ME00601-Technical Writer

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Annapolis Junction, MD, USA
In-Office
120K-136K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Software • Automation
The Role
Produce and maintain complex technical documentation (user guides, SOPs, templates, reports, briefings) for technical and non-technical audiences. Own document lifecycle, collaborate with SMEs, engineers, and analysts, and ensure accuracy and knowledge management for cybersecurity programs.
Summary Generated by Built In

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

  • Seeking a Technical Writer to work independently to prepare and maintain a range of highly complex documentation (to include operations and programming documentation, user guides, manuals, technical publications, procedures and methods, and internal documentation libraries)
  • The ideal candidate will support key activities in defense of emerging threats in the cybersecurity domain
  • The candidate will be part of a team with the common goal to prevent and eradicate threats to critical U.S. systems

Primary Responsibilities

  • 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

Required Qualifications

  • Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope 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
  • 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
  • Experience using Confluence
  • Experience using tools to create templates for documentation
  • Background in cybersecurity is helpful but not required
  • Ability to work across cross-functional teams and thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment

Desired Qualifications

  • No desired qualifications listed at this time

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Skills Required

  • Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems, or similar (accredited)
  • Seven plus (7+) years' experience working as a Technical Writer
  • Four (4) years additional technical writing experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree may be substituted for two (2) years of experience
  • Experience using Confluence
  • Experience using tools to create documentation templates
  • Ability to work across cross-functional teams and thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Background in cybersecurity
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The Company
HQ: Columbia, Maryland
17 Employees
Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Momentum Engineering understands that our customer's unique missions require innovative software solutions and data-driven engineering methodologies. These approaches leverage DevOps principles and cloud-based automation ensuring that applications and systems can be characterized and reliably measured. Our specialists, working as trusted partners to our customers, have been developing, integrating and maintaining data-centric solutions since our founding in February 2015. Momentum Engineering provides highly-skilled System Engineers, Software Engineers, and formally trained Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Subject Matter Experts to our customers to help them move their missions forward.

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