Technical Writer - Part Time (20 Hours A week) ( Active TS/SCI with Polygraph)
The Level 3 Technical Writer (TW) shall possess the following capabilities:
- Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, manuals, and technical publications
- Understand basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents
- Gather technical information, prepare written text
- Maintain a current internal documentation library
- Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio, etc.
- Prepare and maintain operations documentation, user guides, manuals, and technical publications
- Work with developers to produce quality documentation and training materials
- Work on all phases of documentation
- Understand basic concepts and write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
- Prepare reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences
- Coordinate the layout and design of documents
- Research highly technical subject matter, organizes information from multiple sources, and expresses technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers
- Under general direction, write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity
- Apply concepts for technical writing based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources
- Produce defense acquisition documentation, user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community of DoD electronic equipment and systems
- Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings and operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer-related information
- Produce technical documentation for Cryptologic programs or projects, developing analytic tradecraft methodologies
- Apply the technical manual standard NSA DS-89 to work products
- Provide expert oversight of technical writing and editing to all phases of acquisition and technical documentation for the Program, Project, or Contract
- Work independently, preparing and maintaining highly complex systems, programming, and operations documentation, procedures, and methods
- Act as project leader for projects with complex or voluminous documentation, and may provide or coordinate special documentation services as required
- Review work products of others for compliance with the technical manual, NSA Data Standard (DS)-89
Required Skills Test
- Eight (8) years of experience as a TW 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.
- A Master’s degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to six (6) years of experience.
- Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required