By Light Professional IT Services is hiring: Junior Technical Writer in Fort Geo

Overview

Join to apply for the Junior Technical Writer role at By Light Professional IT Services. Cole Engineering Services (CESI), a By Light company, is recognized as a premier provider of modeling and simulation (M&S) training solutions to the Federal Government and industry. Since 2004, CESI has been at the forefront of developing, maintaining, and integrating simulation-based training, serious gaming, technical services, training and other support in live, virtual, constructive, and gaming (LVCG) domains. CESI also designs, builds and runs infrastructure, platforms, applications and processes that enable cyber training for the integrated multi-domain force. Our vision is to become a worldwide full-spectrum LVCG and cyber training/analysis developer, integrator and services provider.

Responsibilities

• Research, develop and write user-focused and maintainer-focused technical documentation and training materials for military and commercial systems.
• Edit technical publications to meet CDRL requirements.
• Learn and understand the technical design of the system well enough to transform input from developers and engineers into written and graphical documents that are understandable by users and customers.
• Lead and assist with developing briefings in PowerPoint that are suitable for presentation to high-level government and corporate personnel.
• Support and develop training materials for software centric IT systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science, with a concentration in Information Systems, Communications or Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in technical writing.
• Customer focused with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to understand high level IT and software concepts.
• Ability to communicate with development teams, engineers, technicians, training teams and customer personnel.
• Ability to ask questions and listen to the answers.
• Ability to conduct peer reviews of documentation and solicit and incorporate feedback.
• Ability and drive to complete assignments on schedule.
• Write using clear and concise language using proper English in a format understandable to the target audience (Users and Maintainers).
• Ability to create hardware or software documentation from start to finish, including manual formatting, indexing, creation of all text, illustrations, block diagrams, theory of operations, PowerPoint presentations, procedures, etc.
• Ability to create user-focused training materials and courseware.
• Experience developing briefings in PowerPoint that are suitable for presentation to high level government and corporate personnel.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications to include Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio.
• Minimum 1 year experience using Jira and Confluence in an Agile environment.

Clearance

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, U.S. Citizenship with a TS/SCI clearance and CI polygraph if requested by customer may be required.

Compensation

Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000 per year. The annual base salary provided is a guideline for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. When extending an offer, CESI also considers other variables such as work experience, education, training, skill set, internal peer equity, clearance level, and market conditions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Wellness Program
• 401(k) Matching
• Disability (Short Term & Long Term)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Education & Training
• Generous Leave Policy (11 Federal Holidays, PTO, Military Leave, Bereavement and Jury Duty)

CESI is committed to principles of inclusion and equal employment opportunity. We foster a non-discriminatory, professional work environment for all our teams. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting