Technical Writer

SMX is seeking a Technical Writer to provide engineering support in the production of reports, manuals, procedures, and other supporting technical documentation to support the development and implementation of the Expeditionary – Process, Exploitation, and Dissemination Cell (E-PED) capability. The Technical writer will also assist with the creation and review of technical documentation and diagrams, the creation and review of user-centric content (how-to, FAQ, etc.), management of the existing knowledge base, and support in development. The Technical Writer is also responsible for the creation and management of necessary meeting articles/artifacts such as, but not limited to agendas, meeting minutes (inclusive of attendee tracking and action item capture), presentations, schedules, etc.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Organizes and manages the content on SharePoint sites, Jira, and other online resources
• Writes and edits procedural documentation such as user guides, SOPs, and manuals
• Determines the type of publication that will best serve the project requirements
• Meets with SMEs, Program Managers, and project managers to learn about specific products or processes
• Assesses the audience needs for whom the technical and procedural documentation is intended; adjusts tone and technical terms used to meet those needs and to ensure understanding
• Plans writing processes and sets timelines and deadlines
• Understand new features, learn how they work, and document them in crisp, easy-to-follow language

Required Skills

• Ability to obtain a DoD secret security clearance
• Strong skills in creating intuitive technical presentations
• Strong skills in creating a clean and informative solution and infrastructure architecture diagrams and tools needed to create them
• Strong skills in creating Wikis, Confluence project pages or using similar content management solutions
• Strong skills in creating technical user manuals and how-to guides
• Strong skills in managing and organizing information and content
• Good understanding of different modern solution architectures like n-tier solutions, microservices, etc
• Good understanding of different cloud computing providers and solutions
• Good understanding of Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and verbal communications experience working with content in multiple mediums
• Significant experience with Microsoft Office applications including but not limited to Word, Excel, Access, SharePoint and PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio

Required Experience

• 5+ years overall experience as a Technical Writer with emphasis on developing documentation and guidance related to cloud-native solutions
• 3+ years developing solution architecture diagrams and guidance documentation
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, English, Technical Writing, or a related field and/or equivalent experience
• Experience with Department of Defense customers, processes, and terminology 

Our tradition of delivering innovative, technical solutions dates back to 1995, however, you may know us better by one of our legacy company names: Trident Technologies, Smartronix, Datastrong or C2S Consulting Group. With the support of OceanSound Partners, our private equity investment sponsor, we began operating as one business starting in 2019 and became SMX in 2021. We operate in close proximity to our clients around the globe and have core locations in Alabama, California, DC Metro, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

Today, as SMX, we are one team and together empower government and commercial enterprises to become more effective, innovative, and resilient, no matter what challenges they face.

SMX is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability status, protected veteran status, race, color, age, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or genetic information. The selected applicant will be subject to a background investigation. SMX is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. 

Vaccination within 60-days of hire, or an approved accommodation, is a requirement of the position per Executive Order 14042 (unless precluded by State law). If a candidate is not vaccinated, they may request accommodation once offered the position, and the accommodation must be granted prior to the employee starting in the position. The candidate will have 60 days to get vaccinated.