Senior Technical Writer
About The Position
Core One is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to develop, manage, and govern high-quality technical documentation across a complex, enterprise technology ecosystem. This role supports front-end, back-end, database, and security teams, ensuring all deliverables meet federal compliance (FedRAMP / RMF), audit readiness, and operational excellence standards. The ideal candidate brings expertise in technical documentation, structured authoring, compliance artifacts (SSP, POA&M), and engineering documentation frameworks, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable content for diverse stakeholders.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Technical Writing, English, IT or related field
- 5+ years relevant experience OR Masters and 3+ years of relevant experience OR PhD and 3+ years relevant experience of technical writing experience in IT or cybersecurity environments
- Proven ability to document Complex systems and architectures and APIs and data models
- Strong understanding of Software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Tools & Technologies: Confluence, SharePoint, Markdown, DITA, Swagger / OpenAPI, Git, Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, Azure DevOps
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST RMF, ICD 503
- Familiarity with DevSecOps environments
- Knowledge of structured authoring frameworks (DITA)
Responsibilities
- Support the development and maintain compliance artifacts: System Security Plans, Security Assessment Reports, and Plan of Action & Milestones
- Support alignment with NIST SP 800-53 / RMF (800-37), FedRAMP Moderate/High baselines, and ICD 503
- Support ATO lifecycle documentation and audit readiness
- Support and ensure the production of high-quality developer-facing materials: API references, Integration guides, and SDK documentation
- Collaborate with Back-End Developers to ensure accurate and up-to-date API contracts
- Document Data dictionaries and metadata, Database schemas and relationships, and Data governance policies
- Work with Database Engineers to ensure data lineage, classification, and handling requirements are clearly documented
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, change Enablement documentation and incident response runbooks in collaboration with respective Team SME's
- Align documentation with ITIL processes in coordination with Team SME's
- Establish and enforce documentation standards and templates, version control and document lifecycle management and implement structured authoring and reuse strategies
- Serve as the central documentation liaison across Engineering teams, Security and compliance teams and Product and program leadership
- Utilize documentation tools and platforms: Confluence, SharePoint, Git-based documentation (Markdown) and API tools (Swagger/OpenAPI)
- Support automation of documentation workflows within CI/CD pipelines
- Support the preparation and manage documentation for FedRAMP audits and 3PAO assessments and Internal compliance reviews
- Ensure and support documentations are complete, accurate, and traceable and aligned with system configurations and controls
- Mentor junior writers or contributors, promote a culture of documentation as a critical engineering discipline
- Continuously improve documentation quality and usability
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
