Technical Editor

About the role

Booz Allen is looking for a Technical Editor to analyze and evaluate products and ensure that administrative and production requirements for military capabilities, capacity, readiness, policy, strategy, doctrine and operating environments are met. The editor reviews intelligence products for compliance with tradecraft, grammar and style standards, edits or reorganizes content and works with authors to improve their products.

Key responsibilities

• Analyze and evaluate products and check that administrative and production requirements are met
• Review intelligence products for compliance with tradecraft, grammar and style standards
• Edit or reorganize content and ensure consistency in logic, development and organization
• Work with authors to suggest improvements to their products
• Share knowledge and findings, including developing and mentoring others on technical analysis and discovery tradecraft, client operational tradecraft, open-source research and technical tradecraft

Required profile

• 3+ years of experience in editing and written document production
• 3+ years of experience with intelligence production
• Bachelor's degree; a degree in English, Literature, Area Studies or Communications is a plus
• TS/SCI clearance; applicants are subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for classified information

Nice to have

• Attention to detail in document production and workflow tracking
• Experience with defense tradecraft standards
• Knowledge of foundational military intelligence and military capabilities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including editing
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

What we offer

• Health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave and professional development
• Tuition assistance, work-life programs and dependent care
• A recognition awards program for exceptional performance
• Projected annual salary range of $62,000 to $141,000 depending on location, qualifications and experience