Senior Technical Writer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Suitability:

No Suitability Required

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Technical Documentation

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Communication, Executive Briefing, Technical Projects, Written Communication

Certifications:

None - None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking motivated candidates to join our team. We are seeking a Senior Technical Writer who possesses a wide-array skills and the ability to “pivot without mercy” in order to address dynamic customer priorities as they arise.

• Strong writing abilities are critical, along with the comprehension skills to capture and summarize technical requirements that can be accurately relayed to customer decision makers.  You will attend many senior strategy meetings, record requirements, and author written products to document deliverables.
• A mastery of Microsoft
• PowerPoint is a must, as well as a creative ability to craft visually appealing presentations consumed by senior leadership, as well as training and awareness material for an entire global organization.  Presentations must adhere to high levels of detail and messaging must remain on-brand.
• Organizational skills will be key to identify/document requirements and their associated priorities, track related actions, and report status to senior leadership and individual contributors.
• Documentation abilities will be leveraged in order to work with engineers and analysts so that standard operating procedures and user manuals are authored and clearly understandable for all consumers.
• Executive briefing skills are highly desirable and will utilized in order to ensure contract and customer leadership have the necessary situational awareness of the status of all priority projects.
• A basic understanding of insider threat and counterintelligence fundamentals would be advantageous
• All work will be performed within a Scaled Agile project management framework in order to incrementally show progress on all customer issued directives.

What sets you apart:

• Experience working with senior executives and multi-disciplined teams.
• Comfortability multi-tasking with the ability to quickly adjust to changing priorities.
• Ability to track numerous projects and report on their current status
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
• Detailed oriented mindset.
• Experience with strategic communications
• Experience with contract management support
• Exposure to Camtasia would be a plus.
• Experience providing training and awareness presentations.
• Ability to comprehend high-level requirements for technical projects.
• Former experience on insider threats a counterintelligence programs, hands-on experience with Vismi, graphic design, website development, Agile Project Management, oral presentation expertise will all serve as major discriminators for our ideal candidate.

TS/SCI required

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS (or equivalent experience), 5+ years of experience

The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury