Technical Writer

• Research content to develop, edit, format, and maintain technical documentation, process documentation, user guides, job aids, reports, meeting materials, and program deliverables
• Translate information from technical teams, instructional designers, data analysts, QA staff, help desk personnel, and program leadership into clear documentation
• Support documentation for web-based applications, learning management systems, training workflows, user support procedures, reporting processes, and operational activities
• Prepare and maintain standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, FAQs, release notes, user instructions, and internal support materials
• Review documentation for clarity, consistency, grammar, formatting, accuracy, and alignment with customer requirements
• Support recurring deliverables such as monthly reports, meeting minutes, action item logs, status updates, and documentation packages
• Maintain organized documentation repositories, templates, revision histories, source files, and final deliverable versions
• Track edits, stakeholder comments, revisions, approvals, and document status through completion
• Support accessible document formatting and apply Section 508 or similar accessibility considerations to electronic deliverables
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to collect inputs, validate content, resolve comments, and prepare submission-ready documents
• Assist with documenting system updates, training product revisions, issue resolution steps, and operational procedures
• Contribute to improvements in templates, naming conventions, document workflows, and knowledge management practices

• Responsible for the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of 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 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.

Junior Technical Writer

• Create, edit, and maintain technical documentation, including user guides, reference materials, manuals, cheat sheets, installation guides, configuration documentation, and instructional content.
• Translate complex scientific and technical concepts into clear, concise documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with customers to translate functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Support engineering teams by developing documentation for system components, engineering artifacts, and technical deliverables.
• Prepare, review, revise, and maintain software engineering, systems engineering, operations, testing, and user documentation.
• Develop developer-focused documentation while collaborating directly with software development teams.
• Utilize documentation tools to develop templates and generate documentation in multiple output formats.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the government for technical documentation activities, contract coordination, and task execution.
• Provide leadership for technical writing efforts across the program and oversee documentation produced by technical writing staff.
• Ensure technical documentation is accurate, consistent, and delivered within established deadlines.
• Apply knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise (IC ITE), Risk Management Framework (RMF), and program terminology throughout documentation efforts.

Technical Writer II

• provide technical writing support, including creating and preparing programmatic and engineering documentation
• write and edit technical manuals, test procedures or plans, work instructions, and training packages
• interview subject matter experts, conduct research, and analyze technical information
• leverage knowledge of technical writing best practices and DoW guidance to produce comprehensive and accurate documentation

Technical Writer, Editor

• Support the Workstream (WS) Leaders by drafting future-state procedural documentation based on the outputs from the applicable ECMP phases, events and regulatory requirements.
• Gather and review site-level procedural documentation.
• Support in-person ECMP and WS-centric events.
• Complete any necessary ECMP forms to capture outputs and outcomes for applicable ECMP phases and meetings.
• Review and verify accuracy and completeness of documents.
• Coordinate and route ECMP related and ECMP WS Output documentation for approval.
• Other duties as assigned.

Technical Writer, Quality Compliance

• Editing technical and scientific documents, for grammar, spelling, punctuation, acronym use
• Collaborating with project managers and senior technical resources on multiple projects
• Overseeing response to client comments to documents via comment response matrices
• Providing document production support (e.g., creation of pdfs)
• Supporting technical teams in the development, organization, and refinement of environmental and engineering deliverables

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