Security Specialist - Technical Writer
AMERICAN SYSTEMS · Arlington, VA, US ·
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Technical writing
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Salary
- USD 110,500 – 184,600 / year
Write, edit, and maintain security documentation for classified government programs, translating technical details into clear policies and procedures for stakeholders.
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.
Responsibilities
As 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.
Essential Responsibilities:
- 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