Technical Writer, Intelligence Systems
Reston · Reston, VA (NOVA-01) · USD 112,000-149,000 · 4+ years experience · Posted Sep 21, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Location
- Reston · Reston, VA (NOVA-01)
- Salary
- USD 112,000-149,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Technical Writer will partner with the intelligence systems engineering team to generate and maintain engineering and developer-focused technical documentation.
- This role involves working closely with developers and users to identify gaps in understanding and creating documentation to close those gaps.
- The position plays a foundational role in setting the tone and quality standards for written artifacts within a startup-like team environment.
Responsibilities
- Generate, review, and edit user-focused technical documentation.
- Document the full development lifecycle from planning and design to technical configuration, deployment, and integration.
- Collaborate with engineering to ship user-friendly documentation that informs, instructs, and improves user experience.
- Contribute to the technical writing toolkit, including style guides and documentation lifecycle processes.
- Build partnerships across the business to understand users and products.
- Streamline or augment existing processes and products using artificial intelligence.
Requirements
- 4+ years of demonstrated excellence generating technical documentation for various technical audiences.
- Ability to read and interpret software and hardware user documentation for complex technical products.
- Proven clear and persuasive writing and in-person communication skills.
- Mission-first mindset with motivation to evolve national and allied defense capabilities.
- Ability to thrive in unstructured environments as a self-starter.
- Collaborative, low-ego approach to working with engineering, SMEs, and program management.
- Basic development proficiency and ability to apply software development best practices to documentation systems.
- Currently possesses and able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
- Subject to pre-employment and randomized substance screening.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience using, evaluating, and implementing modern software and automation tools for high-volume technical writing.
- Experience with Docs-as-Code
- Experience with Sphinx
- Experience with VS Code
- Basic command line skills
- Experience with Git or other source control systems
- Mastery of Adobe Acrobat
- Mastery of MS Office Suite
Benefits
- Salary range $112,000—$149,000 USD
- Highly competitive equity grants
- Comprehensive benefits package
Skills
- Docs-as-Code
- Sphinx
- VS Code
- Command Line
- Git
- Adobe Acrobat
- MS Office Suite
- Artificial Intelligence
