Technical Writer

Term:
Part time contract, ongoing--figure about 10-20 hours a week on average

Location:

Remote, supporting federal contracts in Australia.

Rate: 35/40 hr--open to 1099 or w2/hourly terms.

Role:
Technical Writer, part time. Compliance based workflows (CMM, CMMC, SOX, or related) is ideal. Please note the end clients are federal contractors in Australia (about 15/16 hours ahead of EST USA)

Women owned based consulting practice who is supporting suppliers to a major contractor with offices in Australia needs a part time technical writer to help with bids/rebids. While in the Federal space, this is NOT a cleared slot. This is a remote opportunity who can occasionally support Australia's time zones. The practice is open to those working full time who want to work a part time effort simultaneously

A good deal of work is cyber security based. It would be ideal if candidates had CMMC based experience but related compliance frameworks for infrastructure based (or related) technical efforts would also work.

More below:

Seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Technical Writer to develop, document, maintain, and improve IT policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation. This individual will work closely with our clients to translate technical and operational requirements into clear, consistent, and easy-to-understand documentation to help meet Federal Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance.

The ideal candidate has strong writing and editing skills, experience documenting IT processes, and the ability to understand technical concepts and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

This position will work remotely and support clients in Australia. Flexible work hours for late afternoon and evening meetings for Australia time zones.

• Develop, write, review, and handoff IT policies and procedures for contracted clients.
• Collaborate with client leadership and subject matter experts to identify documentation needs and establish documentation requirements.
• Translate technical, operational, security, and compliance requirements into clear and actionable policies and procedures.
• Ensure documentation aligns with organizational objectives, industry best practices, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain consistency in policy structure, terminology, formatting, and documentation standards.

• Document IT processes across areas such as:
• o IT operations and service management
• o Access management and user provisioning
• o Change and configuration management
• o Incident and problem management
• o Information security and cybersecurity
• o Data protection, backup, and recovery
• o Business continuity and disaster recovery
• o Asset and endpoint management
• o System administration and infrastructure management
• o Vendor and third-party technology management
• Interview client technical staff and process owners to gather information and validate documented procedures.
• Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve existing documentation.

• Support IT governance initiatives through the development and maintenance of formal documentation.
• Assist with documentation supporting internal audits, external audits, risk assessments, and compliance reviews.
• Help map IT policies and procedures to applicable frameworks and requirements, such as NIST, CMMC, ISO 27001, COBIT, and ITIL, as applicable.
• Maintain documentation review schedules, version histories, approvals, and ownership records.

• Establish and maintain a centralized repository for IT policies, procedures, standards, and technical documentation.
• Implement document control practices, including version control, approval…