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Technical Editor

QualX Corporation

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Job Requirements

Alexandria, VA
Top Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Entry Level (less than 2 yrs experience)
Salary not specified
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Job Description


  • The Compliance Analyst & Technical Editor must complete an extensive three-week training period beginning on day one of employment

  • Review, analyze, and edit classified and unclassified DOD issuances (policy documents) for clarity, format, consistency, and compliance with DOD guidance and procedures

  • Perform full editorial duties in connection with the development and review of DoD issuances:

    • Review issuance packages for grammar, syntax, and adherence to Plain Language requirements.

    • Review issuance packages for compliance with DoD issuance formatting standards.



  • Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts (SME) on all DoD issuance processing stages:

    • Work with government personnel inside and outside of the division to move issuances through the review and publication process and resolve issues that arise



  • Review draft reports submitted by authors: o Edit the initial draft and create publication instructions for the author/contractor

    • Send edited draft and publication instructions to the author/contractor for revisions

    • Validate and ensure quality control over all aspects of the policy documents�



  • Ensure accurate records through all stages of the editing process

  • Verify redactions and exemptions to ensure proper protection of classified information

  • Update and maintain correspondence guidelines, SOPs, and trainings

  • Track policy documents in database through all stages of the technical editing process

  • Verify scientific and technical notations as well as security classification markings to ensure markings coincide with instructions

  • Provide recommendations for process improvement of the publication and tracking systems

  • Prepare and submit input to various issuance status reports

  • Adhere to security requirements for working in a classified space and with classified material

  • Assist with updating internal and external guidance and reference materials

  • Analyze documents to determine classification level and identify document markings

  • Recognize possible nuclear weapons and intelligence information

  • Lead special projects and training in support of the DoD Issuance Program and the Directives Division

  • Use classified network to review classified issuance packages and communicate with action officers

  • Maintain/complete regular training requirements for handling classified information

  • Properly handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) on the unclassified network (e.g., not sharing information with those who don?t have a need-to-know, not transmitting working (or other CUI) material via unauthorized communications

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