style guides and templates
- Manage document version control and configuration and support the public release process for documentation
- Proactively identify areas for documentation improvement; design, develop, enhance and rewrite existing documentation and wiki pages
- Assist training staff in development of technical presentations and training sessions for technical and non-technical audiences
- Work collaboratively with graphics designers to create and enhance documentation graphics
- Present to large technical and non-technical groups and communicate professionally with customers and teammates
Requirements
- Only US citizens will be considered
- Active DoD Secret Security Clearance required
- 5+ years of technical writing experience within the DoD environment
- Bachelor's degree in English, Technical Writing, Computer Science, or related field (Equivalent experience may be considered)
- Must reside near a military installation
- Proven experience writing for DoD audiences and familiarity with DoD documentation standards
- Proven experience documenting complex software systems, including big data platforms, cloud-based architecture, and data analytics tools
- Knowledge of Big Data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka)
- Experience with DoD Test and Evaluation (desired)
- Experience writing for a software intensive product team (desired)
- Proficiency with documentation tools and wiki tools such as Confluence
- Experience with automated documentation tools (desired)
- Experience working with highly technical teams of engineers and scientists
- Experience working in a remote/distributed team environment
- Strong written and verbal communication and confident presentation skills
- Ability to travel 25% with potential surge to 50% to support DoD ranges & labs
