Senior Technical Writer
- Salary
- $150,000 - $175,000
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical, operational and technical solutions to our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic, and growing company that values exceptional performance!
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Summary
We are seeking a Senior Technical Writer to develop, manage, and govern high-quality technical documentation across a complex, enterprise technology ecosystem. This role supports front-end, back-end, database, and security teams, ensuring all deliverables meet federal compliance (FedRAMP / RMF), audit readiness, and operational excellence standards.
The ideal candidate brings expertise in technical documentation, structured authoring, compliance artifacts (SSP, POA&M), and engineering documentation frameworks, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable content for diverse stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the development and maintain compliance artifacts: System Security Plans, Security Assessment Reports, and Plan of Action & Milestones
- Support alignment with NIST SP 800-53 / RMF (800-37), FedRAMP Moderate/High baselines, and ICD 503
- Support ATO lifecycle documentation and audit readiness
- Support and ensure the production of high-quality developer-facing materials: API references, Integration guides, and SDK documentation
- Collaborate with Back-End Developers to ensure accurate and up-to-date API contracts
- Document Data dictionaries and metadata, Database schemas and relationships, and Data governance policies
- Work with Database Engineers to ensure data lineage, classification, and handling requirements are clearly documented
- Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures, change Enablement documentation and incident response runbooks in collaboration with respective Team SME's
- Align documentation with ITIL processes in coordination with Team SME's
- Establish and enforce documentation standards and templates, version control and document lifecycle management and implement structured authoring and reuse strategies
- Serve as the central documentation liaison across Engineering teams, Security and compliance teams and Product and program leadership
- Utilize documentation tools and platforms: Confluence, SharePoint, Git-based documentation (Markdown) and API tools (Swagger/OpenAPI)
- Support automation of documentation workflows within CI/CD pipelines
- Support the preparation and manage documentation for FedRAMP audits and 3PAO assessments and Internal compliance reviews
- Ensure and support documentations are complete, accurate, and traceable and aligned with system configurations and controls
- Mentor junior writers or contributors, promote a culture of documentation as a critical engineering discipline
- Continuously improve documentation quality and usability
Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Technical Writing, English, IT or related field
- 5+ years relevant experience OR Masters and 3+ years of relevant experience OR PhD and 3+ years relevant experience of technical writing experience in IT or cybersecurity environments
- Proven ability to document Complex systems and architectures and APIs and data models
- Strong understanding of Software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies
- Tools & Technologies: Confluence, SharePoint, Markdown, DITA, Swagger / OpenAPI, Git, Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, Azure DevOps
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST RMF, ICD 503
- Familiarity with DevSecOps environments
- Knowledge of structured authoring frameworks (DITA)
Salary Range: $150,000 - $175,000
The pay range reflected above is a general guideline for this position and labor category and is not a guarantee of a specific salary or offer. Final compensation is determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, education, certifications, security clearance level, contract requirements, geographic location, and internal pay equity, and may reflect market data specific to the awarded contract.
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The team: Application Development
This role is one of 4 open in Application Development.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Azure (4 of 4), Cybersecurity (4 of 4), CI/CD (3 of 4), AWS (2 of 4), Azure DevOps (2 of 4), Git (2 of 4), Jira (2 of 4)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Security Engineer posted Jun 2
- Security Analyst posted Mar 27
- Junior Technical Writer posted Mar 27
From the team and dates on Core One's own job board.
Salary context
6 other open postings titled Senior Technical Writer state a salary: median USD 143,000 to USD 177,500 a year.
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