Back to jobs

Senior Technical Writer/Cybersecurity with a Secret Clearance

Crystal City, VA

This position requires 100% on-site support and an active Secret clearance.

Teracore is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) classified management consulting and information technology services firm. We are committed to creating and maintaining a corporate environment and culture that promotes long-term employment. Diverse talents help us to achieve the missions and objectives of our customers. We hope we can partner together to achieve those goals.

Project Description:

Support and assist the federal staff within all CISOD organizational units. The requirement includes cybersecurity policy, assistance for Cybersecurity related missions as required meeting DHS, OCIO, and CISOD strategic plans, mission goals and objectives. Will support sub-organizational units within the CISOD which include: Policy, Business Operations, and Cybersecurity Service Delivery Branches.

Position Description/Tasks:

Provide policy and audit support to the DHS CISOD.

  • Writing, updating, editing, developing and/or formatting cybersecurity policies and procedures to formalize cybersecurity policy.
  • Utilize leading practices and frameworks (NIST, FISMA, ISO, etc.)
  • Identify and make recommendations for process and tool improvements.
  • Evaluate and provide feedback for improvement to document content and processes.
  • Publish security policies, work with organizational management to ensure accessibility, and ensure changes to policies are promptly and formally communicated.
  • Works with a variety of stakeholders to continually improve quality solutions are provided to the client
  • Researches, prepares, and edits technical documents
  • Collaborates with corporate and government key stake holders to provide constructive feedback on presentations, white papers, contract deliverable documents, Standard Operating Procedures, etc.
  • Performs quality control on all deliverables
  • Manages templates to ensure consistent and repeatable representation of deliverables
  • Prepares briefs and status reports as needed
  • Takes ownership of continually improving and maintaining data quality by effective end-to-end data quality analytics, governance, monitoring, assessment, and enforcement
  • Works independently with limited supervision
  • Influences others regarding policies, practices and procedures

Required Skills:

  •  Active Secret Clearance
  • (BA/BS) or equivalent experience and minimum 5 years of related work experience and Familiarity with Cybersecurity concepts.
  • Experience in developing and publishing technical documentation
  • Experience in developing and documenting technical processes
  • Experience demonstrating strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills for cybersecurity
  • Substantive experience providing document/process development support for a cyber security organization
  • 3+ years' technical documentation in Information security and compliance
  • Utilize leading practices and frameworks (NIST, FISMA, RMF, etc)
  • Strong knowledge and working experience within the security and risk methodologies, frameworks, and technologies
  • Experience in technical documentation in Information security and compliance
  • Thorough understanding of Information Security Compliance requirements
  • Impeccable mastery of English language and grammar
  • Master of MS Word, with very strong skills in MS PowerPoint and Visio
  • Provide quality assurance, analysis, and reporting to ensure audit defensibility

Desired Skills:

  • 3+ years of experience in some of the following ares:
    • Developing, reviewing, or editing various cyber security documents
    • Managing and performing quality best practices and standards
  • Cybersecurity certification is preferred such as, CISSP, CRISC, CISA, CISM, CASP but not required
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Professional documentation, presentation and planning skills
  • Excellent time management skills and proven ability to multi-task competing priorities

 

At Teracore, we support, depend and thrive on differences for the benefit of our associates and customers. Teracore is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based solely on a person's merit and professional qualifications directly related to job competence. 

Apply for this job

*

indicates a required field

Resume/CV*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Cover Letter

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey. Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in a confidential file.

As set forth in Teracore’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Select...
Select...
Race & Ethnicity Definitions

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

Select...

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

Form CC-305
Page 1 of 1
OMB Control Number 1250-0005
Expires 04/30/2026

Why are you being asked to complete this form?

We are a federal contractor or subcontractor. The law requires us to provide equal employment opportunity to qualified people with disabilities. We have a goal of having at least 7% of our workers as people with disabilities. The law says we must measure our progress towards this goal. To do this, we must ask applicants and employees if they have a disability or have ever had one. People can become disabled, so we need to ask this question at least every five years.

Completing this form is voluntary, and we hope that you will choose to do so. Your answer is confidential. No one who makes hiring decisions will see it. Your decision to complete the form and your answer will not harm you in any way. If you want to learn more about the law or this form, visit the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) website at www.dol.gov/ofccp.

How do you know if you have a disability?

A disability is a condition that substantially limits one or more of your “major life activities.” If you have or have ever had such a condition, you are a person with a disability. Disabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Alcohol or other substance use disorder (not currently using drugs illegally)
  • Autoimmune disorder, for example, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS
  • Blind or low vision
  • Cancer (past or present)
  • Cardiovascular or heart disease
  • Celiac disease
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Deaf or serious difficulty hearing
  • Diabetes
  • Disfigurement, for example, disfigurement caused by burns, wounds, accidents, or congenital disorders
  • Epilepsy or other seizure disorder
  • Gastrointestinal disorders, for example, Crohn's Disease, irritable bowel syndrome
  • Intellectual or developmental disability
  • Mental health conditions, for example, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, PTSD
  • Missing limbs or partially missing limbs
  • Mobility impairment, benefiting from the use of a wheelchair, scooter, walker, leg brace(s) and/or other supports
  • Nervous system condition, for example, migraine headaches, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Neurodivergence, for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, dyspraxia, other learning disabilities
  • Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
  • Pulmonary or respiratory conditions, for example, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema
  • Short stature (dwarfism)
  • Traumatic brain injury
Select...

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT: According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. This survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.