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Credence company

Technical Writer

Credence company, Great Falls, Virginia, United States, 22066

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Overview

At Credence, we support our clients’ mission-critical needs, powered by technology. We provide cutting-edge solutions, including AI/ML, enterprise modernization, and advanced intelligence capabilities, to the largest defense and health federal organizations. Through partnership and trust, we increase mission success for war-fighters and secure our nation for a better future.

We are privately held, are repeatedly recognized as a top place to work, and have been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the last 12 years. We practice servant leadership and believe that by focusing on the success of our clients, team members, and partners, we all achieve greater success.

Credence has an immediate need for a Technical Writer

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the duties listed below

Performs a variety of routine project tasks applied to technical writing and documentation.

Under general supervision from Project Managers and Program Manager, edits and rewrites documents for grammatical and usage errors, spelling, punctuation, and adherence to standards.

Ensures quality of deliverables and proofreads documentation and graphics for accuracy and adherence to original content.

Provides quality control checking for documents received from technical team and processes them to make them ready for client delivery.

Assembles master copies, including graphics, appendices, table of contents, and title pages.

Assists in document tracking and logging, and consults with technical staff to determine format, contents, and the organization of technical reports and proposals.

Assists in collecting and organizing information required for preparation of user manuals, training materials, cybersecurity controls, workflows, installation guides, proposals, and reports.

Edits functional descriptions, system specifications, user manuals, special reports, or any other customer deliverables and documents.

Produces and manipulates graphics and visuals for informative and instructional material, including formatting/editing/writing a variety of technical articles, reports, and/or manuals for a wide range of uses.

Ensures completeness and validity of cybersecurity controls in collaboration with Cybersecurity Engineer and software development and sustainment team.

Education, Requirements and Qualifications

Minimum 3 years of relevant IT experience

Ability to obtain (or existing) DOD Public Trust Clearance

Must have experience with the following programs: MS Suite; Word; Excel; Access; MS Project; Power Point; Adobe Creative Suite; Visio.

Experience as a technical writer on a large software development effort

Control authoring experience

Minimum Education:

Minimum Associates degree

Undergraduate degree preferred

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

Please join us, as together we build a better world one mission at a time powered by Technology and its People!

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