Technical Writer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; New Mexico; On-site; USD 69,400 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to manage technical documentation for the United States Air Force. The role involves writing, editing, and coordinating documentation standards while ensuring clarity and compliance with requirements.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree. A Secret clearance is essential, as the role includes handling classified information and working closely with government clients.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience writing, editing, and managing technical documentation for DoD and Air Force applications.
• Experience with the DoD and Air Force Issuance Style Guide.
• Secret clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, and manage technical documentation standards and processes.
• Work directly with government clients to ensure requirements are met.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex documentation problems.

Skills

Technical documentation management

DoD documentation standards

Quality control

Clear and concise writing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Adobe

Job description

Technical Writer, Senior

Write, edit, and manage technical documentation standards, processes, and requirements to include meeting minutes, scientific and engineering documents, business management, and proposals for the United States Air Force. Apply technical writing expertise to various DoD documentation projects. Work directly with government clients to ensure requirements are met, and documentation is clear, concise, and understandable to its intended audience. Exercise quality control over documents intended for internal and external distribution and interpret and coordinate documentation and communication policies and procedures. Develop innovative solutions to complex problems and handle classified information. Work will be exclusively on client site.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience writing, editing, and managing technical documentation for DoD and Air Force applications, missions, or initiatives
• Experience with the DoD and Air Force Issuance Style Guide and AP, Chicago, APA, or MLA
• Experience with DoD and Air Force records management
• Knowledge of handling, marking, and tracking classified material
• Ability to reduce or synthesize material into concise language to help users and clients fully understand content
• Ability to enforce quality standards for delivery, apply template formats, and track documents through a development process
• Ability to work with minimal established standards to build a network of requirements, processes, and templates for a government client
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with government clients on a variety of taskers, working on short notice, or with tight deadlines
• Experience using Microsoft Office tools and applications, including Word, Adobe, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Ability to pivot onto a variety of tasks with varying levels of effort
• Ability to work with engineers and business professionals for a variety of documentation tasks
• Top Secret clearance

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

Salary range: $69,400.00 – $158,000.00 (annualized USD).

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.