Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Data Analysis & Automation Team Technical Writer to join our Cyber Mission business unit in Jessup, MD. As a Technical Writer on our team, you will support one of the largest enterprise-wide engineering contracts within the Intelligence Community. This is a full-time position requiring 1880 hours of support per year; and work is performed at a customer location. As a Data Analysis & Automation Team Technical Writer, you will support End user Services Architecture, Integration and Unified Communications teams including Program Managers, Technical Leads, Mission Leads, and Systems Engineers. You will be responsible for the preparation, writing, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation.

Qualifications

Individual Capabilities/Experience Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university and six (6) years of technical writing experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. A High School Diploma or GED and ten (10) years of technical writing experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is also acceptable.
• Under general direction, write technical copy for various types of documents for a program/project of similar complexity.
• Coordinate layout and design of documents.
• Flexible/easily adaptable within a dynamic work environment that may require surge efforts.
• Position requires TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Individual Capabilities/Experience Desired:

• Understand basic concepts (to include basic grammar concepts), responsible for writing technical copy for various types of documents.
• Ability to Use multiple word processing and presentation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, and Visio etc.
• Apply concepts for technical writing based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources.
• Research highly technical subject matter and organize information from multiples sources. Express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.
• Apply technical manual standards to work products.

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.

Peraton Overview

Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.

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