Technical Writer - Engineering

ECS Federal LLC

Washington, DC

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Access Control, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Best Practices, Content Development, Continuous Improvement, Cryptography, Customer Relations, Data Processing, Data Quality, Database Backup, Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL), Document Management, Documentation, Financial Operations, Identify Issues, Identity Data Management, Incident Response, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Repositories, Machine Tool, Metadata, Microsoft SharePoint, Operational Audit, Operational Support, Operations Processes, Quality Monitoring, Release Notes, Reporting Dashboards, Reporting Skills, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Support Documentation, System Integration (SI), Taxonomies, Team Player, Technical Writing, Top Secret Clearance, Trend Analysis
LOCATION
Washington, DC
POSTED
4 days ago

Everforth ECS is seeking a Technical Writer - Engineering to work in the National Capital Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of War's (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP separates business and financial data from operational warfighting data, aiming to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and operational analysts.

The Technical Writer - Engineering serves as the primary documentation specialist for WDP Core Integration's data engineering, data operations, and data governance functions across all classification tiers. This role translates complex technical concepts and engineering workflows into structured, accessible documentation that sustains mission-critical operations and supports enterprise knowledge management across Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret environments.

  • Develops structured engineering documentation supporting War Data Platform (WDP) Core Integration data engineering, data operations, data tooling, and data governance functions across Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS enclaves.
  • Creates and maintains technical manuals, standard operating procedures, workflow descriptions, interface specifications, and enclave-specific operational guides using Confluence, SharePoint Online, GitLab repositories, and controlled document libraries.
  • Elicits, organizes, and documents engineering details from SMEs describing automated ingestion pipelines, transformation workflows, medallion-layer storage patterns, connection methods, lineage metadata, drift detection processes, and data quality monitoring techniques.
  • Documents operational procedures for proactive alerting, encryption methods, access control workflows, data backup activities, and cross-domain data movement protocols supporting mission-critical consumers across Combatant Commands and Joint Staff elements.
  • Produces customer-facing materials that support Tier-2 and Tier-3 data operations, including troubleshooting runbooks, incident response process maps, escalation criteria, training artifacts, and best-practice guidance.
  • Collaborates with data tool engineers to generate technical specifications, release notes, metadata definitions, and system behavior descriptions for extract-transform-load platforms, orchestration tools, data catalog systems, governance services, and identity and access management components.
  • Builds structured knowledge repositories leveraging taxonomy-driven indexing to strengthen discoverability and support enterprise learning.
  • Develops dashboards reporting content freshness, utilization trends, and documentation gap indicators to advance continuous improvement and increase mission readiness across all enclaves.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

About the Company

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ECS Federal LLC

ECS was founded in 2001 by experienced IT professionals with a commitment to quality processes, people and performance. Led by our Chairman, Roy Kapani, and an experienced executive leadership team, ECS provides our customers with solutions and services that support their critical needs and further mission objectives. This commitment has paved the way for expansive growth, year over year.

ECS gained market share in 2011 in the Department of Defense and Federal spaces through both organic and acquisition growth. In May, ECS completed its first strategic acquisition with the purchase of OAK Management, Inc., a leading provider of marine environmental services, ship systems engineering, maritime consulting and platform acquisition management. The OAK acquisition kicked off ECS’ intention to add tactical acquisitions as a part of its long term strategy to supplement and expand upon organic growth and to build enterprise value. ECS closed out 2011 with the acquisition of Paradigm Technologies, Inc. The Paradigm transaction added approximately 200 employees to ECS’ existing 900+ employees. Paradigm also added new Defense clients for ECS, including the Missile Defense Agency, the Navy’s Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, the United States Marine Corps, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

In 2012, ECS completed the acquisition of iLuMinA Solutions, Inc. iLuMinA brings large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software implementation and infrastructure design and development to ECS’ expanding capabilities.

ECS will continue to invest in corporate infrastructure and quality processes as we grow and enhance our ability to offer professional excellence to both our customers and our employees.

COMPANY SIZE
50 to 99 employees
INDUSTRY
Staffing/Employment Agencies
FOUNDED
2000
WEBSITE
http://www.ecs-federal.com/