Technical Writer

MANTECH; Maryland; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ManTech seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Technical Writer to join our AWS team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Our team delivers enterprise infrastructure capabilities for a global workforce performing a wide range of missions in defense of our Nation, supporting the Enterprise Infrastructure Services organization.

The role collaborates with engineers to produce SOPs, user guides, and end-user training materials for cloud environments, requiring current TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 6 years of technical writing experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• 4 additional years of technical writing experience (10 years total) may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing, organizing, and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, training manuals, and technical publications.
• Apply basic grammar and technical writing concepts to author clear, structured copy based on engineering drawings, technical documents, and consultations with engineers/SMEs.
• Prepare clear reports, responses, customer communications, briefings, and presentations targeted to a wide range of audiences.
• Partner directly with developers, engineers, and system owners to gather technical information and produce quality documentation, analytic tradecraft methodologies, and end-user training materials.
• Assisting the operational project lead with daily functions.

Skills

Technical writing

Agile

Stakeholder communications

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Technical Writer to join our AWS team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Our team delivers enterprise infrastructure capabilities for a global workforce performing a wide range of missions in defense of our Nation. This effort supports the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) organization, which oversees MPO’s Enterprise Information Technology (EIT) - the backbone platform for all enterprise users.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing, organizing, and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, training manuals, and technical publications. Maintain a current internal documentation library for an AWS cross functional team.
• Apply basic grammar and technical writing concepts to author clear, structured copy based on engineering drawings, technical documents, and consultations with engineers/SMEs.
• Prepare clear reports, responses, customer communications, briefings, and presentations targeted to a wide range of audiences.
• Partner directly with developers, engineers, and system owners to gather technical information and produce quality documentation, analytic tradecraft methodologies, and end-user training materials.
• Assisting the operational project lead with daily functions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 6 years of technical writing experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• 4 additional years of technical writing experience (10 years total) may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing collaboration platforms such as Atlassian Confluence and JIRA for task management and documentation workflows.
• Demonstrated experience in generating customer communications and stakeholder briefings.
• Experience producing technical documentation specifically for Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for cloud environments.
• Experience gathering technical information, interpreting engineering/maintenance drawings, and blending large quantities of complex technical data.
• Experience working in an agile environment

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Physical Requirements

• The candidate must be able to move, carry, and deliver workstations from the office to customer desks
• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• Must communicate with co-workers, management, and customers via email, phone, or virtual meetings, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.