Technical Writer; Remote

The following states/districts are excluded from this job ad: AK, CA, CO, CT, DC, HI, LA, MA, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, ND, OR, PR, RI, VT, WA, WY.

Future Need
- Actively Interviewing

Remote in any United States jurisdiction not excluded from this job advertisement.

The Technical Writer is responsible for the production, editing, formatting, and maintenance of all technical documentation and formal deliverables where you'll work across multiple program areas to synthesize complex technical content into clear, accurate, and professionally formatted documents suitable for both technical audiences and VA executive leadership.

5 years of experience in technical writing for cloud platforms, Dev Sec Ops  environments, and enterprise information technology (IT) systems.

Bachelor's Degree in technical writing, English, communications, information technology, or related field.

• Excellent experience producing federal government technical documentation.
• Excellent experience producing project management plans, architecture packages, maintenance plans, assessment reports, and monthly status reports in Microsoft Word and Project formats.
• Excellent ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, accurate prose accessible to non-technical stakeholders (e.g., cloud architecture, Kubernetes platform operations, Dev Sec Ops  pipelines, Risk Management Framework/security processes).
• Excellent experience ensuring all deliverables meet Section 508 conformance requirements.
• Excellent experience tracking and reporting Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deliverable 508 status in weekly progress reports.
• Excellent ability to manage multiple simultaneous deliverable deadlines, track status against the Contractor Project Management Plan (CPMP), and proactively identify risks to on-time delivery.
• Excellent experience developing and maintaining living documents including capabilities and services catalogs, platform dependency lists, and architecture packages.
• Above average knowledge of SAFe Agile methodology and its documentation requirements (e.g., Sprint Retrospective Reports, Program Increment (PI) Milestone documents, PI artifacts).
• Above average experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Project, PowerPoint).
• Above average experience with Jira and Confluence for document production, version control, and collaborative authoring.
• Working knowledge of cloud platform operations, AWS architecture, and VA enterprise policies to accurately document technical content.
• Experience supporting a federal agency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Assignment Location
  - Remote.
• Sedentary Work
  - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Typing, communicating, repetitive motions.
• Close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, view computer monitors and read. May need to view presentation screens and other visual aids in a virtual setting.
• Inside environmental conditions with protection from outside elements.

Active Federal Civilian Public Trust clearance.

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident that has lived in the United States for at least 3 years.

• Covers 10 year period and in some instances lifetime events.
• OPM Security Investigations Index (SII).
• DOD Defense Central Investigations Index (DCII).
• National Agency Check (NAC) records.
• FBI name check.
• FBI fingerprint check.
• Credit report check.
• Written inquiries to previous employers and references listed on the application for employment.
• Potential interviews with the subject, spouse, neighbors, supervisor, coworkers.
• Law enforcement check.
• Court records check.
• Education check
  - Attendance and Degrees.

• Drafts, edits, formats, and finalizes the CPMP in both narrative and graphic formats in coordination with the Program Manager.
• Produces and formats Weekly Progress Reports in Microsoft Word and Project.
• Ensures all data elements are accurately documented including work…