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Booz Allen

Builds AI and cyber systems for the US government

Technical Writer Senior

Technical WritingPosted on Nov 10
Full-timeFort Belvoir, VA, USA$69.4k - $158k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of technical writing and editing experience for software applications, information technology systems, or systems engineering programs, including technical manuals, operating procedures, and system documentation.
  • Experience developing, reviewing, and delivering Contract Data Requirements List documentation, interpreting Data Item Descriptions, contractual content and formatting requirements, and government review comments to produce complete, compliant, and timely deliverables.
  • Experience authoring and maintaining documentation for deployed software systems, including user or administrator manuals, installation and configuration procedures, troubleshooting guidance, and system configuration records.
  • Ability to keep documentation accurate as software versions and approved configurations change.
  • Ability to independently gather and validate complex information with software developers, systems engineers, testers, configuration management personnel, and government subject matter experts.
  • Ability to apply information architecture, rigorous editing and quality control, document review, and version-management practices using tools such as Microsoft Office or SharePoint.
  • Secret clearance is required.
  • High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain accurate, usable technical documentation for a deployed software system.
  • Translate complex engineering and operational information into clear instructions and contractual deliverables for government stakeholders, system administrators, maintainers, and end users.
  • Partner with software developers, systems engineers, testers, configuration management personnel, and government subject matter experts to create and update Contract Data Requirements List deliverables, software user and administrator manuals, installation and configuration guides, operational procedures, and system configuration documentation.
  • Coordinate reviews independently, resolve comments, verify technical content, and keep publications aligned with approved system baselines and software releases.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting U.S. Army or other Department of Defense software acquisition, fielding, modernization, or sustainment programs, including military documentation conventions, controlled unclassified information, and applicable distribution or security markings.
  • Experience supporting configuration management and change control through document baselines, revision histories, engineering change requests, release traceability, document repositories, or change control board review activities.
  • Experience using Git, GitLab, or GitHub for documentation version control and collaborative review, including branches and pull or merge requests, Markdown, AsciiDoc, or docs-as-code authoring formats.
  • Experience working within Agile software delivery teams such as Scrum or Kanban and using Jira, Azure DevOps, or Confluence to coordinate documentation with sprint work, user stories, defects, and release schedules.
  • Experience improving documentation quality and delivery through automation, reusable templates, structured content, automated checks, or streamlined publishing workflows, including appropriately approved AI-assisted documentation tools where authorized.
  • Experience producing user-centered technical content with process diagrams, annotated screenshots, decision trees, or task-based instructions, including Section 508 accessibility practices and tools such as Visio, Adobe Acrobat, Snagit, or MadCap Flare.
  • Knowledge of the software development lifecycle, software releases, deployment and configuration concepts, software interfaces or application programming interfaces, and test or verification activities sufficient to document technical behavior and workflows without writing production code.

About the Company

Booz Allen

Builds AI and cyber systems for the US government

Booz Allen builds and runs technology for the U.S. government, mostly for the military and intelligence agencies, and its engineers work alongside consultants who know each agency's mission. In 1958, it helped the U.S. Navy create PERT, a project-scheduling method first used on the Polaris submarine missile program and later adopted across government and industry. Its teams design cyber defenses, AI and data tools, and battlefield communications, and it sells its own products, such as Vellox, a suite of AI tools that spot and fight off hackers. Agencies pay mainly through multi-year contracts that reimburse costs, bill hours, or set a fixed price. Booz Allen was founded in 1914 and is based in McLean, Virginia.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1914

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