Technical Writer

$96,400 - $168,700/Yr

Parsons - Colorado Springs, CO

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Senior
Colorado Springs, CO
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next! When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We've got what you're looking for. As a Technical Writer at Parsons, you will work closely with colleagues and partners, including the U.S. Space Force, to support the framework that hosts applications critical to the defense of our country. This role allows you to leverage your technical writing skills while continuing to learn and improve alongside our subject matter experts. You will perform comprehensive technical writing tasks within a team of Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Infrastructure Analysts supporting USSF activities. Technical writers are integrated into project teams, allowing for a multi-faceted role that engages you directly with interactive experiences. Our team maintains a strong focus on a people-first, mission-focused culture, ensuring that we also maximize your work-life balance. We sponsor regular engagement events, including monthly tech talks and technical leadership training, and provide access to free online video training in a variety of technical topics. Your responsibilities will include creative writing and document design, communicating "how-to", "next steps", and "in-depth" configuration and operational state manuals. You will maintain the current drafts on the systems' SharePoint page, work with the IV&T team to validate that operational steps are easy to understand and use, and ensure that technical document deliverables are developed using the most current documentation standards. As a documentation Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the project team, you will communicate status, dependencies, risks, and issues daily or weekly to the Team Lead, and keep the internal Confluence page updated with the latest revisions and locations of documents.

Responsibilities

  • Creative writing and document design, communicating 'how-to', 'next steps', and 'in-depth' configuration and operational state manuals.
  • Maintain the current draft(s) on the systems' SharePoint Page.
  • Work with the IV&T team to validate operational steps are easy to understand and use.
  • Ensure technical document deliverables are developed using the most current documentation standards.
  • Serve as a documentation SME to the project team.
  • Communicate status, dependencies, risks and issues daily/weekly to the Team Lead.
  • Keep internal Confluence page and log updated with the latest revision and location of documents.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ (10+ highly preferred) years of experience.
  • 10 years experience in production and/or editing of technical documents, including specific experience in writing for non-technical audiences.
  • Experience providing Technical Writing support within Engineering teams.
  • Experienced user of the latest release of Microsoft Office (or equivalent) products.
  • Ability to consolidate technical inputs and analyses, and produce a logical, understandable document.
  • Ability to read and 'translate' engineering drawings/specifications.
  • Ability to interpret, absorb, and synthesize large quantities of engineering or technical information for non-technical readers.
  • Ability to enter technical studies, metadata, and data into relational databases.
  • Ability to upload content onto websites using COTS web authoring tools (Confluence).
  • Ability to create supporting graphics (Figma, Adobe Creative, Lucid Charts, MS Visio, etc.).
  • Ability to integrate existing graphics into documents using various COTS tools.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

  • 10 years' experience providing Technical Writing support within System Engineering teams developing system vulnerability assessments and evaluations.
  • Media development for interactive communications and presentations.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Leadership training provided
  • Vision insurance
  • Employee stock ownership plan
  • Flexible schedule
  • Life insurance
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