Technical Writer - Remote (DC, MD, VA Locals Only)

Swingtech; Greenbelt (MD); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 15 days

Paid holidays 11

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Supplemental life

Critical care

Pet insurance

Employee Assistance

401k with 4% deferral

Training budget

Referral bonus

Merit bonus

Job summary

Swingtech is seeking a Technical Writer to support documentation, reporting, user guidance, and program deliverables for federal training and learning management programs. This remote role serves DC/MD/VA locals and requires collaboration with technical, training, QA, data, and program teams.

You will develop and maintain clear documentation for web-based training platforms, LMS, help desk procedures, and reporting processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in technical writing, English, communications, IT, education, or related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in technical writing, documentation development, or related work.
• Experience creating documentation for web-based applications, training platforms, or LMS.
• Strong writing, editing, formatting, proofreading, and organization skills.
• Ability to gather inputs from multiple stakeholders and produce clear docs.
• Familiarity with templates, style guides, version control, and review cycles.
• Knowledge of accessibility considerations (Section 508) is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and in a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Research and edit technical documentation, user guides, reports, and SOPs.
• Translate inputs from engineers, designers, QA, and leadership into clear docs.
• Support documentation for web apps, LMS, training workflows, and support procedures.
• Maintain operating procedures, knowledge bases, FAQs, release notes, and user instructions.
• Review documents for clarity, accuracy, and alignment with customer requirements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to gather inputs and prepare docs.
• Track edits, comments, revisions, and approvals through completion.
• Ensure accessibility considerations (Section 508) in electronic deliverables.
• Assist with documenting system updates and training product revisions.

Skills

Technical writing

Editing

Documentation

Attention to detail

Remote collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing or related field

Job description

Technical Writer - Remote (DC, MD, VA Locals Only)

About this position

About Swingtech

Swingtech delivers innovative Information Technology and Professional Support services to a diverse range of clients across the federal and intelligence communities. With over 15 years of trusted experience as a systems integrator, we apply agile methodologies and deep industry insight to help our customers achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and cost savings. At Swingtech, we’re committed to excellence and long-term success for our clients and our team.

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Technical Writer to support documentation, reporting, user guidance, process documentation, and deliverable development for federal training and learning management programs.

This role supports the creation and maintenance of clear, accurate, accessible, and well-organized documentation for web-based training platforms, learning management systems, digital learning products, help desk operations, reporting processes, and program support activities. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, and able to work with technical, training, QA, data, and program teams to turn inputs into customer-ready documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Research content to develop, edit, format, and maintain technical documentation, process documentation, user guides, job aids, reports, meeting materials, and program deliverables
• Translate information from technical teams, instructional designers, data analysts, QA staff, help desk personnel, and program leadership into clear documentation
• Support documentation for web-based applications, learning management systems, training workflows, user support procedures, reporting processes, and operational activities
• Prepare and maintain standard operating procedures, knowledge base articles, FAQs, release notes, user instructions, and internal support materials
• Review documentation for clarity, consistency, grammar, formatting, accuracy, and alignment with customer requirements
• Support recurring deliverables such as monthly reports, meeting minutes, action item logs, status updates, and documentation packages
• Maintain organized documentation repositories, templates, revision histories, source files, and final deliverable versions
• Track edits, stakeholder comments, revisions, approvals, and document status through completion
• Support accessible document formatting and apply Section 508 or similar accessibility considerations to electronic deliverables
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to collect inputs, validate content, resolve comments, and prepare submission-ready documents
• Assist with documenting system updates, training product revisions, issue resolution steps, and operational procedures
• Contribute to improvements in templates, naming conventions, document workflows, and knowledge management practices

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, English, Communications, Information Technology, Education, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• 3 years of experience in technical writing, documentation development, content editing, reporting, or related documentation work
• Experience developing technical, operational, training, user support, or process documentation
• Strong writing, editing, formatting, proofreading, and document organization skills
• Ability to gather inputs from multiple stakeholders and produce clear, accurate, and usable documentation
• Familiarity with document control, templates, style guides, version management, and review cycles
• Working knowledge of accessibility considerations for electronic documents, including Section 508 or comparable standards
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple documentation tasks and deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal, healthcare, IT, training, or learning management programs
• Experience documenting web-based applications, learning management systems, help desk procedures, reporting processes, or digital training products
• Experience developing SOPs, user guides, FAQs, knowledge base articles, job aids, or release notes
• Familiarity with quality assurance documentation, customer comment resolution, deliverable tracking, or records management
• Familiarity with privacy, security, accessibility, or compliance documentation in regulated environments
• Experience working with collaborative document repositories, project tracking tools, or content management workflows
• Experience with using artificial intelligence to improve task efficiency is a plus

Summary of Benefits

• 15 PTO days
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical Insurance with – 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
• Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
• Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
• $1500 Annual Training Budget
• $1500 Referral bonus
• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus

Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disabled