Technical Writer

Zenius

Leesburg (VA)

Remote

USD 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
401K matching
Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Zenius Corporation in the United States is seeking a Technical Writer to support documentation for cloud and IT environments. You will translate complex technical information into clear, accessible content for both technical and non-technical audiences.

You will create and maintain user guides, procedures, reference materials, and reports, collaborating with cloud engineers, developers, and security teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required.
  • Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in IT/cloud docs.
  • Ability to translate technical information clearly.
  • Experience with cloud-related documentation processes.

Responsibilities

  • Create, edit, maintain, and organize technical documentation for cloud projects.
  • Collaborate with cloud engineers, developers, security personnel, program teams, and other SMEs to gather and document technical information.
  • Develop and maintain procedures, process documentation, technical reports, user guides, reference materials, and other supporting documentation.
  • Document cloud infrastructure and operational processes involving compute, storage, networking, IAM, monitoring, and related cloud services.
  • Support documentation associated with DevSecOps processes, CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and operational procedures.
  • Develop and maintain documentation supporting security and compliance activities, including applicable federal security requirements and standards.
  • Support documentation associated with incident management, service availability, SLA requirements, and operational processes.
  • Assist with documentation supporting cloud migration and consolidation activities, including discovery, assessment, planning, implementation, and optimization.
  • Review and update existing documentation for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and usability.
  • Assist with reports, recommendations, action plans, implementation plans, compliance tracking, and cloud-related program documentation.
  • Support cloud research, requirements gathering, analysis, and coordination activities as needed.

Skills

Technical writing
Editing
Documentation
Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel

Job description

Technical Writer
Location: Remote Education: Bachelor s Degree Experience: 3+ years Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen
Position Summary

We are seeking a Technical Writer to support documentation activities within a cloud and IT environment. This role will work closely with technical teams and subject matter experts to develop, organize, maintain, and update documentation supporting cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, security and compliance, incident management, cloud migration, and operational processes.

The Technical Writer will translate complex technical information into clear, accurate, and accessible documentation for technical and non-technical audiences.

Key Responsibilities
  • Create, edit, maintain, and organize technical documentation supporting cloud projects, solutions, services, and processes.
  • Collaborate with cloud engineers, developers, security personnel, program teams, and other subject matter experts to gather and document technical information.
  • Develop and maintain procedures, process documentation, technical reports, user guides, reference materials, and other supporting documentation.
  • Document cloud infrastructure and operational processes involving compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, monitoring, and related cloud services.
  • Support documentation associated with DevSecOps processes, CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, and operational procedures.
  • Develop and maintain documentation supporting security and compliance activities, including applicable federal security requirements and standards.
  • Support documentation associated with incident management, service availability, SLA requirements, and operational processes.
  • Assist with documentation supporting cloud migration and consolidation activities, including discovery, assessment, planning, implementation, and optimization.
  • Review and update existing documentation for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and usability.
  • Assist with reports, recommendations, action plans, implementation plans, compliance tracking, and cloud-related program documentation.
  • Support cloud research, requirements gathering, analysis, and coordination activities as needed.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor s degree.
  • Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience developing technical documentation within an IT, technology, or cloud-related environment.
  • Ability to understand and clearly document technical systems, processes, and solutions.
  • Experience working with technical subject matter experts and stakeholders.
  • Technical aptitude for cloud-based solutions.
  • Strong technical writing, editing, documentation, and organizational skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
ABOUT THE COMPANY

Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business. Zenius specializes in providing Grants Management, IT Modernization, Acquisition Management, and Financial Management services to Federal agencies. Zenius is selected by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the DC Metro Area, awarded in 2025, 2024, 2021, and 2020. Zenius is also listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas in 2021. Zenius is an awardee of 2019 Best of Leesburg winner (Business Management Consultant category).

BENEFITS

Zenius Corporation is an employee-oriented company. Join us now and help us grow!

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays and paid time off, medical insurance including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Spending Account and flexible schedules, as per business needs. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Zenius Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Zenius complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Zenius Corporation expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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