Technical Editor Senior

Amentum•Washington, DC

1d•$80,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Amentum is seeking a Technical Editor (Sr-Level) to support the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Defense Intelligence Enterprise. In the Intelligence Community, how something is written can matter as much as what it says. A muddled assessment gets ignored; a mismarked one causes real damage. As a Technical Editor supporting DIA, you'll be the last line of quality for intelligence products, sharpening logic and clarity, enforcing agency style and classification standards, and working shoulder to shoulder with analysts to make their strongest possible case on the page. At the senior level, you'll do this work at its highest degree of difficulty, and you'll multiply your impact by leading and mentoring the team around you. This position is contingent upon award of contract, business needs, security clearance verification, and funding availability.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance
12+ years of relevant editing experience, with recent experience within the last 2 years
Deep familiarity with IC publication standards and finished intelligence formats

Nice To Haves

Master's degree desired in a related field
Demonstrated leadership of editorial teams or functions
DIA or Defense Intelligence Enterprise experience
Program transition support experience
Experience establishing editorial standards or style guides

Responsibilities

Serve as senior editorial authority for the supported production element, setting the quality bar for the whole editing team
Handle the highest-visibility and most sensitive products, where classification precision and narrative clarity carry the most weight
Mentor mid-level editors and build style resources, checklists, and training that raise the team's baseline
Advise analytic leadership on production standards and recurring quality issues
Negotiate revisions with senior authors while preserving analytic voice and meeting tradecraft standards
Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.
Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.
Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.