Technical Writer
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Job overview
Synergy ECP is hiring a Technical Writer. The Technical Writer will join Synergy ECP's Data Management team, providing proactive editing and formatting of a variety of technical documents while ensuring compliance with style, design, and grammar standards. The role involves collaborating with authors, stakeholders, and subject matter experts to accurately capture and present information.
Key focus areas include Edit documents to ensure compliance with style, design, layout, specification, and grammar and spelling requirements, Edit, format, and maintain documents including program plans, system test reports, procedures, design documentation, requirements, user manuals, training materials, presentations, meeting minutes and reports, and Collaborate with authors, assigned stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts to gain better understanding of subject matter.
Important skills include MS Office Suite, Create/Modify Styles Templates, Technical Editing, Expert Knowledge MS Office, Confluence, and Jira.
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Technical Writer
Landover, MD (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Landover+MD+USA+20784)
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Technical Writer/Editor (Analyst labor categories)
The successful candidate will be part of the Data Management (DM) team and will have excellent communications and interpersonal skills, be proactive, possess excellent problem-solving and organizational skills, and be self-motivated.
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Edit documents to ensure compliance with style, design, layout, specification, and grammar and spelling requirements
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Edit, format, and maintain documents including, but not limited to program plans, system test reports, procedures, design documentation, requirements, user manuals, training materials, presentations, meeting minutes and reports
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Collaborates with authors, assigned stakeholders, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to gain better understanding of subject matter
Requirements
Basic Qualifications:
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Must be a U.S. citizen
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Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, Communications or related discipline preferred
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Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to identify and use of proper grammar
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Minimum 3 years’ experience in MS Office Suite with proficiency in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
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Skills must include ability to create and modify styles, forms, and templates
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Proven ability to manage several tasks simultaneously
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Excellent attention to detail
CLEARANCE REQUIRED
- TS/SCI w/ Polygraph
Preferred Qualifications:
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Minimum of 3 years’ technical editing experience
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Expert knowledge on MS Office Products
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Experience with Confluence and Jira
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Experience with Visio
About Us
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, Synergy ECP is a leading provider of cybersecurity, software and systems engineering and IT services to the U.S. intelligence and defense communities. The company leverages its expertise in data transport solutions, software and systems engineering, and other solutions to deliver critical and innovative capabilities to high-level decision makers that enhance our nation’s security.
In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by Improving Performance (ECP). It’s what sets us apart, enabling us to be an autonomous yet agile business that delivers huge results—showing we’re ready to meet our customers’ evolving demands. Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.
Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.
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