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If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for Ciphertex.\nLocated in Chatsworth, California, Ciphertex offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.\nCiphertex is seeking a Technical Writer/Editor/Publisher to join our Marketing and Services Group, which provides technical writing, editing, production, and knowledge-capture services to Ciphertex scientific, technical, and institutional communities.\nResponsibilities:\nPlan, organize, research, write, edit, format, and/or produce very complex scientific, technical, and administrative documents and multimedia products (e.g., proposals, reports, hardware and software documentation, presentations, journal articles, and conference papers) for internal and external audiences, using a variety of publication software, content-management tools, and workflows.\nDocument the results of scientific, technical, and institutional activities, including boards, committees, and teams, often in real time through meetings, interviews, or other forums; and appropriately apply and tailor knowledge-capture methods, processes, and tools to these activities and situations.\nTake end-to-end responsibility for complex and wide-ranging work assignments, from initiation through delivery, distribution, and archiving of work products; responsible for completing significant project or assignment milestones and accountable for results, including performance standards, budget, and schedule.\nGather requirements directly from users, and define strategies for implementation; identify, analyze, and resolve complex, diverse issues; negotiate, create, and track scope, cost, and schedule estimates for complex and wide-ranging work assignments; keep customers, management, and stakeholders informed of status.\nAdvise authors on complex questions on language, style, and audience awareness; conduct quality review of technical materials, including approving others’ work and ensuring compliance with requirements.\nResearch and analyze industry standards, trends, and technologies; and develop recommendations to management, customers, and stakeholders.\nWork independently on key projects and assignments with only limited direction, typically receiving few or no instructions.\nQualifications:\nTypically requires a Bachelor’s degree in technical writing or related discipline.\nExtensive understanding and wide application of advanced principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in a relevant field of knowledge, including advanced knowledge of applicable industry and/or academic practices and standards; and advanced knowledge in one or more related fields around cybersecurity.\nRecent experience writing, editing, producing, and overseeing technical proposals, reports, presentations, and/or similar documentation and multimedia products; experience editing technical journal articles, research papers, manuscripts, and/or books; knowledge of the end-to-end documentation process, from intake to printed and electronic output and distribution.\nExperience documenting scientific, technical, and/or business information, including in real time. Experience developing usable and accessible documentation and other communication products.\nAdvanced skills in Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams), Adobe Creative Cloud (Acrobat, InDesign/InCopy, Photoshop, Illustrator), and collaborative authoring and enterprise content management tools a plus.\nExperience working on diverse, high-performance teams and managing complex and wide-ranging technical communication projects, including preparing schedules, scopes of work, and budgets; assigning and monitoring work; and meeting quality requirements.\nDemonstrated understanding of the value of diversity, and experience fostering an inclusive working and learning environment.\nExcellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate and advocate discipline-related knowledge, services, and programs.\nExcellent interpersonal skills and strong customer focus; ability to coordinate and collaborate effectively in a team environment, either working as an essential contributor or as a leader; experience mentoring and coaching others.\nExcellent organizational skills; ability to complete detailed tasks accurately and efficiently.\nSound critical analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical teams to develop creative and innovative solutions for technical communication issues.\nAbility to innovate work processes and implement industry-best practices in technical communication technology and methods, including knowledge capture.\nAbility to use good judgment and quickly respond to changing priorities; ability to meet commitments, including deadlines and budgets.\nWillingness to work extra hours, including nights and weekends (eligible for overtime pay); willingness to travel.\nGeneral understanding of, or interest in, cyber security or related computer science or engineering fields; advanced knowledge of, or ability to learn and appropriately apply, Laboratory policies and procedures, and government regulations across a range of applications.\nCiphertex has a catalog of benefits and perks that span from the traditional to the unique. This includes a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work-life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together. For benefits eligible positions, benefits are effective the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the employee’s start date.\nFor further benefits information click Benefits and Perks\nThe hiring range displayed below is specifically for those who will work in or reside in the location listed. In extending an offer, Ciphertex considers factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s job related skills, experience, knowledge, and relevant education/training. Hiring range for this job may be adjusted based on primary work location outside of Chatsworth, California. This adjusted range will be provided to candidates by the Recruiter when applicable.\nCiphertex is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status or any other characteristic or condition protected by Federal, state or local law.\nIn addition, Ciphertex is a GSA Federal Contractor.\nEEO is the Law.\nEEO is the Law Supplement\nPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision\nThe Ciphertex Laboratory is a federal facility. Due to rules imposed by the government, Ciphertex will not accept applications from citizens of designated countries or those born in a designated country unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the U.S or have other protected status under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). 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If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for Ciphertex.\nLocated in Chatsworth, California, Ciphertex offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence.\nCiphertex is seeking a Technical Writer/Editor/Publisher to join our Marketing and Services Group, which provides technical writing, editing, production, and knowledge-capture services to Ciphertex scientific, technical, and institutional communities.\nResponsibilities:\nPlan, organize, research, write, edit, format, and/or produce very complex scientific, technical, and administrative documents and multimedia products (e.g., proposals, reports, hardware and software documentation, presentations, journal articles, and conference papers) for internal and external audiences, using a variety of publication software, content-management tools, and workflows.\nDocument the results of scientific, technical, and institutional activities, including boards, committees, and teams, often in real time through meetings, interviews, or other forums; and appropriately apply and tailor knowledge-capture methods, processes, and tools to these activities and situations.\nTake end-to-end responsibility for complex and wide-ranging work assignments, from initiation through delivery, distribution, and archiving of work products; responsible for completing significant project or assignment milestones and accountable for results, including performance standards, budget, and schedule.\nGather requirements directly from users, and define strategies for implementation; identify, analyze, and resolve complex, diverse issues; negotiate, create, and track scope, cost, and schedule estimates for complex and wide-ranging work assignments; keep customers, management, and stakeholders informed of status.\nAdvise authors on complex questions on language, style, and audience awareness; conduct quality review of technical materials, including approving others’ work and ensuring compliance with requirements.\nResearch and analyze industry standards, trends, and technologies; and develop recommendations to management, customers, and stakeholders.\nWork independently on key projects and assignments with only limited direction, typically receiving few or no instructions.\nQualifications:\nTypically requires a Bachelor’s degree in technical writing or related discipline.\nExtensive understanding and wide application of advanced principles, theories, concepts, and techniques in a relevant field of knowledge, including advanced knowledge of applicable industry and/or academic practices and standards; and advanced knowledge in one or more related fields around cybersecurity.\nRecent experience writing, editing, producing, and overseeing technical proposals, reports, presentations, and/or similar documentation and multimedia products; experience editing technical journal articles, research papers, manuscripts, and/or books; knowledge of the end-to-end documentation process, from intake to printed and electronic output and distribution.\nExperience documenting scientific, technical, and/or business information, including in real time. 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This includes a variety of health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans, paid time off, learning, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave and many more. Our focus is on work-life balance, and living healthy, fulfilling lives as we Dare Mighty Things Together. For benefits eligible positions, benefits are effective the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the employee’s start date.\nFor further benefits information click Benefits and Perks\nThe hiring range displayed below is specifically for those who will work in or reside in the location listed. In extending an offer, Ciphertex considers factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s job related skills, experience, knowledge, and relevant education/training. Hiring range for this job may be adjusted based on primary work location outside of Chatsworth, California. 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