Technical Writer

Peraton; Maryland; On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Technical Writer at Fort Meade, MD to support one of the IC’s largest engineering contracts. You will craft and maintain operations documentation, user guides and technical publications, coordinating with developers, engineers and SMEs to capture findings and requirements.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in a technical field and an active TS/SCI with polygraph, with 6+ years of experience in technical writing. On-site position in Maryland with full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and six years of technical writing experience; four years may substitute for the degree.
• Experience gathering, preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, manuals and reports.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, revise and maintain technical documents to support the unit's mission.
• Write and edit technical documentation for all supported organizations’ activities and create end-user guides.
• Track tasking and use automated data systems to meet deadlines; work with engineers and SMEs to document findings.
• Produce SOPs, data definitions and data flow documentation.

Skills

Technical writing

Documentation

Confluence

Jira

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Project

Visio

Communication

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Microsoft Office

Visio

Microsoft Project

Job description

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university and six (6) years of experience as a Technical Writer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Four (4) years of additional Technical Writing experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
• Should have experience gathering, preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, manuals, technical publications, reports, responses, and briefings.
• Coordinate document layout and design and maintain a current internal documentation library.
• Proficient in multiple word processing and presentation tools Microsoft Office Tool suite to include Microsoft Projects and Visio.
• Understanding of basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts).
• Ability to gather technical information and prepare written text.
• Must be self-starter capable of working tasks to completion without direct immediate oversight.
• Ability to create pages and upload documents in Confluence and Jira
• Experience working with developers, engineers, and subject matter experts to document findings and requirements and presenting information for broader audiences
• Experience applying technical writing concepts based on engineering drawings, engineering documentation, and operational procedures
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Experience producing documentation used by the end-user community of DOD electronic equipment and systems.
• Experience producing technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects developing analytic tradecraft methodologies.
• Experience applying the customer’s technical manual standard
• Familiarity with systems engineering documentation such as requirements-related materials, interface documentation, and other engineering work products.
• Ability to work effectively in a system engineering environment and support documentation derived from technical and engineering processes.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is hiring a Technical Writer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Fort Meade, Maryland. As a Technical Writer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location.

As a Technical Writer you will provide dedicated assistance in the preparation, review, revision and maintenance of technical documents to support the unit’s mission. You will write and edit technical documentation for all supported organizations’ activities. You will create documentation for operations; produce implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities – Standard Operating Procedures; provide field, data definitions and data flow documentation and format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources.

Additional duties include tracking and monitoring tasking and utilizing automated data systems and research tools to meet deadlines. #AJCM #MDFSP