Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist, Senior
Colorado Springs, COFull-time$90–130K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Senior Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist leads the development, revision, quality control, and delivery of technical and program documentation for AMERICAN SYSTEMS. The role also edits and organizes publications, verifies facts, and oversees production. The position is full-time in Colorado Springs, is not remote, and requires a bachelor's degree, 8–10 years of related work experience, an active Top Secret clearance, and U.S. citizenship.
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Technical Writer/Documentation Specialist, Senior Location US-CO-Colorado Springs ID 2026-5036 Category Communications, Publications, Multimedia Design Position Type Full-Time Remote No Clearance Required Top Secret Overview AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. Responsibilities - Leads development, revision, quality control, and delivery of CDRLs, maintenance manuals, technical data, test plans/reports, implementation artifacts, onboarding documentation, and transition records. - Maintains documentation supporting ICS/ICD/ISA updates, configuration control, RMF evidence, customer additions, operational procedures, and Government review packages. - Writes, rewrites and/or edits material for reports, manuals, briefs, proposals, instruction books, catalogs, and related technical and administrative publications. - Edits manuscripts by reviewing content for completeness, accuracy and correctness of language use and revises manuscripts to meet predetermined standards of style and accuracy. - Looks for inconsistencies of thought, development or organization. - Confers with authors to recommend treatment of material. - Reorganizes, cuts or rewrites, as necessary. - May edit copy as well. - Allocates print space for story text, photos, and illustrations according to space parameters and copy significance, using knowledge of layout principles. - Plans the contents of publications according to the publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements. - Verifies facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources. - Oversees publication production, including artwork, layout, computer typesetting, and printing, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budget requirements. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree - 8-10 years of related work experience - Active Top Secret Clearance - US Citizenship Pay Transparency Statement AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $90,000.00/Yr. - USD $130,000/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance. EEO Statement EEO Race/Sex/Disability Status/Veteran Status Apply at: https://ipc.us/t/17944DE17F084737.
How this job compares
Set against the 831 open Technical Writer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$90–130K/yr
- US median$73–126K/yr492 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $110K, is 16% above the US median midpoint ($95K) — in the middle half of Technical Writer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 26 open Technical Writer jobs in Colorado and 831 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Colorado
- American Systems Corporation (this employer)2 open
- ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company2 open
- Oracle2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Technical Writer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 574 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 252 of the 831 open Technical Writer jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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