Junior Technical Writer

Cesicorp; Maryland; On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in modeling and simulation training solutions seeks a Technical Writer to produce user-focused documentation and training materials. Candidates should have 3 years of technical writing experience and a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field. This position requires strong interpersonal skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, with additional tools like Jira and Confluence preferred. A competitive salary and robust benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage

401(k) Matching

Generous Leave Policy

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Qualifications

• 3 years of technical writing experience required.
• Familiarity with military and commercial systems is preferred.
• Experience creating user-focused documentation.

Responsibilities

• Research and write user-focused technical documentation.
• Edit publications to meet CDRL requirements.
• Develop PowerPoint briefings for high-level personnel.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Technical Writing

Clear and Concise Writing

Customer Focus

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Information Systems, Communications, or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Company Overview

Cole Engineering Services (CESI), a By Light company, is recognized as a premier provider of modeling and simulation (M&S) training solutions to the Federal Government and industry. Since 2004, CESI has been at the forefront of developing, maintaining, and integrating simulation-based training, serious gaming, technical services, training and other support in live, virtual, constructive, and gaming (LVCG) domains. CESI also designs, builds and runs infrastructure, platforms, applications and processes that enable cyber training for the integrated multi-domain force. Our vision is to become a worldwide full spectrum LVCG and cyber training/analysis developer, integrator and services provider.

Position Overview

Candidate should have a foundation in writing technical documentation, briefings, and manuals and be comfortable interacting with software engineers, development teams, customers, and users. The technical writer should have the ability to design and layout graphical product overviews and related marketing material.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop and write user focused and maintainer focused technical documentation and training materials for military and commercial systems.
• Edit technical publications to meet CDRL requirements
• Learn and understand the technical design of the system well enough to be effective at transforming input from developers and engineers into written and graphical documents that are understandable by users and customers
• Lead and assist with developing briefings in PowerPoint that are suitable for presentation to high level government and corporate personnel
• Support and develop training materials for software centric IT systems

Required Experience/Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science, with a concentration in Information Systems, Communications or Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in technical writing.
• Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to understand high level IT and software concepts
• Ability to communicate with development teams, engineers, technicians, training teams and customer personnel
• Ability to ask questions and listen to the answers
• Ability to conduct peer reviews of documentation and solicit and incorporate feedback
• Ability and drive to complete assignments on schedule
• Write using clear and concise language using proper English in a format understandable to the target audience (Users and Maintainers)
• Ability to create hardware or software documentation from start to finish, including manual formatting, indexing, creation of all text, illustrations, block diagrams, theory of operations, power point presentations, procedures, etc.
• Ability to create user-focused training materials and courseware
• Experience developing briefings in PowerPoint that are suitable for presentation to high level government and corporate personnel
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio

Preferred Experience/Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience using Jira and Confluence in an Agile environment.

Special Requirements/Security Clearance

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U. S. Citizenship status with a TS/SCI, security clearance and CI polygraph if requested by customer.

CESI is committed to principles of inclusion and equal employment opportunity. We foster a non-discriminatory, professional work environment for all our teams. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

Salary Range

Salary Range: Salary Minimum: $65,000, Salary Maximum: $75,000

The annual base salary provided is a guideline for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. When extending an offer, CESI also considers other variables such as (but not limited to) work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions. In addition, CESI provides an extensive selection of benefits and offerings to our employees.

Benefits Overview

CESI recognizes that our strength is our people. We support every employee as an individual to build strong teams across the enterprise. Our benefit package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Wellness Program
• 401(k) Matching
• Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Education & Training
• Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, Military Leave, Bereavement and Jury Duty)