Security Specialist - Technical Writer

Overview

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.

Responsibilities

As The Security Specialist -Technical Writer, you will:

• Develop, edit, and maintain clear, accurate, and controlled documentation across multiple security disciplines.
• Transforms technical, policy, and operational input into plans, procedures, reports, manuals, briefings, training products, memoranda, and other formal work products.
• Manage revisions, supports staffing and coordination, applies approved defense-writing conventions, and verify consistency with governing requirements and source material.
• Work closely with subject-matter experts and Government stakeholders
• Improves readability without altering technical meaning and maintains traceability through review and approval.
• Ensure that security documentation remains current, usable, professionally presented, and suitable for execution in classified environments.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Draft and revise security plans, procedures, manuals, reports, briefings, training products, memoranda, and official correspondence.
• Edit technical content for clarity, grammar, consistency, organization, accuracy, and adherence to approved writing guidance.
• Coordinate document reviews with subject-matter experts, Government stakeholders, and responsible approval authorities.
• Manage comment resolution, version control, staffing packages, revision histories, and final document preparation.
• Verify that security documentation reflects current policy, approved processes, technical input, and operational practices.
• Proofread controlled materials and correct formatting, terminology, cross-references, tables, figures, and citations.
• Maintain document repositories, templates, style conventions, and status trackers supporting recurring security products.
• Translate complex security information into concise, audience-appropriate language without changing substantive meaning.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
• In-depth knowledge of DoW writing and staffing guidance.
• Proficiency in editing, proofreading and correcting documentation
• Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.

• Clearance: Active Secret clearance; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government

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