Technical Writer III

Chugach Alaska Corporation; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Chugach Alaska Corporation is seeking a Technical Writer III to join our team at NIWC Atlantic in Charleston, SC. This role involves developing and maintaining essential security and emergency management documentation, ensuring compliance with federal regulations.

The ideal candidate will have advanced writing proficiency, strong analytical skills, and the ability to handle classified information discreetly. This position supports critical national missions and offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute significantly.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance eligibility and access required.
• Work performed under general supervision for government technical review.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, edit, and maintain security and emergency management documentation.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses for organizational units.
• Collaborate with managers and experts to validate plan content.
• Ensure documentation aligns with security controls and guidelines.

Skills

Advanced technical writing and editing proficiency

Ability to conduct Business Impact Analyses

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Documentation management tools

Job description

About Us

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first-class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high-performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

Position Location

This position will be onsite at NIWC Atlantic, Charleston, SC.

Job Overview

The Technical Writer III provides security and emergency management documentation support to NIWC Atlantic Security and Emergency Management leadership. This position is responsible for independently developing, reviewing, maintaining, and updating comprehensive security and continuity documentation, including Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans and related materials, to ensure operational resilience and regulatory compliance.

The role requires advanced technical writing expertise, strong analytical capability, and knowledge of federal security, continuity, and Risk Management Framework requirements within a classified government environment.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Duties

• Develop, write, edit, and maintain security and emergency management support documentation, including COOP and related continuity plans.
• Create standardized templates with comprehensive directions for use to ensure consistent documentation across NIWC Atlantic.
• Ensure templates and documentation are developed using Government-designated tools and made available to authorized personnel.
• Review existing documentation to ensure essential functions, resources, and procedures are accurately captured and prioritized.
• Conduct Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) for designated organizational units to identify and prioritize essential functions.
• Collaborate with the NIWC Atlantic Security Manager, Emergency Manager, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to gather information and validate plan content.
• Ensure documentation incorporates secure activation and notification procedures, essential function prioritization, delegation of authority, order of succession, Alternate Operating Location (AOL) utilization, vital records protection, system recovery, personnel security considerations, communications planning, and testing/exercise schedules.
• Align documentation with NIST SP 800-53 security controls, Risk Management Framework (RMF) requirements, DoDI 8510.10, FEMA Federal Continuity Directives, and applicable Department of the Navy guidance.
• Incorporate lessons learned from exercises, audits, incidents, and assessments into updated documentation.
• Provide ad hoc documentation updates in response to significant organizational, operational, or threat landscape changes.
• Implement and support a cyclical review and update process for all security and emergency management documentation.
• Review documentation against current organizational charts, essential function lists, and operating procedures.
• Conduct interviews with leadership and SMEs to identify gaps or required updates.
• Ensure all contact information, emergency procedures, and resource allocations are accurate and current.
• Maintain version control and documentation records in accordance with Government standards.
• Edit, standardize, and revise documentation prepared by others to ensure clarity, conciseness, and compliance with formatting standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Documentation must be comprehensive, clear, accurate, and reflective of the current operational environment and organizational structure.
• Documentation must be appropriately marked and secured in accordance with applicable DoD and Department of the Navy policy.
• Documentation must comply with federal regulations, NAVWAR and NIWC Atlantic guidance, and industry best practices.
• Documentation must align to support RMF inherited controls and DoN implementation of DoDI 8510.10.
• Deliver required reports in accordance with CDRL A007 – Admin Reports, General (PWS 3.3.4.2(e)).
• Deliver documentation in accordance with Government-designated timelines and emergent requirements.

Job Requirements

Mandatory

• Top Secret clearance eligibility and access required.
• Work is performed under general supervision; deliverables are subject to Government technical review and approval.

Preferred

• Advanced technical writing and editing proficiency.
• Knowledge of federal security and continuity frameworks, including RMF and NIST standards.
• Familiarity with FEMA continuity directives and federal emergency management guidance.
• Ability to conduct Business Impact Analyses and synthesize complex regulatory requirements.
• Ability to organize technical information in a clear, concise, and logically structured format.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and documentation management tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle classified and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism.

Disclosures

Chugach Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, disability, genetic factors, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Chugach will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any of its subsidiaries, please email [e-mail].

Chugach Government Solutions supports pay transparency and is committed to equitable and competitive compensation practices. Compensation for this role will be determined based on factors including job responsibilities, experience, skills, internal equity, geographic location, and applicable contract requirements. Where required by law, compensation ranges will be provided to candidates during the hiring process.