Senior Technical Writer with Security Clearance

PLEX Solutions, Part of Markon, is looking for a Sr. Technical Writer for our Annapolis Junction, MD Customer. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in creating technical documents and working in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities

• 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 Qualifications
• Active TS/SCI W/ Polygraph
• Eight (8) years of demonstrated technical writing experience.
• A Bachelor’s Degree with a technical discipline from an accredited college or university (OR) Four (4) additional years of experience is required.  A Masters degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the requirement to six (6) years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Jira is highly desired.