Technical Writer 2 with Security Clearance

Overview Candidate should have a foundation in writing technical documentation and manuals and be comfortable interacting with software engineers, development teams, customers, and users. The technical writer should have the ability to design and layout graphical product overviews and related marketing material. Responsibilities Research, develop and write user focused and maintainer focused technical documentation and training materials for military and commercial systems. Edit technical publications to meet CDRL requirements
Learn and understand the technical design of the system well enough to be effective at transforming input from developers and engineers into written and graphical documents that are understandable by users and customers
Support and develop training materials for software centric IT systems Required Experience/Qualifications Bachelor of Science, with a concentration in Information Systems, Communications or Engineering preferred. Minimum 3 years of experience in technical writing.
Minimum 1 year exposure to Agile software development lifecycles Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills Ability to understand high level IT and software concepts
Ability to communicate with development teams, engineers, technicians, training teams and customer personnel.
Ability to ask questions and listen to the answers
Ability to conduct peer reviews of documentation and solicit and incorporate feedback
Ability and drive to complete assignments on schedule
Write using clear and concise language using proper English in a format understandable to the target audience (Users and Maintainers)
Ability to create hardware or software documentation from start to finish, including manual formatting, indexing, creation of all text, illustrations, block diagrams, theory of operations, power point presentations, procedures, etc.
Ability to create user-focused training materials and courseware
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio. Special Requirements/Security Clearance Ability to obtain a SECRET to TOP SECRET security clearance.