Kelaca is looking for a Technical Writer for a direct hire opportunity for our client partner in Raleigh, NC. The Software Enterprise Division has a unique opportunity for a Technical Writer to play a vital role in preparing our teams’ documentation products and professional communications. You will help their engineers and developers create compelling and compliant project documents in response to our contract requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- For this project you will be working on documentation for is a long-running software effort to deliver nuclear weapon effects calculations from advanced physics-based computational models deployed through standalone applications, web services, and Docker containers.
- You will lead the assembly of work products such as monthly reports, yearly validation reports, and reviewing technical documents produced by the staff. The teams you support will look to you as a documentation expert. You will work with them to collaboratively write and edit documents and keep existing content up to date. You will ensure your teams’ work products clearly articulate technical attributes (e.g., development approach, requirements, design, testing), program management activities, risks, schedule, etc. You will be responsible for document formats by enforcing a consistent look and feel among documents, appropriate language use, classification (including CUI or higher) compliance, and adherence to Microsoft style sheets.
- You will engage daily with technical staff, project management, and subject matter experts, capture key concepts and ideas, and write in clear, concise, and persuasive language. You will translate technical concepts into easily understandable text and graphics. Because we continuously seek to improve our processes, you must be able to identify opportunities for improvement and advocate for process changes when appropriate.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 3-5 years’ experience writing technical and management documentation
- Expertise working with software including: Microsoft SharePoint and Office Suite, Atlassian Confluence, and Jira, and Adobe Acrobat and RoboHelp. Advanced knowledge of Excel is especially helpful for project management support.
- Expert ability to communicate technical information in consistent, understandable language
- Experience developing graphics like charts and graphs that convey status
- Ability to work independently and interface frequently with teammates
- Ability to work effectively under frequent deadlines
- Strong attention to detail
Preferred Experience:
- Expert level Microsoft Word and PowerPoint skills, including style sheets, templates, and formatting
- Adept at managing work in Jira
- Skilled with creating well organized and visually appealing content in Confluence
Security Clearance Requirements:
The projects that will be assigned involve government work and US Citizenship is required. Selected applicant will be subject to a US Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
NO THIRD PARTIES.
Job Type: Full-time
Hours of On-Site Work: Monday-Friday; 8am-5pm
FLSA Exemption Status: Exempt
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K, 17.5 days PTO, 10 Holidays
VACCINATION REQUIREMENT: Currently there is not a mask or vaccination mandate.
Apply to Kelaca today so we can schedule a conversation with you to further discuss this exciting opportunity.
Kelaca is an Equal Employment Opportunity company and does not discriminate in employment based on: age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, veteran status, genetic information, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other non-merit factor.