Technical Writer

Candidates must be residents of DC, MD, or VA.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Prepare instruction manuals, journal articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more easily.
• Develop, gather, and disseminate technical information among users and designers.
• Ensures documents follow the style laid out in the organization's style guide.
• Write, review, update, and edit a variety of technical articles, reports, brochures, and/or manuals for documentation for a wide range of uses.
• Review content of technical documentation for quality.
• Produce technical and scientific illustrations for presentations and/or publication, as appropriate to the requirements.
• Coordinates the display of graphics and the production of the document.
• Instrumental in providing customer and documentation support.
• Participates in corporate or customer activity meetings that are determined to be mandatory. These may include weekly meetings, Internal Program Review (IPR) meetings, ad-hoc meetings, business development meetings, manager training sessions, and other meetings designated “as required.”
• Be prepared to receive additional training for products and services that relate directly to the position.
• Able to create Visio diagrams.
• Able to understand and create application logic and business data diagrams.

Required Education & Experience:

Education:

• BS/BA degree

Allowable Substitution: An additional five years of related professional experience can be substituted for a BS/BA degree.

Experience:

• Three years related experience
• Three years of experience creating quality web content, IT instruction manuals, journal articles, and other IT-supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• A minimum of five years working in the IT software industry.

Clearance: Secret Clearance