Senior Technical Writer/Editor

🕒 August 13

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔏 Technical Writer

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Aptive Resources

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2012

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Defense • Logistics • Marketing

Aptive Resources is a management consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia, specializing in providing innovative solutions to federal government agencies, particularly in veteran and civilian health sectors. With a strong focus on performance optimization, human capital, and data analytics, Aptive aims to improve the quality and accessibility of health care services for veterans and the general public. The company utilizes technology and human-centered services to bridge divides and enhance public service delivery for multiple agencies, including Veterans Affairs, Defense, and others.

📋 Description

• Write, edit, and maintain standard operating procedures, user and support guides, training and upskilling materials, configuration and workflow documentation, reports, and program deliverables • Gather, analyze, and compose technical information from subject matter experts, system documentation, meeting notes, and program artifacts • Edit functional descriptions, system specifications, special reports, and customer deliverables for accuracy, clarity, consistency, and compliance with style and formatting standards • Translate technical and clinical content into clear, readable material for technical and non-technical audiences, including frontline clinical staff • Research technical and clinical terminology and maintain consistency across documentation • Maintain version control, document libraries, knowledge base content, templates, and style guidance • Participate in Agile ceremonies, including Planning Interval planning, and manage documentation work within team commitments • Track deliverable due dates and review cycles and coordinate stakeholder and government reviews through final acceptance • Support executive and program-level communications products, including briefing decks, summaries, and status reporting • Provide quality review and editorial support to other writers and program staff

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) • Eight (8) years of professional technical writing and editing experience • Strong experience with computer-based systems and technical documentation • Demonstrated understanding of medical and healthcare industry terminology • Ability to produce user manuals, training materials, installation guides, proposals, and reports from technical source material • Experience editing functional descriptions, system specifications, and formal customer deliverables • Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Tier 1 / Public Trust background investigation • Experience supporting VA, VHA, DoD, or other federal health programs (desired) • Documentation experience on an electronic health record implementation, deployment, or optimization effort (desired) • Experience in a SAFe or other Agile delivery environment (desired) • Experience producing government contract deliverables and working to a Performance Work Statement or deliverable schedule (desired) • Proficiency with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Visio, and Jira or Azure DevOps (desired) • Experience developing or maintaining style guides, templates, and documentation standards for a large program (desired) • Clear, concise writing for mixed technical and non-technical audiences • Strong editorial judgment and attention to detail • Ability to elicit information from subject matter experts and drive documents to completion • Organization and follow-through across multiple concurrent deliverables and deadlines • Ability to work independently in a distributed, fast-moving program environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Occasional travel as required • Equal opportunity employer • Veterans, members of the Reserve and National Guard, and transitioning active-duty service members are highly encouraged to apply