Technical Writer II

Saliense; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Saliense is seeking a senior technical writer to support DHS/CISA stakeholder engagement efforts. The role involves delivering meeting notes for both classified and unclassified settings and preparing materials for hundreds of engagements annually.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in chartering governance structures, conducting policy research, and producing strategy papers and summaries for leadership while ensuring 508-compliant deliverables using Word, Acrobat, and Drupal.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technical writing for DHS/CISA stakeholder groups aligned with FACA.
• Ability to produce meeting notes for classified settings with security compliance.
• Support for unclassified and classified meetings (high volume).
• Develop, update, and maintain charters, bylaws, and governance documents.
• Conduct research on critical infrastructure and cyber/physical security policy weekly.
• Develop strategy papers, memos, white papers, and issue analyses for leadership.
• Produce legislative and policy review summaries assessing impacts.
• Edit committee reports for clarity and DHS/CISA style compliance.
• Proficient with Word, Acrobat, and Drupal; ensure 508-compliant deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meeting notes for classified and unclassified meetings.
• Maintain and update charters, bylaws, and governance documents.
• Summarize policy research findings for leadership on a weekly basis.
• Edit committee reports for clarity and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Technical writing

Meeting notes

Security meetings

Charters & bylaws

Policy research

Legislative summaries

Policy editing

Editing tools

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Word

Acrobat

Drupal

Job description

Required Experience:

• 5 years of experience delivering technical writing services to CISA Stakeholder Engagement Division (SED)-governed councils, advisory entities, committees, workgroups, and stakeholder engagement frameworks in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Department of Homeland Security Directive 093-01, General Records Schedule 6.2, and other applicable statutes, regulations, and policies.
• Strong writing skills to develop thorough meeting notes for the record that accurately captures the discussion in classified settings while adhering to security requirements.
• Capable of supporting unclassified and classified meetings (approximately 500 meetings per year- including materials preparation and notetaking).
• Accustomed to developing, updating, and maintaining council/committee charters, bylaws, membership structures, and procedural documents.
• Ability to conduct research on critical infrastructure, cyber and physical security policy, cyber and physical threats, resilience, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) related issues and develop products summarizing key research findings on Government defined cycles, at least weekly.
• Proven experience in developing strategy papers, research memoranda, white papers, and issue analyses for leadership.
• Hands-on experience with producing Legislative and policy review summaries assessing potential impacts on council or stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated track record of conducting technical edits of committee reports and studies to ensure clarity, accuracy, consistency, and compliance with DHS/CISA and industry style guides.
• Strong proficiency with using editing and publishing tools (Word, Acrobat, Drupal) to produce templates, complete technical edits, and ensure 508-compliant deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree

• Clearance: TS/SCI