Technical Writer - IT/Engineering Documentation & Accessibility

RiseMe; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio.

Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on — from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing or related field.
• 2+ years of technical writing/editing experience, ideally in IT or engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, engineering procedures, standards, plans, reports, and data center operational documentation.
• Edit engineering content for clarity, consistency, and accessibility; enforce style guide and template conformance.
• Coordinate publication production — layout, artwork, review cycles, and final release.
• Ensure WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1 accessibility compliance in every published deliverable.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Technical Writing

Tools

Adobe FrameMaker

Acrobat

MS Word

Visio

SharePoint

MadCap Flare

Job description

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely, reliable care and benefits to America's Veterans by engineering, operating, and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio.

Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers, telecommunications spaces, and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on — from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery.