Technical Writer III

location: us-sc-north charleston

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category: technical writer

position type: regular full-time

application open date: 10/7/2026

• developing, editing, and maintaining technical documentation for software applications, systems, interfaces, and supporting infrastructure
• creating software and system documentation, including:
  • system and software architecture documentation
  • software design and technical specifications
  • user guides and administrator guides
  • installation, configuration, and deployment guides
  • standard operating procedures (sops)
  • application programming interface (api) documentation
  • release notes and change documentation
  • requirements and traceability documentation
  • test plans, test procedures, and test reports
  • operations and maintenance documentation
  • training and instructional materials
• collaborating with developers, engineers, scrum teams, product owners, business analysts, and subject-matter experts to gather and validate technical information
• translating complex software and engineering concepts into documentation appropriate for both technical and non-technical audiences
• participating in agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demonstrations, and retrospectives as appropriate
• reviewing software requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, architecture/design artifacts, source material, and technical specifications to identify documentation requirements
• establishing and maintaining documentation standards, templates, style guides, and quality-control processes
• ensuring documentation is accurate, consistent, complete, current, and compliant with applicable government and program requirements
• tracking documentation changes using version-control and configuration-management processes
• coordinating documentation reviews and incorporate feedback from technical teams, program management, and government stakeholders
• supporting software releases by preparing release notes, deployment documentation, configuration information, and other required deliverables
• working within collaborative documentation and development environments such as confluence, sharepoint, git, gitlab, github, jira, or similar tools.
• maintaining documentation in accordance with applicable security, accessibility, records-management, and configuration-management requirements
• identifying gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve existing technical documentation
• providing status updates regarding documentation activities, risks, dependencies, and deliverables

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• bachelor's degree in technical writing, communications, english, information technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field
  • equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• five or more years of professional technical writing or technical documentation experience, preferably supporting software development, information technology, engineering, or government programs
• demonstrated experience producing technical documentation for complex software or it systems
• experience gathering technical information from software developers, engineers, system architects, and other subject-matter experts
• strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and the ability to document processes across requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance
• demonstrated ability to analyze and communicate complex technical information clearly and accurately
• excellent written, verbal, editing, proofreading, and organizational skills.
• experience using microsoft office products, particularly word, power point, excel, and/or visio
• ability to manage multiple documentation assignments and competing priorities while meeting established deadlines
• ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional technical teams
• must have active ts/sci clearance to start

• experience working in agile, scrum, devsecops, or continuous-delivery software development environments
• familiarity with software development and engineering concepts, including:
• experience documenting apis using tools such as openapi
• experience preparing contract data requirements list (cdrl) deliverables, monthly status reports, program management reviews, executive briefings, or similar contractual reporting
• experience developing documentation within a version-controlled environment
• familiarity with federal cybersecurity and compliance frameworks such as rmf
• experience supporting documentation subject to formal configuration management,…