The Role
Develops, edits, and maintains controlled security documentation, including plans, procedures, reports, manuals, briefings, and official correspondence. Coordinates reviews with government stakeholders and subject-matter experts, manages version control and comment resolution, and ensures materials comply with policy, writing guidance, and operational requirements. The role supports Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments and requires active Secret clearance with potential SAP eligibility.
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesAs The Security Specialist -Technical Writer, you will:
- Develop, edit, and maintain clear, accurate, and controlled documentation across multiple security disciplines.
- Transforms technical, policy, and operational input into plans, procedures, reports, manuals, briefings, training products, memoranda, and other formal work products.
- Manage revisions, supports staffing and coordination, applies approved defense-writing conventions, and verify consistency with governing requirements and source material.
- Work closely with subject-matter experts and Government stakeholders
- Improves readability without altering technical meaning and maintains traceability through review and approval.
- Ensure that security documentation remains current, usable, professionally presented, and suitable for execution in classified environments.
- Draft and revise security plans, procedures, manuals, reports, briefings, training products, memoranda, and official correspondence.
- Edit technical content for clarity, grammar, consistency, organization, accuracy, and adherence to approved writing guidance.
- Coordinate document reviews with subject-matter experts, Government stakeholders, and responsible approval authorities.
- Manage comment resolution, version control, staffing packages, revision histories, and final document preparation.
- Verify that security documentation reflects current policy, approved processes, technical input, and operational practices.
- Proofread controlled materials and correct formatting, terminology, cross-references, tables, figures, and citations.
- Maintain document repositories, templates, style conventions, and status trackers supporting recurring security products.
- Translate complex security information into concise, audience-appropriate language without changing substantive meaning.
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Qualifications- Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
- In-depth knowledge of DoW writing and staffing guidance.
- Proficiency in editing, proofreading and correcting documentation
- Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government, contractor, and external stakeholders; prepare briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
- Clearance: Active Secret clearance; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government
Skills Required
- Master's degree in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience, or bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and 14 years of directly related experience
- In-depth knowledge of Department of Defense writing and staffing guidance
- Proficiency in editing, proofreading, and correcting documentation
- Experience supporting Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
- Ability to coordinate across government, contractor, and external stakeholders
- Experience preparing briefings, reports, standard operating procedures, and official correspondence
- Ability to lead a team in fast-paced classified environments
- Active Secret security clearance
- Ability to meet applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements
AMERICAN SYSTEMS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AMERICAN SYSTEMS and has not been reviewed or approved by AMERICAN SYSTEMS.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — The ESOP provides an ownership stake that adds long-term financial value and complements base pay. This employee-ownership structure stands out within the overall package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with automatic enrollment and broad investment options, alongside the ESOP, strengthens retirement pathways beyond salary. These features are presented as competitive within the defense contracting space.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Base pay is considered fair or comparable to industry peers, particularly for technical roles. Starting compensation is described as solid for areas like cybersecurity, systems administration, and IT engineering.
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The Company
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
