Senior Technical Writer

Readiness Delivered. Kratos engineers and deploys technology and systems that move national security forward, with the cost, speed, and reliability that make readiness certain. We are a trusted partneridriven by doing the right thing and achieving maximum success for our customers, our partners and ourselves.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Writer, who is a relentless problem solver that has a knack for the English language. We need a skilled writer who can dive in and support our Network Products department and other teams with top-notch technical documentation.

The ideal candidate will have experience:

• Research, outline, write, and edit new and existing content, working closely with departments and individual stakeholders to understand goals and requirements.
• Independently gather information from subject matter experts to develop, organize, draft, and edit Standards, Policy, and Process documentation needed to support network product releases.
• Write and edit user-friendly content that meets the needs of the target audience. Maintain consistency, clarity, and adherence to company standards and industry best practices.
• Enable idocs-as-code workflows, rapid formatting, version control collaboration (Git/Artifactory); utilize plain-text syntax for formatting, linking, and structured authoring documentation.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the development and maintenance of documentation best practices.
• Ensure proper version control and maintain templates that uphold organizational and legal standards and allow for easy data migration.
• Attend meetings and provide updates as needed. Must be able to be present at the assigned worksite during designated times.
• Assist other departments with technical documentation requests.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

• Bacheloris degree in relevant field (Technical Writing, English, Journalism, Engineering), or 3+ years experience as a Technical Writer/Content Editor.
• Expert level knowledge of Adobe Acrobat.
• Expert knowledge and high proficiency with MS products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Familiarity with style guides and ability to adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style and the Microsoft Writing Style Guide.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information, per government standards.
• Strong interpersonal skills for effective collaboration with peers and supervisors.
• Self-motivated with good organizational skills.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with 2026 industry-standard agile trends (docs-as-code, AI-assisted documentation pipelines)
  
  
  
  • Experience with Git, Astro Docs, Mintlify, GitBook, MkDocs, developer portals, API hubs, markdown, plain-text syntax for structuring, formatting, and linking; API documentation.
  • Collaboration experience with back-end engineers, frontend developers, DevRel teams, product managers, AI tooling, open-source contributors.
  
  
  
  
• Experience with workflows and tooling used by engineering, operations, and product teams
• Experience working in knowledge management tools (SharePoint, Confluence, MS Teams).
• Experience with Shipley and/or APMP.
• Experience independently gathering information from subject matter experts to develop, organize, draft, and edit proposals, RFIs, and white papers.
• Familiarity with structured authoring concepts and tools.

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $110,000-$130,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offeringsifrom commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And we always deliver.

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. i