Penn State Univeristy
Technical Writer
Penn State Univeristy, San Diego, California, United States, 92154
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below.We are seeking a technical writing professional to work closely with our program’s chief engineer defining and documenting this large scale project, eventually creating a program of record in the long term. You will be a key component of our DevSecOps Department in San Diego, CA at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a customer-facing role, communicating with all of the program’s stakeholders across various departments.ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.You will:Collaborate with Research and Development Engineers to formalize documentation and visualizations (e.g. Visio, Smart Art)Work directly with program leadership and customers to create, formalize, and validate documentationParticipate in discussions related to the sponsor's modernization process and documentation of the ensuing details describedCreate a documentation repository to house all shared resourcesMaintain constant communications with key personnel as project evolves and unfolds to ensure information is being documented properly to reduce errors and increase accuracyAdditional responsibilities for higher-level position:Assume responsibility and accountability of program outcomesCreate or modify systems architecture design, discovery, and validation technical artifactsWork for or around General Officers, SES, or Presidential appointeesDoD 8570 IAT III or IASAE II Baseline (CISSP / CASP) and Computing Environment certification (Dell OS10, PAN-OS, Rancher, GitLab, Puppet etc.)This position will be filled at the advanced or senior professional level, depending on your education and experience. Typical requirements include a Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline; 4+ years of related experience for the advanced professional level. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher-level jobs.Required skills/experience include:Understanding of various engineering disciplines to create technical documents and process mapsUnderstand and explain complex technical conceptsAbility to undertake multiple projects and deliver on tight deadlinesExperience with documentation publishing software, for example: GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM), Confluence, Adobe, Libre Office, MS OfficeProven technical writing skillsAbility to set up an organized Documentation Repository in GitLab or ConfluenceOrganized with attention to detail and accuracyAbility to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab)Active DoD Top Secret clearance or higherPreferred skills/experience include:DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline CertificationDoD 8570 IAT II ‘Computing Environment’ training or certificationKnowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, CloudExperience with GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM)Strong internal and external research and analytical skillsSuccess in an environment where various forms of communication and organizational skills were crucial to be effectiveDemonstrated ability documenting application operations and secure process automationManaging source code, dependencies, and artifacts with GitLab UltimateDocumenting:
DevSecOps CI/CD with GitLab UltimateProvisioning tools including Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, or related frameworksRancher Federal & RKE2Highly available/fault tolerant solutionsSoftware Development experience in Python, Java, CCloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress)
Your working location will be hybrid on-site, located in San Diego, CA. This position will require periodic travel to remote locations in support of testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.ARL is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we
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CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below.We are seeking a technical writing professional to work closely with our program’s chief engineer defining and documenting this large scale project, eventually creating a program of record in the long term. You will be a key component of our DevSecOps Department in San Diego, CA at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. ARL’s purpose is to research and develop innovative solutions to challenging scientific, engineering, and technology problems in support of the Navy, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Intel Community (IC). The ideal candidate will be comfortable in a customer-facing role, communicating with all of the program’s stakeholders across various departments.ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply.You will:Collaborate with Research and Development Engineers to formalize documentation and visualizations (e.g. Visio, Smart Art)Work directly with program leadership and customers to create, formalize, and validate documentationParticipate in discussions related to the sponsor's modernization process and documentation of the ensuing details describedCreate a documentation repository to house all shared resourcesMaintain constant communications with key personnel as project evolves and unfolds to ensure information is being documented properly to reduce errors and increase accuracyAdditional responsibilities for higher-level position:Assume responsibility and accountability of program outcomesCreate or modify systems architecture design, discovery, and validation technical artifactsWork for or around General Officers, SES, or Presidential appointeesDoD 8570 IAT III or IASAE II Baseline (CISSP / CASP) and Computing Environment certification (Dell OS10, PAN-OS, Rancher, GitLab, Puppet etc.)This position will be filled at the advanced or senior professional level, depending on your education and experience. Typical requirements include a Bachelor's Degree or higher in an Engineering or Science discipline; 4+ years of related experience for the advanced professional level. Additional experience and/or education and competencies are required for higher-level jobs.Required skills/experience include:Understanding of various engineering disciplines to create technical documents and process mapsUnderstand and explain complex technical conceptsAbility to undertake multiple projects and deliver on tight deadlinesExperience with documentation publishing software, for example: GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM), Confluence, Adobe, Libre Office, MS OfficeProven technical writing skillsAbility to set up an organized Documentation Repository in GitLab or ConfluenceOrganized with attention to detail and accuracyAbility to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab)Active DoD Top Secret clearance or higherPreferred skills/experience include:DoD 8570 IAT II Baseline CertificationDoD 8570 IAT II ‘Computing Environment’ training or certificationKnowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, CloudExperience with GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM)Strong internal and external research and analytical skillsSuccess in an environment where various forms of communication and organizational skills were crucial to be effectiveDemonstrated ability documenting application operations and secure process automationManaging source code, dependencies, and artifacts with GitLab UltimateDocumenting:
DevSecOps CI/CD with GitLab UltimateProvisioning tools including Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, or related frameworksRancher Federal & RKE2Highly available/fault tolerant solutionsSoftware Development experience in Python, Java, CCloud networking deployment (e.g. Software defined networking, Ingress, Egress)
Your working location will be hybrid on-site, located in San Diego, CA. This position will require periodic travel to remote locations in support of testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.ARL at Penn State is an integral part of one of the leading research universities in the nation and serves as a University center of excellence in defense science, systems, and technologies with a focus in naval missions and related areas.You will be subject to a government security investigation, and you must be a U.S. citizen to apply. Employment with the ARL will require successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen.ARL is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion; we believe this is central to our success as a Department of Defense designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC). We are at our best when we
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