Technical Writer

Themis Insight

$80K — $110K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required
  • Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years of experience with a minimum of 5 years in a technical writing role
  • Ability to distill complex technical information into clear language
  • Proficient in developing technical documentation using multiple tools

Responsibilities

  • Create and write diverse user documentation including how-to guides and manuals
  • Explain technical concepts in simple terms for end users
  • Translate customer requirements into detailed technical specifications
  • Lead all technical writing tasks and act as a liaison for contract coordination
  • Manage and ensure quality of technical documentation produced by team members

Benefits

  • 100% coverage on health, dental, and vision premiums
  • 401k contributions of 6% from employer
  • Time off includes 11 holidays and 25 days of PTO
  • Personalized career development plans and counseling
  • Bonuses for employee referrals resulting in successful hires
Full Job Description
We are hiring a Technical Writer to work in Laurel, MD. Position location is subject to change based on central MD client's needs.

Required: TS/SCI with a Polygraph

Description:

The Technical Writer will join a worldwide engineering, operations, and tech refresh contract supporting Enterprise IT (EIT) capabilities and functions for our Intelligence Community (IC) customer. As a team, we will be responsible for operations, future technologies, engineering and Tier 2/3 support, break/fix, and tech refresh activities to develop and maintain agency wide capabilities on a global basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documents, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions.
  • Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language.
  • Work with customers to translate their functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
  • Responsible for creating and writing various types of user documentation, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions
  • Supports the engineering team with documentation for system components and engineering artifacts
  • Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language
  • Work with customers to translate their functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
  • Provide overall leadership of the technical writing tasks and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution
  • Process Owner for all technical documentation on the program including documentation produced by professional technical writers under management
  • Writes and edits technical documentation for all of the project's hardware and software to include installation, configuration and how-to documentation
  • Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing and user documentation.
  • Apply writing and grammar skills and delivers accurate documentation under tight deadlines
  • Experience designing and developing developer-oriented documentation and collaborating/working directly with developer teams
  • Use documentation tools to develop templates and create output in various mediums
  • Knowledge and understanding of SDLC, IC ITE, Risk Management Framework (RMF) and and/or PWS terminology
  • Manages experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree plus 7 years of experience (or equivalent), and a minimum of five years in a technical or lead writing role. Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
  • Ability to distill complex information into clear, concise text.
  • Excellent writing and grammar skills and ability to work independently and deliver accurate content under deadline pressure.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering developer-oriented documentation as well as working directly with development teams.
  • Experienced using multiple tools to develop base templates and manipulate output styles.
  • Possess a thorough understanding of software development, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and other key terminology on this contract

Themis Insight has all the PERKS!

You are our most valuable resource - your ambition, your knowledge, your creativity. We offer an industry-leading set of benefits to supplement your normal salary compensation. Themis Insight has you covered with flexible ways to balance work and home life, full health benefit premium coverage, and generous contributions toward your retirement.
  • Competitive health, dental, and vision plans with 100% paid premiums.
  • 401k: We contribute 6% even if you don't!
  • Time Off: 11 standard holidays, and 25 days of PTO
  • Career Development: Get career counseling and individualized career development plans, including education and training.
  • Employee referral bonuses for successful hires

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