Senior Editorial Lead - Defense Intelligence

PAE Government Services Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits (including 401(k)

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Technical Editor (Sr-Level) to support the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Defense Intelligence Enterprise. In the Intelligence Community, how something is written can matter as much as what it says.

As a Technical Editor supporting DIA, you'll be the last line of quality for intelligence products, sharpening logic and clarity, enforcing agency style and classification standards, and working shoulder to shoulder with analysts to make their strongest possible case on the page.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• 12+ years of editing experience, with recent experience within the last 2 years
• Master's degree desired in a related field
• Demonstrated leadership of editorial teams or functions
• Deep familiarity with IC publication standards and finished intelligence formats
• Security Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior editorial authority for the supported production element, setting the quality bar for the whole editing team
• Handle the highest-visibility and most sensitive products, where classification precision and narrative clarity carry the most weight
• Mentor mid-level editors and build style resources, checklists, and training that raise the team's baseline
• Advise analytic leadership on production standards and recurring quality issues
• Negotiate revisions with senior authors while preserving analytic voice and meeting tradecraft standards

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Technical Editor (Sr-Level) to support the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Defense Intelligence Enterprise. In the Intelligence Community, how something is written can matter as much as what it says.

As a Technical Editor supporting DIA, you'll be the last line of quality for intelligence products, sharpening logic and clarity, enforcing agency style and classification standards, and working shoulder to shoulder with analysts to make their strongest possible case on the page.