Technical Writer

Nava; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Technical Writer to support mission-critical customer work in Reston, VA. You will coordinate and author technical documents across proposal, development, and field deployment, ensuring quality control and timely delivery.

You will produce installation, configuration, and end-user guides while collaborating with engineers and program teams. Proficiency with MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio is expected to create clear, publish-ready materials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph.
• IAT Level II certification (e.g. CompTIA Security+) by onboarding date.
• 4 years of experience in technical writing or related field.
• Experience with document control and versioning processes.
• Ability to write and edit technical documents for diverse audiences.
• Strong editing, grammar, and formatting skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and author technical writing and editing across all phases of documentation control and deployment.
• Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents for hardware and software projects.
• Compose and edit installation, configuration, code, and end-user guides.
• Provide field, data definition, and data flow documentation; format publications from various sources.
• Manage documentation deliveries and ensure compliance with project requirements.
• Utilize MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio to create and present materials.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation control

Interviews with technical teams

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

Description of Task to be Performed: AnaVation is seeking a Technical Writer to join our team and support our mission critical customer in Reston, VA. As our Technical Writer you would provide coordination and authoring of technical writing and editing to all phases of documentation control and deployment. Responsibilities include the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents, including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation. The Technical Writer composes and edits technical documentation for all the project’s hardware and software to include installation, configuration, code documentation and how-to documentation such as end-user guides for capabilities. The Technical Writer will also provide field, data definition, and data flow documentation and will format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings, and consultations with technical personnel. This role requires use of multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.

Required Qualifications

• Clearance: Active TS/SCI Clearance with Polygraph
• Education & Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of experience related to specific functional area
• Certifications: Active certification for IAT Level II (e.g. CompTIA Security+) by program onboarding date.
• Demonstrated Experience and knowledge:
• Strong technical writing (content generation, interviews with technical teams, drafts, and formal document reviews).
• Understanding and experience with document version control: formal documentation drafting, review, finalization, document control, tracking, and reporting.
• Strong technical editing (reviewing and editing content for clarity and effectiveness of message, as well as proper grammar and formatting)
• Experience writing and editing technical documents such as technical procedure manuals, user manuals, programming manuals, service manuals, operational specifications, as well as training materials to communicate clearly and effectively to a wide range of audiences.
• Experience organizing complex integrated document delivery with formal contract deliverables delivered on schedule.
• Experience coordinating quality peer review of materials.
• Experience cataloging documents, maintaining records, files, electronic media and archiving of information for publications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Desktop publishing experience.
• Experience quickly creating technical drawings, graphics, and figures.
• Experience with document formats, styles, and technical writing style guides.