Mission-Critical Technical Writer for Federal IT & Cloud

HRsmart; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription coverage

Dental and vision

401(k) with employer match

Group life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability

Paid time off

11 federal holidays off

Parental leave

Certification reimbursement

Job summary

SPN Solutions seeks a Technical Writer and Documentation Specialist to create and maintain system documentation, operations guides, user guides, validation records and release notes for legacy and cloud systems. You will ensure compliance with Section 508, manage document control and version history, and support validation and security documentation with the specialists who own them.

Full-time, hybrid in Fairfax, VA with telework; target start October 2026 and opportunities for certifications

Qualifications

• 4+ years of technical writing for enterprise IT systems including user and operations documentation.
• Document control practices and experience producing to a customer style guide.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain an HHS Tier 2 public trust determination.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain system documentation, operations and maintenance guides, runbooks, user guides, training material and release notes for legacy and cloud systems.
• Produce recurring deliverables to the HHS Guide to Document Preparation and the program's document standards; manage document control and version history.
• Support validation and compliance documentation (Part 11, FISMA evidence, decommissioning records) with the specialists who own them.
• Edit the team's work for accuracy, plain language and Section 508 conformance before it goes to the customer.

Skills

Technical writing

Document control

Confluence

SharePoint

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

SPN Solutions seeks a Technical Writer and Documentation Specialist to create and maintain system documentation, operations guides, user guides, validation records and release notes for legacy and cloud systems. You will ensure compliance with Section 508, manage document control and version history, and support validation and security documentation with the specialists who own them.

Full-time, hybrid in Fairfax, VA with telework; target start October 2026 and opportunities for certifications