Technical Writer

Peraton • Fort Meade, MD

10h • Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is hiring a Technical Writer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Technical Writer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. You will provide dedicated assistance in the preparation, review, revision and maintenance of technical documents to support the unit’s mission. You will write and edit technical documentation for all supported organizations activities; create documentation for operations; produce implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities – Standard Operating Procedures; provide data definitions and data flow documentation; and format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources. Additional duties include tracking and monitoring tasking and utilizing automated data systems and research tools to meet deadlines. #AJCM

Requirements

• Eight (8) years of experience as a Technical Writer 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.
• Understanding of basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), ability to be responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents.
• Experience in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications.
• Ability to gather technical information and prepare written text.
• Ability to maintain a current internal documentation library.
• Skilled in use of multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.
• Must understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
• Experience documenting systems, and systems of systems in accordance with systems engineering standards and practices.
• Position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Nice To Haves

• Must be self-starter capable of working tasks to completion without direct immediate oversight.
• Basic understanding of SIGINT concepts and terminology.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Responsibilities

• preparation, review, revision and maintenance of technical documents
• write and edit technical documentation for all supported organizations activities
• create documentation for operations
• produce implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities – Standard Operating Procedures
• provide data definitions and data flow documentation
• format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources
• tracking and monitoring tasking
• utilizing automated data systems and research tools to meet deadlines

Benefits

• Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level