Knowledge Base Manager

DecisionPoint Corporation; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint Corporation seeks a Knowledge Base Manager to lead documentation governance and lifecycle management across a DoD-aligned mission environment. You will create, structure, and optimize SOPs, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and service catalog items to support service desk, engineering, and cybersecurity teams.

You will ensure accuracy, standardization, and version control, working with SMEs to translate complex concepts into clear, user-friendly content while maintaining

Qualifications

• Clear written communication and strong editing skills.
• Ability to structure complex technical information into user-friendly content.
• Experience translating SME input into structured KB content.
• Experience documenting SOPs, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and service catalog items.
• Familiarity with ITIL knowledge management practices and governance.

Responsibilities

• Manage full lifecycle of knowledge articles: drafting, publishing, retiring.
• Maintain SOPs, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, and service catalog items.
• Ensure accuracy, clarity, consistency, and adherence to standards.
• Collaborate with Tier 1–3 teams to capture tribal knowledge for KB content.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, engineering, and cloud teams for updates and changes.
• Implement taxonomy, tagging, metadata, and governance controls for discoverability.
• Regularly review content to prevent staleness and drift.
• Improve documentation workflows and processes.
• Maintain version history and archival procedures.
• Support compliance documentation aligned with federal/DoD quality expectations.
• Provide training on submitting, updating, and using articles.
• Manage formatting and readability of technical content.

Skills

Exceptional writing

Editing

Communication

Interviewing SMEs

Information architecture

Documentation governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical writing

Tools

Documentation tools

KB platforms

Content management systems

Job description

Job Details

Job ID: 2025-3181

Job Location: US

Category: Information Technology

Type: Regular Full-Time

Overview

DecisionPoint seeks a Knowledge Base Manager to lead documentation, content governance, and knowledge lifecycle management in support of a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This role is responsible for creating, structuring, maintaining, and optimizing enterprise knowledge content including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), troubleshooting guides, service catalog entries, runbooks, and user support articles.

The Knowledge Base Manager ensures documentation accuracy, promotes content standardization, manages version controls, and drives continual improvement across all knowledge artifacts used by service desk, engineering, cybersecurity, and program stakeholders.

Note: By applying to this position, you acknowledge and consent to having your resume included in an active competitive government contract bid.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the full lifecycle of knowledge articles, including drafting, reviewing, publishing, and retiring content.
• Maintain and improve SOPs, runbooks, troubleshooting guides, service catalog items, and technical reference materials.
• Ensure content accuracy, clarity, consistency, and alignment with enterprise documentation standards.
• Partner with Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 teams to capture tribal knowledge and translate it into structured KB content.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, engineering, and cloud teams to document updates, new features, and system changes.
• Implement taxonomy, tagging, metadata, and content governance controls for improved knowledge discoverability.
• Conduct periodic reviews of content to prevent staleness, inaccuracies, or procedural drift.
• Facilitate continuous improvement efforts for documentation workflows and content creation processes.
• Maintain version history, change records, and archival procedures for all documentation.
• Support compliance documentation needs, ensuring KB content aligns with federal and DoD quality expectations.
• Provide training to staff on how to submit, update, and utilize knowledge articles effectively.
• Manage formatting, layout, and readability standards for all technical content.

Qualifications

Clearance Requirement

Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.

Education (Required)

Bachelor's degree in Technical Writing, Information Technology, Communications, or a related field.

Experience (Required)

• Minimum 4 years of experience in technical writing, knowledge management, or documentation development.
• Experience managing enterprise-level KB systems, documentation platforms, or service catalog structures.
• Experience developing SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and procedural documentation.
• Experience supporting IT service desk or IT operations environments.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams to translate complex concepts into clear documentation.

Technical Knowledge (Required)

• Strong understanding of documentation standards, structured authoring, and content governance models.
• Familiarity with ITIL practices for knowledge management, incident, problem, and change processes.
• Ability to synthesize information from SMEs across engineering, security, and cloud teams.
• Proficiency with documentation tools, KB platforms, and content management systems.

Technical Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience supporting federal or DoD IT programs.
• Familiarity with service portals and workflow automation.
• Experience with metadata tagging, taxonomies, and search optimization.

Certifications

Required:

• ITIL v4 Foundation

Preferred:

• Certified Technical Writer or Knowledge Manager
• CompTIA Security+

Skills

• Exceptional writing and editing abilities with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to structure complex technical information into user-friendly content.
• Strong communication and interviewing skills for gathering SME input.
• Ability to manage multiple documentation projects simultaneously.
• Strong organizational and governance skills for maintaining large documentation repositories.

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

• EEO and Affiliate Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affiliate Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affiliate Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.