Technical Writer II

CACI International • Laurel, MD

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About The Position

CACI has an immediate opening for a skilled Technical Writer to join their mission critical team. This role supports a worldwide engineering, operations, and tech refresh contract for Enterprise IT (EIT) capabilities and functions for an Intelligence Community (IC) customer. The team is responsible for operations, future technologies, engineering and Tier 2/3 support, break/fix, and tech refresh activities to develop and maintain agency-wide capabilities on a global basis.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
• Ability to distill complex information into clear, concise text.
• Excellent writing and grammar skills and ability to work independently and deliver accurate content under deadline pressure.
• Bachelor's Degree plus 7 years of experience (or equivalent), and a minimum of five years in a technical or lead writing role.
• Proven experience designing and delivering developer-oriented documentation as well as working directly with development teams.
• Experienced using multiple tools to develop base templates and manipulate output styles.
• Possess a thorough understanding of software development, Risk Management Framework (RMF), and other key terminology on this contract.
• Six (6) years experience as a TW in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Create and write various types of user documents, including how-to guides, references, manuals, cheat sheets, or instructions.
• Explain scientific and technical ideas in simple language.
• Work with customers to translate their functional requirements into detailed technical specifications.
• Support the engineering team with documentation for system components and engineering artifacts.
• Provide overall leadership of the technical writing tasks and serve as primary liaison to the government for supporting contract coordination and task execution.
• Serve as Process Owner for all technical documentation on the program including documentation produced by professional technical writers under management.
• Write and edit technical documentation for all of the project’s hardware and software to include installation, configuration and how-to documentation.
• Prepare, review, revise, and maintain technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing and user documentation.
• Apply writing and grammar skills and deliver accurate documentation under tight deadlines.
• Design and develop developer-oriented documentation and collaborate/work directly with developer teams.
• Use documentation tools to develop templates and create output in various mediums.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of SDLC, IC ITE, Risk Management Framework (RMF) and and/or PWS terminology.
• Manage experienced professionals who exercise latitude and independence in assignments.
• Demonstrate innovative influence within a project that has impact and participation from multiple stakeholders.

Benefits

• A culture of integrity.
• An environment of trust.
• Autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit.
• Access to robust learning resources.
• A focus on continuous growth.
• Competitive compensation.
• Benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• Broad and competitive mix of benefits options designed to support and protect employees and their families.
• Comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees