Enterprise Technical Writer
ECS Tech Inc Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $130K–$147K/yr
IT Services and IT Consulting · 11-50 employees
About the role
The Enterprise Technical Writer will collaborate with technical teams to elicit documentation requirements and produce high-quality technical content. Responsibilities include drafting standard operating procedures, user guides, reports, and managing information requests in support of the RMF process.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have at least four years of technical writing experience in information security and a bachelor's degree. Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools and knowledge of the NIST Risk Management Framework and federal regulatory processes are required.
Full description
ECS is seeking a Enterprise Technical Writer to work in our Washington, DC (hybrid) office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
Everforth ECS is a rapidly growing information security and information technology company in Washington, DC. We are looking to hire an Enterprise Technical Writer. The Enterprise Technical Writer will work with technical teams across the contract to elicit documentation requirements including technical details of the solutions and processes being documented, format, intended audience and appropriate level of detail; and to produce accurate and high-quality documentation that meets those requirements. Documentation includes but is not limited to standard operating procedures, user guides, presentation slides, flow charts, various types of customer reports and templates and style guides for use by other team members.
Salary Range: $130,000-$147,000
General Description of Benefit
Qualifications
- 4+ years’ working experience in technical writing of information security documentation.
- Track digital and paper memos in support of the RMF process.
- Draft and review technical standard operating procedures.
- Develop processes that enable consistent knowledge sharing and use.
- Support the directorates’ weekly activity report submissions.
- Support inspector general response generation and review. Track information requests, coordinate official responses, manage corrective action plans.
- Ability to deliver high quality documentation with consistent attention to detail.
- Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and accurately represent them in easily understandable text and illustrations.
- Excellent written and oral skills in English.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office including features such as field codes, concordance files, formatting styles, named ranges and formulas, data validation and pivot tables, and tools including SharePoint and Teams.
- Ability to document process flows in activity diagrams.
- Excellent organization skills.
- Proven problem solving and analysis skills.
- Ability to work individually and as a team member.
- Proven self-initiative when given general direction and objectives.
- The ideal candidate will be able to provide and discuss a writing sample in each of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Visio.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Knowledge of the NIST Risk Management Framework.
- Knowledge of federal oversight processes and regulatory compliance standards.
- At least two years of working experience in federal agencies.
Similar roles
-
Technical Writer
Ping Identity Denver, Colorado, United States · $69K–$80K/yr
-
Technical Writer 3
Captivation Software Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States · $130K–$270K/yr
-
Technical Writer
Spry Methods Nashville, Tennessee, United States · $55K–$65K/yr
-
Technical Writer
Foundation Software Strongsville, Ohio, United States
-
Rédacteur technique et illustrateur en aéronautique – Bulletins de service et catalogues de pièces illustrés / Aerospace Technical Writer & Illustrator – Service Bulletins and Illustrated Parts Catalog
RTX Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
-
Technical Writer
Apogee Engineering, LLC Bedford, Massachusetts, United States · $100K–$120K/yr