Technical Writer - Fort Meade, United States - Peraton

Peraton

Verified Company

Fort Meade, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About Peraton

Responsibilities
Peraton is hiring a technical writer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD.

As a technical writer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community.

This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location.

As a technical writer, you will provide dedicated assistance in the preparation, review, revision and maintenance of technical documents to support the unit's mission.

You will write and edit technical documentation for all supported organizations' activities; create documentation for operations; produce implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities - Standard Operating Procedures; provide field data definitions and data flow documentation; and format technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources.

Additional duties include tracking and monitoring tasking and utilizing automated data systems and research tools to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

Six (6) years of experience as a Technical Writer in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
Understanding of basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), ability to be responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents.
Experience in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and manuals and technical publications.
Ability to gather technical information and prepare written text.
Ability to maintain a current internal documentation library.
Skilled in use of multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.
Must understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

Must be selfstarter capable of working tasks to completion without direct immediate oversight.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

EEO
An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Our Values

Benefits

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily.

We're fully committed to the growth of our employees.

From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.