Technical Writer Job at Altamira Technologies (Annapolis Junction)

Job Description

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. Looking for a mid-level Technical Writer to join our team. In this role you will get to support key activities in defense of emerging threats in the cybersecurity domain. You will be part of a team with the common goal to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems.

Job Responsibility

Create documentation for a technical program to include user guides/reference manuals/capability training materials, requirements documents, reports, standard operating procedures (SOPs), briefings etc for consumption by both technical and non-technical audiences
Create document templates as needed for efficiency
Take ownership of existing documentation to ensure it is continually updated in support of an optimized workflow ensuring knowledge management
Own the process of routing technical documentation to ensure accuracy with technical team members
Work in close partnership with subject matter experts, system and software engineers, test engineers and analysts

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (BS) in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science or related discipline from an accredited college or university
Seven (7) years' experience as a Technical Writer in programs of similar scope, type and complexity is required
Four (4) years of additional technical writing experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree. A master's degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience
Must have a Bachelor of Science Degree in quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, or a Computer Science degree. Master's Degree or Doctoral Degree may be substituted for some experience
Seven plus (7+) years' experience in two or more of the following: designing/implementing machine learning, data mining, advanced analytical algorithms, advanced statistical analysis, artificial intelligence, or software engineering with data analysis software (R, Python, SAS, MATLAB)
Experience with Windows server management and Power BI Report Service
Proficiency with Python/Jupyter Notebooks, SQL and relational databases, ElasticSearch/Kibana/OpenSearch
Background working with analyst teams including conducting data analysis and creating data visualizations
Experience working within a cybersecurity mission environment using tools and capabilities to generate threat intelligence
U.S. Citizenship
Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
Must have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, similar field from an accredited college or university
Seven plus (7+) years' experience working as a Technical Writer
Experience using Confluence
Experience using tools to create templates for documentation
Ability to work across cross-functional teams and thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment
TS/SCI/FS Poly clearance only is required for this position

Nice to have

Experience with Java is also a plus
Experience with graph analytics, data pipelines, and IP-based network data is a plus, but not required
Background in cybersecurity is helpful but not required

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