Senior Technical Writer - Executive Communications & Compliance

DTS; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

DTS seeks a Technical Writer to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Office of the Chief of Staff. The role develops, edits, and maintains a variety of communications products to ensure clear messaging across audiences and alignment with agency priorities.

Responsibilities include executive task management, drafting memos and background briefs, and maintaining templates and desk guides.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical writing and editing experience on policy directives, concepts of operations, policy guides and SOPs.
• Active Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor's/Master's in a relevant field (e.g., public policy, communications or public affairs, English, journalism, creative writing, technical writing, business and administration etc.)
• Experience writing communications for executive senior leadership.
• Proficient in MS Office and JIRA.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities and deliverables related to executive task management and coordination.
• Logging, assigning, tracking, and monitoring executive tasks, congressional inquiries, and internal programmatic action items using the agency’s official task management systems.
• Overseeing action milestones and following up with action officers for timely, high-quality submissions.
• Gatekeeping incoming and outgoing packages, verifying that all required components, concurrences, and technical materials are complete prior to submission to senior leadership.
• Coordinating with program managers, component heads, and administrative staff to resolve writing discrepancies before final sign-off.
• Drafting and finalizing executive correspondence packages, including memos, formal letters, and background briefs.
• Developing response templates and desk guides outlining end-to-end task-tracking workflows.
• Preparing weekly audit logs to document edited or drafted materials.
• Ensure accuracy and responsiveness of all deliverables.

Skills

Technical writing

Executive communications

Stakeholder engagement

Editing

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

JIRA

Microsoft Office

Power BI

CISA House Style Guide

Job description

DTS seeks a Technical Writer to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Office of the Chief of Staff. The role develops, edits, and maintains a variety of communications products to ensure clear messaging across audiences and alignment with agency priorities.

Responsibilities include executive task management, drafting memos and background briefs, and maintaining templates and desk guides.