Technical Writer II

Full-time

Colorado Springs, CO

Accommodation

About the position

RiverTech, an Akima company, is hiring a Tech Writer II to support the DSLM contract in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Tech Writer II will be responsible for drafting, incorporating, editing, reviewing, and publishing approved Satellite Control Network (SCN) Technical Order (TO) Changes and software release documentation to the baseline in support of the operations and maintenance personnel performing the SCN mission. Within the realm of a DoD contract and military standard (MIL-STD) guidelines, you will communicate and coordinate with Data Transport Product Support Sustainment Logistics Maintenance (DSLM) software team members, project managers, configuration and data managers, engineers, logicians, drafters, and Government customers to efficiently develop and maintain technical documentation and contractual deliverables. The ideal candidate will need to be adaptable in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and be able to balance and organize software releases and projects that span several stages of development.

Responsibilities

• Established and productive individual contributor.
• Works independently with general supervision.
• Problems faced are difficult but typically not complex.
• May influence others technical staff through explanation of facts, policies, and practices.
• Works independently on larger, moderately complex projects/systems.
• Sets objectives for own job area to meet the objectives or goals of projects and assignments.
• Works to achieve operational objectives within job area which has direct impact on the overall achievement of results for the department.
• Responsible for adjusting or recommended enhancements in systems and processes to solve problems or improve effectiveness of job area.
• Addresses somewhat complex technical issues/problems that require a depth of technical job knowledge from other areas.
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experiences, with analysis of the issue.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Technical Writing or technical field or equivalent on-the-job documentation experience.
• Minimum three (3) years of technical or procedural writing experience.
• Familiarity with engineering drawings.
• Active Secret Clearance required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Air Force Technical Orders.
• Familiarity of the Satellite Control Network (SCN).
• Working knowledge of TM-86-01 and TO-00-5-1.
• Experience with Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Arbortext editor.
• Experience on DoD programs and interaction with government stakeholders - SCN experience is a plus.
• Experience using the following COTS tools: VersionOne, GitHub, SharePoint, Fortify, Coverity.
• Experience with an Agile team and/or Software team.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits.
• Vacation, holiday and sick Leave offered will be as defined under the DOL's Wage Determination.