IT Technical Writer Federal Health IT & Cybersecurity

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

Analytics
Writing
Regulatory Compliance
Editing
Proposal Writing
Management
IT Operations
Technical Writing
RFI
RFQ
PWS

Job Details

Title: IT Technical Writer Federal Health IT & Cybersecurity
Location: Fully Remote (U.S.) occasional travel to Reston, VA headquarters
Reports to: VP, Growth and Business Development
Clearance: Must be able to obtain Public Trust; Active Secret preferred
Certifications: None required (APMP Foundation or Practitioner is a plus)
Education: Bachelor s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, Information Technology, or related field. Equivalent professional experience (5+ years federal proposal writing) will be considered in lieu of a degree.

The Role You are the writing engine that turns raw SME input, Solution Architect designs, and BD Analyst briefs into clear, compliant, evaluator-winning proposal content. This is a high-volume, high-visibility role with rapid promotion potential in a fast-growing SDVOSB.

What You Own Every Day:

  • Assist with writing and editing full sections of Technical Approach, Management Approach, Transition Plans, Quality Assurance, Risk Mitigation, Staffing, and Past Performance volumes
  • Rapidly convert engineer/SME bullet lists and Solution Architect diagrams into polished, benefits-focused federal proposal narrative
  • Own resumes, past performance citations, compliance matrices, and reusable content library updates (Loopio/Responsive.io or similar)
  • Produce first drafts that routinely score 90+ on Pink Team with minimal rework
  • Support RFI responses, white papers, capability statements, and oral presentation scripts
  • Maintain style guides, win-theme glossaries, and customer-specific baseline content
  • Provide surge support during concurrent finals

Required:

  • 3 6 years writing or editing technical content in at least two of the following domains: Federal health IT (NIH, CMS, CDC, VA) Cybersecurity (zero-trust, NIST 800-53/171, FISMA, CMMC) Enterprise IT Operations & Maintenance (cloud ops, DevSecOps, service desk) Data management/analytics/AI (FHIR, HL7, data lakes, ETL)
  • Proven federal proposal experience must provide before-and-after writing samples (SME bullets your final narrative)
  • Ability to write in plain, active-voice, APMP-style language
  • Experience with Microsoft Word styles/templates, and basic proposal graphics concepts
  • U.S. citizenship

Strongly Preferred:

  • Current or recent experience at a small or emerging 8(a)/SDVOSB federal contractor
  • Prior career at a large systems integrator or proposal shop (Leidos, GDIT, Booz Allen, Accenture Federal, OST Global, Red Team, etc.)
  • Direct success supporting SDVOSB or 8(a) set-aside pursuits
  • APMP certification (Foundation or Practitioner)
  • Veteran status (strong preference we are a proud SDVOSB)
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