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Senior Technical Writer

Leidos

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Top Secret
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IT - Tech Writing
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (On-Site/Office)

R-00150937

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Are you ready for a rewarding and inspiring career?

Leidos is a FORTUNE 500 company bringing a mix of innovative technology and sector expertise to customers in the national security, engineering, and the health industries. At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector is seeking a highly qualified and trained Senior Technical Writer / Editor to support U.S. Army customers at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

The Mission

The Digital Modernization Sector is focused on delivering performance-based IT services and repeatable solutions to include applying cloud-factory and aaS (as a Service) capabilities and integrating commercial products to provide a comprehensive digital engineering approach to IT transformation.

Are you ready to make an impact? Begin your journey of a flourishing and meaningful career, share your resume with us today!

Your Main Mission:

The Senior Technical Writer will lead a team of Technical Writers and be designated as a Key Personnel on the program leadership team. The Senior Technical Writer will support a variety of engineering projects, including;   research & development, prototyping, integration, test and evaluation, cybersecurity, and software development.
  • Responsible for leading a team of other technical writers
  • Ensures all program deliverables are checked for formatting and readability
  • Communicates deliverable status and metrics to program leadership
  • Interacts with engineering and functional leads to understand deliverable requirements and expectations


Basic Qualifications:
  • Must have a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 12+ years relevant years of work experience
  • Top Secret clearance eligible for access to SCI and a Counterintelligence polygraph
  • Defense industry experience with editing narrative and graphical products to identify and correct grammatical formatting, and readability, and logic errors and to identify technical inconsistencies that will require engineers’ attention.
  • Experience with a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, and graphical-art applications to produce test plants, test procedures, test reports, technical manuals, procedure, graphics, and scheduling tools.
  • Experience with the creation, compilation, and delivery of complex system / software developmental documentation packages such as narratives, logic diagrams, input and output samples, input preparation instructions, job setup information from technical project team inputs, system requirements analysis, system design specifications, technical system design, technical procedures development, configuration control requirements, test and training specifications, and programming notes.
  • Extensive experience with the latest version of the following Military Standards: MIL-HDBK-310, MIL-HDBK-881, MIL-HDBK-1473, MIL-STD-882, MIL-STD-461 MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-961, MIL-STD-1425 MIL-STD-1472, MIL-STD- 1474, NAVAIRINST 13034.2, NAVSEA OP 3565, and MIL-HDBK-245


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree with 10 + years of relevant work experience
  • Experience supporting Army customers
  • Experience developing policies and procedures for new program startup


Clearance Required:
  • Must possess a Top Secret clearance eligible for access to SCI and Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph or ability to obtain CI polygraph by contract start
Original Posting: January 7, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: Pay Range $101,400.00 - $183,300.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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