Senior Technical Writer
Astrion•Bedford, MA
•Onsite
About The Position
Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical Writer to directly support the Base Information Transport Infrastructure (BITI) program, which is within the C3I and Infrastructure Division (AFLCMC/HNI) and located at Hanscom AFB, MA.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree and 10+ years of experience, with at least five years supporting DoD programs
- Technical writing experience within the DoD relative to information and/or business systems environment
- Ability to work on technical content for learning about, getting started, using, configuring, deploying, integrating, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting software systems, products, tools, and services.
- Ability to use and learn to use different authoring, development, and design tools such as GitLab, Website maintenance, Markdown, Javascript, Figma, and Lucid.
- Ability to work on and use documentation templates, team wikis, SOPs, content for customer support, and various documents requested by multiple mission focus areas in ADCP.
- Knowledge management, information architecture, and content design and content strategy skills are all relevant and applicable to contributing to the mission.
Nice To Haves
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work well with other organizations and personnel with disparate backgrounds
- Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Strong technical, analytical and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and with a team
Responsibilities
- Obtaining, analyzing, and selecting the pertinent information
- Determining the most logical and effective sequence of the narrative
- Determining the overall length and tone based on the objectives, the medium, and the audience
- Writing the material
- Consulting on or selecting illustrative material
- Preparing the material for publication
- Write technical direction on product announcements, marketing brochures, advertisements, and marketing specifications
- Meet with customer representatives, vendors, system engineers, and program managers to establish technical specifications
- Study drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples
- Create user documentation for a variety of material, including how-to guides and instruction manual
- Prepare charts, graphs, or forms to go along with rough drafts
- Ensure document contents follow required formats
- Write clear and concise policies and procedures
- Ensure consistency of wording among multiple documents
- Create table of contents and cite sources
- Submit copies to managers for feedback
- Maintain electronic library or all signed documents and final presentations
- Provide updates and different editions as necessary.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
