Objectstream is an award-winning small business dedicated to providing innovative products and services in many areas, including information technology, management consulting, and logistics, for customers including the FAA, DOD, and State Governments. We accomplish this mission by forging long-term trusted relationships with our employees, customers, and strategic partners; building an organizational culture that promotes empowerment and accountability; assembling a talented, well-trained, and qualified workforce; continuously improving our efficiency and productivity; and being socially and environmentally responsible corporate citizens. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment where employees are encouraged to share ideas and take ownership of their projects. We are currently seeking a talented Senior Technical Writer to join our dynamic team. We offer a competitive benefits package to our employees which includes: M/D/V, matching 401k, and other benefits. The passion and dedication of Objectstream employees is what has supported the growth and success of our company. We develop strong, dedicated, unified teams committed to our core values. This position requires some on-site work so the candidate must be located in the DC/DMV Area.
Job Description – Senior Technical Writer
Job Responsibilities:
- Provides support to read and analyze highly technical materials and to create presentations of that information. This may be specifications, drawings, user manuals, presentations, reports, or training documents.
- Authors complex software documentation, including user manuals, release notes, installation guides, design guides, training materials, technical guidance, and other technical documentation.
- Partner with other teams, such as development, customer engineering, marketing, and technical support groups to understand and respond to customer documentation needs.
- Create new documentation and evaluate, edit, improve, and correct legacy documentation.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in communication, journalism, or similar areas is required. Degrees in information systems, business systems, management information systems, IT Management, Engineering, Math, and Science are acceptable substitute degrees.
- A minimum of 15 years of relevant experience and job knowledge required.
- Advanced ability to design and develop documentation using Microsoft suite of tools: Office, Project, Visio, and SharePoint.
- Advanced ability to design and develop documentation using Adobe suite of tools: Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
- Excellent writing, editing, drafting and journaling skills, to include the ability to design and create documents and artifacts from notional ideas.
- Conceptual and practical understanding of all project management knowledge areas preferred.
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task, manage time effectively, and handle tight deadlines.
- Highly responsive to requested needs.
- Ability to work with confidential and proprietary information using utmost discretion.
Additional information:
- Professional certification is desirable.
- Candidate must be able to pass security background check.
