Senior Technical Writer

Senior Technical Writer

LOCATION:Hanscom, AFB, Bedford, MA

Salary Range: $110-117,000 annually

*depending on experience, certifications, and qualifications

JOB STATUS:Full-Time; salaried

Clearance: Secret clearance required

Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Technical to directly support the Base Information Transport Infrastructure (BITI) program, which is within the C3I and Infrastructure Division (AFLCMC/HNI) and located at Hanscom AFB, MA.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS:

• Bachelors degree and 10+ years of experience, with at least five years supporting DoD programs
• Technical writing experience within the DoD relative to information and/or business systems environment
• Ability to work on technical content for learning about, getting started, using, configuring, deploying, integrating, monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting software systems, products, tools, and services.
• Ability to use and learn to use different authoring, development, and design tools such as GitLab, Website maintenance, Markdown, Javascript, Figma, and Lucid.
• Ability to work on and use documentation templates, team wikis, SOPs, content for customer support, and various documents requested by multiple mission focus areas in ADCP.
• Additionally, knowledge management, information architecture, and content design and content strategy skills are all relevant and applicable to contributing to the mission.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well with other organizations and personnel with disparate backgrounds
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Strong technical, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Obtaining, analyzing, and selecting the pertinent information
• Determining the most logical and effective sequence of the narrative
• Determining the overall length and tone based on the objectives, the medium, and the audience
• Writing the material
• Consulting on or selecting illustrative material
• Preparing the material for publication
• Write technical direction on product announcements, marketing brochures, advertisements, and marketing specifications
• Meet with customer representatives, vendors, system engineers, and program managers to establish technical specifications
• Study drawings, specifications, mockups, and product samples
• Create user documentation for a variety of material, including how-to guides and instruction manual
• Prepare charts, graphs, or forms to go along with rough drafts
• Ensure document contents follow required formats
• Write clear and concise policies and procedures
• Ensure consistency of wording among multiple documents
• Create table of contents and cite sources
• Submit copies to managers for feedback
• Maintain electronic library or all signed documents and final presentations
• Provide updates and different editions as necessary.

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