Senior Technical Writer/Editor for DoD Analytics

Amentum; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 148,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amentum in Washington, DC seeks a Technical Writer/Editor with active Top-Secret clearance to join our team delivering complex data analytics solutions and enterprise applications across on-premises and cloud environments.

You will translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, develop manuals, guides, and executive briefings, and collaborate with engineers, program stakeholders, and leadership to support modernization and data governance.

Qualifications

• 7 years of experience developing, editing, and producing technical and graphical documentation for information technology systems, to include SDDs.
• Experience working directly with government management to create training materials.
• Experience coordinating communications between various teams supporting applications user community.
• Planning the structure and organization of technical documentation to ensure it is logical, intuitive, and user-friendly.
• Creating outlines, templates, and style guides to maintain consistency and coherence across documentation sets.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, product managers, and quality assurance engineers, to ensure that documentation meets the needs of all stakeholders.
• Documented and demonstrated experience with troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Documented and demonstrated experience as an individual consultant or a team lead.

Responsibilities

• Researching, outlining, writing, and editing new and existing content, working closely with various departments to understand project requirements.
• Independently gathers information from subject matter experts to develop, organize, and write procedure manuals, technical specifications, and process documentation.
• Identifies all documentation repositories, revising, editing, and determining the best solution for data compilation and centralized storage.
• Researches, creates, and maintains information architecture templates that uphold standards and enable data migration.
• Develops content in alternative media forms for maximum usability, with a cohesive voice across documentation.
• Ensures documents follow the organization's style guide and may maintain it.
• Suggest revisions to the style guide as appropriate.

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation

Training materials

Cross-functional collaboration

Information architecture

Style guides

Troubleshooting

Team lead

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Amentum in Washington, DC seeks a Technical Writer/Editor with active Top-Secret clearance to join our team delivering complex data analytics solutions and enterprise applications across on-premises and cloud environments.

You will translate technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences, develop manuals, guides, and executive briefings, and collaborate with engineers, program stakeholders, and leadership to support modernization and data governance.