Technical Writer (TW) II

Fidelis Technologies

$75K — $95K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent work experience
  • 6 years of technical writing experience in complex programs
  • 2 years of SIGINT experience
  • Familiarity with technical documentation standards and tools
  • Understanding of technical concepts related to software and communication protocols

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and maintain technical documentation and user manuals
  • Gather and organize technical information
  • Maintain an internal documentation library
  • Collaborate with developers on documentation quality
  • Research and express complex technical information clearly
  • Produce user and training manuals for DoD systems
  • Apply NSA standards to documentation

Benefits

  • Work on high-stakes defense projects
  • Collaborative environment with engineers
  • Access to a wide range of technical subjects
  • Opportunities for skill development
  • Engagement with advanced technical content
Full Job Description
Newly Awarded Contract - CY22

Desired Skills:
  • Understand basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents
  • Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
  • Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
  • Apply concepts for technical writing based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources
  • Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings, operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer related information

Job Duties:
  • Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications
  • Gather technical information, prepares written text
  • Maintain a current internal documentation library
  • Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications
  • Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials(U) Work on all phases of documentation
  • Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences
  • Coordinate layout and design of documents
  • Research highly technical subject matter, organizes information from multiples sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers
  • Under general direction, write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
  • Produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community of DoD electronic equipment and systems
  • Produce technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects developing analytic tradecraft methodologies
  • Apply technical manual standard NSA DS-89 to work product

Education:
  • 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.

Qualifications:
  • Six (6) years' experience as a TW in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
  • Two Years SIGINT experience
  • XML/XSD or Google Protocol Buffers; Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC), ESB, CORBA or ICE; DSP and/or protocol processing in software; TDOA and FDOA; Software Defined Radio (SDR); REDHAWK; Agile Software Development; JIRA or Git

Certifications:
  • None required

Clearance Requirements:
  • TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph

Essential Functions:
  • Must be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

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