Avid Technology Professionals
Avid Technology Professionals is hiring: Technical Writer, Level 2 in Annapolis
Avid Technology Professionals, Annapolis Junction, MD, United States, 20701
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.
Required Experience:
. Four (4) years experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point and experience with image and video software (such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and Camtasia).
Required Education:
. Six (6) 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. Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.
Required Experience:
. Four (4) years experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point and experience with image and video software (such as Corel Draw, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro and Camtasia).
Required Education:
. Six (6) 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. Four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.