Principal Technical Writer
About The Position
Join a Team that's Shaping the Future of IT Support At BAE Systems, we're passionate about delivering innovative IT solutions that enable our customers to achieve their missions. As a Principal Technical Writer, you'll play a critical role in providing exceptional IT support to the customer. You'll be part of a dynamic team that values innovation, teamwork, and customer satisfaction. If you're a motivated and skilled IT professional looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply. As a Principal Technical Writer, you'll operate, maintain, and continuously update a centralized project management repository accessible to government stakeholders, ensuring all enterprise-level, local-level project documents, and major deployment activities are accurately captured and readily available. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include reviewing, editing, and archiving project documents, managing documentation for major deployment activities, and collaborating with project managers, technical teams, and stakeholders to gather, standardize, and format documents. By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects, collaborate with a talented team, and make a significant impact on the customer's operations. You'll be expected to conduct regular audits of the repository for accuracy, compliance, and usability, implement improvements, and generate reports on repository usage, document completeness, and project visibility. If you're a motivated and skilled IT professional looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Technical Writing, English, Information Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of experience in technical writing and documentation management, with a focus on project repositories in enterprise or government settings
- Proven expertise operating and maintaining digital repositories for project documents, including hands-on experience with tools like Microsoft SharePoint or Atlassian Confluence
- Active DoD Secret Clearance (must be current and transferable)
- Strong knowledge of federal documentation and project management standards (e.g., PMBOK, ITIL for knowledge management)
- Excellent writing, editing, and organizational skills, with the ability to handle large volumes of technical content under deadlines
- Exhibits an exceptional degree of ingenuity, creativity, and resourcefulness
- Applies and/or develops highly advanced concepts, techniques, and standards
- Viewed as expert in the field
- Often acts independently to uncover and resolve issues associated with long-range goals and objectives
Nice To Haves
- Certifications such as Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) or ITIL 4 Foundation
- Experience supporting DoD or large federal enterprises, including classified document handling and deployment activity documentation
- Background in project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira) for integrating documentation workflows
- Familiarity with markup languages (e.g., Markdown, XML) for structured content and version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Master's degree in a relevant field or additional certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+ for secure repository management)
Responsibilities
- operating, maintaining, and continuously updating a centralized project management repository accessible to government stakeholders
- reviewing, editing, and archiving project documents
- managing documentation for major deployment activities
- collaborating with project managers, technical teams, and stakeholders to gather, standardize, and format documents
- conducting regular audits of the repository for accuracy, compliance, and usability
- implementing improvements
- generating reports on repository usage, document completeness, and project visibility
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- employee assistance program
- a legal plan
- discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave
- company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
