Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist, Senior

Overview

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

Responsibilities

• Leads development, revision, quality control, and delivery of CDRLs, maintenance manuals, technical data, test plans/reports, implementation artifacts, onboarding documentation, and transition records.
• Maintains documentation supporting ICS/ICD/ISA updates, configuration control, RMF evidence, customer additions, operational procedures, and Government review packages.
• Writes, rewrites and/or edits material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related technical and administrative publications.
• Edits manuscripts by reviewing content for completeness, accuracy and correctness of language use and revises manuscripts to meet predetermined standards of style and accuracy.
• Looks for inconsistencies of thought, development or organization.
• Confers with authors to recommend treatment of material.
• Reorganizes, cuts or rewrites, as necessary.
• May edit copy as well.
• Allocates print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles.
• Plans the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• Verifies facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• Oversees publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8-10 years of related work experience
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship

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