Technical Writer

EverWatch • Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

EverWatch is a government solutions company providing advanced defense, intelligence, and deployed support to our country’s most critical missions. We are a full-service government solutions company. Harnessing the most advanced technology and solutions, we strengthen defenses and control environments to preserve continuity and ensure mission success. EverWatch employees are focused on tackling the most difficult challenges of the US Government. We offer the best salaries and benefits packages in our industry - to identify and retain the top talent in support of our critical mission objectives. Commitment to Non-Discrimination: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. As a Technical Writer on our team, you'll support the drafting, writing, editing, formatting, proof reading, and document management and maintenance of required system technical documents for a family of systems. You will be responsible for the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents and will work closely with the Task Leads and coordinate with System and Software Engineers, System Administrators, Information Assurance, and System Testers to ensure all required system documentation remains update-to-date and in compliance with government provided templates.

Requirements

• Experience with preparing, reviewing, revising, and maintaining technical documents including software and systems engineering, systems operations, testing, and user documentation
• Experience writing and editing technical documentation for all projects hardware and software to include installation, configuration and how-to documentation
• Experience creating code documentation for software
• Experience producing implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities
• Experience in the following applications Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and SharePoint as well as Atlassian Jira and Confluence
• Ability to provide field, data definition, and data flow documentation and format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings es TS/SCI with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience as a Technical Writer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, complexity or a HS Diploma and 10+ years of experience as a Technical Writer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, complexity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using MS Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Experience with Basic manipulation of graphics (jpg, tiff, pdf, png )
• Experience interpreting technical drawings and other technical graphics
• Experience conducting research and ensuring use of proper technical terminology
• Experience organizing and writing according to an established standard
• Experience with and/or working knowledge of IT systems and common IT terminology

Responsibilities

• support the drafting, writing, editing, formatting, proof reading, and document management and maintenance of required system technical documents for a family of systems
• responsible for the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents
• work closely with the Task Leads and coordinate with System and Software Engineers, System Administrators, Information Assurance, and System Testers to ensure all required system documentation remains update-to-date and in compliance with government provided templates

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees