Legato, LLC Senior Recruiter Stan Blackwell (stan.blackwell@legatocorp.com / 410-218-0900) would love to speak with you regarding the following position: Technical Writer in Columbia, MD.

What You Will Do

The Technical Writer’s primary role is to assist in preparing and maintaining program documentation to include both technical documents, such as standard operation procedures, user guides and manuals, and technical publications; as well as program documents such as communications with the end user population, web portal content, and monthly reports and deliverables. Develop templates and standard formats for deliverables, agendas, meeting minutes, reports, and other communications. Create and update technical documents for internal and other service provider use, based on engineering drawings, technical information from engineering documentation, consultations with engineers and subject matter experts, and other available sources. Produce user manuals, training manuals, and other documentation utilized by the end-user community. Interpret engineering and maintenance drawings, operational procedures to understand and blend large quantities of computer related information; Research technical subject matter, organizes information from multiples sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.

Who You Will Work With

Working closely with the communications group and program management offices.

Who You Are

A Technical Writer that can prepare, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation.

Our minimum requirements for this role:

Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is desired, however four (4) years of additional TW experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree; an associate’s degree is equivalent to 2 years of experience.
• Work experience in supporting program management and technical organizations with the preparation of documents, manuals, briefings, articles, web content, and email correspondence is required.
• Must have excellent facilitation, program/activity management, and written and oral communication skills.  
• Must be proficient in SharePoint and Microsoft Office Tools.

What Your Future Manager Says

"Our team at Legato Corp is a family first company that is growing every day and we look forward to finding that perfect Technical Writer that will bring us to the cutting edge of technology and keep us moving forward." ~Vice President

About Your New Company

Legato, LLC is a dynamic small business headquartered in Odenton, adjacent to Ft. Meade, MD. Our IT engineers and security experts are among the top of their field and enjoy working at Legato for its attention to its employees, aggressive compensation, and benefits package and upward mobility possibilities.

Legato, LLC is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and hire without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions