Technical Writer

Peraton supports the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mission to deliver timely reliable care and benefits to Americas Veterans by engineering operating and modernizing a nationwide data center portfolio. Our team runs enterprise and regional data centers telecommunications spaces and secure network connections that host the systems Veterans depend on from claims processing and pharmacy fulfillment to appointment scheduling and benefits delivery. We provide full-lifecycle data center and cloud engineering 247365 operations and monitoring DCIM platform administration analytics and facility infrastructure reporting. If you want your engineering operations or analytics work to matter to someone this is where it does.

Position Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain technical documentation engineering procedures standards plans reports and data center operational documentation.
• Edit engineering content for clarity consistency and accessibility; enforce style guide and template conformance.
• Coordinate publication production layout artwork review cycles and final release.
• Ensure WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1 accessibility compliance in every published deliverable.

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Requirements

• Currently possess or be able to obtain VA Public Trust High Risk (BI High) / Tier 4 background investigation.
• Bachelors degree preferably in English Communications Technical Writing or a related field; 2years of technical writing / editing experience ideally in IT or engineering.
• Education substitutions (per Peraton Career & Compensation Framework): Masters degree substitutes 2 years of required experience; In lieu of a Bachelors degree 4 additional years of relevant experience is acceptable (Associates degree 2 additional years also accepted for equivalent professional levels).

Desired Skills Tools & Certifications

• Tools: Adobe FrameMaker / Acrobat MS Word / Visio SharePoint MadCap Flare and accessibility validators for WCAG 2.0 / PDF/UA-1 compliance.
• Processes: ITIL v4 service management SAFe Agile / Scrum for iterative delivery NIST 800-53 / RMF ISO 27001 TIA-942 ASHRAE TC 9.9 VA CRISP alignment NFPA 70/70E and OSHA safety practices.; WCAG 2.0 / PDF/UA-1.
• Certifications (desirable): STC Certified Professional Technical Communicator (CPTC) Adobe Certified Professional.

Work location: Austin VA

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.