Senior Technical Writer

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. Amentum is seeking a Senior Technical Writer to join our team of passionate individuals at Fort Meade, MD. In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the Nation’s security and intelligence mission.

8 Hours per day, Monday thru Friday

The duties and responsibilities of the Senior Technical Writer include but are not limited to the following:

The Senior Technical Writer plans, develops, and maintains technical documentation that supports mission systems, analytic tools, and intelligence production workflows. The incumbent turns complex technical and operational information into clear, accurate, and accessible content for analysts, operators, engineers, program managers, and senior leadership. The role also sets documentation standards, leads documentation strategy for major programs, and coordinates across classification domains, so the incumbent must be skilled at handling sensitive information and at working with multiple stakeholders.

• Research, write, and edit technical documents such as system design documents, user guides, standard operating procedures, concept of operations, interface control documents, training materials, and release notes.
• Interview subject matter experts, engineers, and analysts to gather technical details, then synthesize them into content tailored to each audience’s technical level and mission need.
• Produce documentation for software, data platforms, analytic tools, collection and processing systems, and cloud and enterprise IT environments.
• Document accreditation and compliance artifacts, such as system security plans and configuration management documentation, in coordination with information assurance staff.
• Establish and maintain style guides, templates, and documentation standards consistent with agency, IC, and applicable federal requirements (e.g., ICD 206 sourcing conventions where relevant, plain language guidance, Section 508 accessibility).
• Define documentation strategy and lifecycle management for assigned programs, including version control, review cycles, and archival.
• Implement and refine docs-as-code or structured authoring workflows where appropriate.
• Lead document reviews with technical, security, legal, and program stakeholders, resolving conflicting input and keeping documents accurate through system changes.
• Coordinate with classification and security officers to ensure content is properly marked, portion‑marked, and handled, and to support derivative classification and sanitization or downgrade of content as needed.
• Support the preparation of briefings, white papers, and executive summaries for senior leadership.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior writers and editors.
• Perform peer review and quality control on documentation produced by team members and contractors.
• Contribute to proposals, program reviews, and agile ceremonies; perform other duties as assigned.

• Employee will work in a SCIF on a daily basis.
• Employee may also be required to work in a datacenter environment for specified periods of time.

• Demonstrated experience writing for complex technical systems in a government, defense, or intelligence environment.
• Strong command of grammar, structure, and editing, with a portfolio or work history showing clear, accurate technical content.
• Working knowledge of classification marking, handling, and dissemination controls.
• Experienced in organizing large documentation sets and managing concurrent…