Senior Technical Writer

Amentum•Fort Meade, MD

3d•$90,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to support DISA and mission-critical Department of Defense IT capabilities at Fort Meade, Maryland. The role supports an Intel and Cyber Division team that engineers, integrates, deploys, and sustains secure enterprise IT solutions. The writer develops and maintains documentation for mission systems, analytic tools, and intelligence production workflows, translating complex technical and operational information into clear content for analysts, operators, engineers, program managers, and senior leadership. The position also sets documentation standards, leads program documentation strategy, and coordinates across stakeholders and classification domains. The work involves independently addressing complex technical challenges while collaborating across integrated teams, learning new technologies, and governing documentation for evolving systems and services. The employee works daily in a SCIF and may work in a datacenter for specified periods. The position requires an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and is scheduled for eight hours per day, Monday through Friday.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in English, Technical Communication, Journalism, Computer Science, or a related field, plus at least 8–10 years of relevant technical writing experience; additional experience may substitute for education, typically four additional years in lieu of a degree.
Eight or more years of progressive technical writing, document creation, or service management experience supporting one or more Intelligence Community agencies or national security organizations.
Demonstrated experience writing for complex technical systems in a government, defense, or intelligence environment.
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Strong command of grammar, structure, and editing, with a portfolio or work history demonstrating clear, accurate technical content.
Working knowledge of classification marking, handling, and dissemination controls.
Experience organizing large documentation sets and managing concurrent assignments, reviews, schedules, and releases.
Ability to quickly learn unfamiliar technologies and ask effective questions of subject matter experts.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work independently under tight deadlines.
Experience in agile or DevSecOps environments and documenting CI/CD-delivered systems.
Familiarity with structured authoring or docs-as-code tools, such as Markdown, DITA, Git, Confluence, Madcap Flare, or Adobe FrameMaker.
Experience with RMF/ATO documentation and NIST 800-53 controls.
Experience with Section 508 compliance and graphics or diagram tools such as Visio or Adobe Illustrator.
Ability to translate technical complexity for expert and non-technical audiences.
Information architecture and content strategy skills.
Attention to detail and ownership of document accuracy.
Ability to collaborate across engineering, analytic, and security communities.
Sound judgment in handling sensitive and compartmented information.
Leadership by example and ability to influence without formal authority.
Experience working in accredited, access-controlled environments.
Ability to comply with company drug and alcohol policies and successfully complete drug screening, which may include screening for marijuana and other federally controlled substances.

Responsibilities

Research, write, and edit system design documents, user guides, standard operating procedures, concepts of operations, interface control documents, training materials, and release notes.
Interview subject matter experts, engineers, and analysts; synthesize technical details into content suited to audience technical levels and mission needs.
Produce documentation for software, data platforms, analytic tools, collection and processing systems, cloud environments, and enterprise IT.
Document accreditation and compliance artifacts, including system security plans and configuration management documentation, in coordination with information assurance staff.
Establish and maintain style guides, templates, and documentation standards consistent with agency, Intelligence Community, and applicable federal requirements.
Define documentation strategy and lifecycle management for assigned programs, including version control, review cycles, and archiving.
Implement and refine docs-as-code or structured authoring workflows where appropriate.
Lead document reviews with technical, security, legal, and program stakeholders; resolve conflicting input and maintain accuracy through system changes.
Coordinate with classification and security officers to ensure content is properly marked, portion-marked, and handled, and support derivative classification and content sanitization or downgrade as needed.
Support preparation of briefings, white papers, and executive summaries for senior leadership.
Mentor and guide junior writers and editors.
Conduct peer reviews and quality control of documentation produced by team members and contractors.
Contribute to proposals, program reviews, and agile ceremonies, and perform other duties as assigned.
Fulfill applicable safety, quality, and procedure-compliance responsibilities.