Technical Writer_

Location: Ft. Meade, MDClearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance with FS Polygraph granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency.Background:Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.We are seeking a Technical Writer who will be responsible for the preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation. Writes and edits technical documentation for all of the project's hardware and software to include installation, configuration and how-to documentation. Creates code documentation for software; produces implementation guides and end-user guides for capabilities; provides field, data definition, and data flow documentation and formats technical publications from pamphlets, technical drawings, and consultations with technical personnel and other available resources.Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:+ Assist in preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides and 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, prepares 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 and 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 layout and design of documents+ Research highly technical subject matter, organizes information from multiples sources, and express 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, 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 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 technical manual NSA Data Standard (DS)-89Required Qualifications:+ Eight (8) years' 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.Desired Qualifications:+ Experience working with engineers to collect technical information and to create documentation with templatesEducation Qualifications:+ Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.Years of Experience:+ Eight (8) years' 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.Position Type: Full-TimeShift: Day(Pay transparency is important at ACS and is one way we ensure we remain on a committed path to equality and fairness (ssured-consulting.com/diversity-inclusion). However, note that salary offers are dependent on many factors, including a candidate's education, clearance, practicing skill level, scope of influence, and years of experience, and offers may fall outside of this advertised range.)Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled, and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS' utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact ACS Human Resources at (703) 662-5062.#LI-Onsite #TSSCI #systemsengineering