Our client, a leading federal defense contractor has an immediate opening in Manassas, VA for a Junior Technical Writer with a BS Degree in English to join their team in supporting development and delivery of ILS products for the AN/BYG-1 Fire Control System.

The initial contract is for 6-12 months with the strong potential to extend or convert based on job performance. The selected Technical Writer will be required to work onsite M-F in the Manassas, VA office.

- Assisting procedure development, troubleshooting, and maintenance in a Lab environment and onboard US Navy Submarines.
- Provide input and comments during reviews of draft and preliminary MIP/MRCs as needed.
- Validate and test, procedures during testing events in the lab, often requiring shift work to complete.
- Develop operations and maintenance procedures for incorporation into electronic technical manuals using engineering source documents and gathering materials from engineering teams.
- Support provisioning technical data packages for AN/BYG-1.
- Develops training using MS Office products to support operations and maintenance training of the AN/BYG 1.
- Use sound configuration management principles to ensure document configuration management is maintained.
- Develops electronic technical manuals to support O-Level operations and maintenance using principles of agile development.
- Job may involve some travel to support Navy customers, which will be performed onboard naval vessels in port and at sea.

Required Skills

- Must be US Citizen due to government requirement
- Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (active clearance is preferred)
- Recent college graduate with a Bachelor's degree in English.
- Must have current or past writing samples
- Experience with HTML, XHTML, and XML.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products (including, but not limited to: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams).
- Ability to research unfamiliar technology well enough to describe and summarize for an end-user; must be comfortable asking questions and collaborating with SMEs.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and be a fast learner. .
- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Have a clear understanding of the Agile roles and the Agile mindset for rapid product development and validation (PLUS).
- Have an understanding of JIRA/DOORS or some repository of standards and requirements (PLUS).