Senior Technical Writer

What you'll do

• Lead the development, writing, editing, and maintenance of technical documentation for software applications and IT systems.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and audience-appropriate documentation for mission-critical technologies.
• Create and maintain system documentation, user guides, standard operating procedures, release notes, and technical manuals.
• Interview and collaborate with engineers, developers, and subject-matter experts to gather and validate technical information.
• Review and update existing documentation to ensure accuracy, consistency, clarity, and completeness.
• Establish and maintain consistent documentation standards, templates, and content-management practices across development teams.
• Manage multiple documentation assignments independently from initial information gathering through final delivery.
• Work within controlled and classified environments while following strict program security and documentation requirements.

What we're looking for

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to pass a polygraph examination is required.
• Bachelor's degree in English, Technical Communication, Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field is required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience is required (additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
• 5+ years of professional technical writing experience supporting software development, IT systems, or systems engineering is required.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical documentation like user guides, SOPs, and release notes for software or IT systems is required.
• Hands-on experience with Confluence and Jira or similar collaboration tools is required.
• Experience supporting IC, DoD, or federal customers is preferred (preferred).