Technical Writer III

Amentum - Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time

Annapolis Junction, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Amentum is seeking a cleared Technical Writer to support an upcoming opportunity in Annapolis Junction, MD. This position is contingent upon contract award. The Technical Writer will be responsible for preparing and maintaining a variety of operations documentation, user guides, manuals, and technical publications. The role requires a solid understanding of basic grammar concepts and the ability to write technical copy for various types of documents. The Technical Writer will gather technical information and prepare written text while maintaining a current internal documentation library. The successful candidate will utilize multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio to produce quality documentation and training materials. They will work closely with developers throughout all phases of documentation, ensuring that the technical copy is clear and comprehensible to a wide audience. This includes preparing reports, responses, and briefings targeted to diverse audiences, coordinating the layout and design of documents, and researching highly technical subject matter. In addition, the Technical Writer will interpret engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures to synthesize large quantities of computer-related information. They will produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community of DoD electronic equipment and systems. The role also involves applying technical manual standards such as NSA DS-89 to work products and providing expert oversight of technical writing and editing throughout all phases of acquisition and technical documentation for the program, project, or contract. The Technical Writer will work independently on highly complex systems and may act as a project leader for projects with extensive documentation requirements, reviewing the work products of others for compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, manuals, and technical publications.
• Gather technical information and prepare written text.
• Maintain a current internal documentation library.
• Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials.
• Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences.
• Coordinate layout and design of documents.
• Research highly technical subject matter and organize information from multiple sources.
• Express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience.
• Produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation for DoD electronic equipment and systems.
• Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures.
• Apply technical manual standards such as NSA DS-89 to work products.
• Provide expert oversight of technical writing and editing for all phases of acquisition and technical documentation.
• Act as project leader for projects with complex or voluminous documentation.
• Review work products of others for compliance.

Requirements

• Must possess a U.S government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a polygraph (TS/SCI w/ polygraph).
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required (Four (4) years of additional technical writing experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree).
• Minimum eight (8) years experience as a Technical Writer supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required (A Master's degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to six (6) years of experience).