Wiweeki is currently seeking a Technical Writer to assist our Business Development staff in our Corporate Headquarters office in Leesburg, VA.

Job Description

This position will be responsible for developing high-quality technical proposal write-ups for Wiweeki’s Strategic Capture Team working under the Vice President of Strategic Capture. The Technical Proposal Writer will lead and manage the proposal development process; schedule and ensure that the proposal is compliant, compelling, and persuasive in accordance with the solicitation and all referenced documents.

This position has overall responsibility for coordinating the development of management, technical, or cost volumes of Federal RFPs, including the development of content for oral presentations and a variety of proposal artifacts as required. Technical Proposal Writer will ensure that each section of the Proposal is fully compliant, and that the volume incorporates overall response win themes and adheres to established stylistic conventions.

Key Responsibilities For This Position Include

  • Analyze the technical requirements of Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Requests for Quotes (RFQs), Requests for Information (RFIs), and Sources Sought Notices (SSNs).
  • Conceptualize, write, and review compelling documents while maintaining compliance with technical requirements, including past performance documentation, capabilities descriptions, and management and project plans
  • Conceptualize at a high level; review and integrate visually appealing, informative technical graphics and illustrations
  • Interview subject-matter experts to understand the processes, technologies, business needs, and other contextual details of a subject-matter domain and to elicit the appropriate technical information to compose high-quality technical write-ups
  • Evaluate technical sections – text, layout, graphics, etc. – for storytelling quality, consistency, coherence, clarity, and compliance with technical requirements and for alignment with solutions and themes

Required Skills Include

  • Bachelor\’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Candidates MUST be willing to write the proposal responses, not just direct SMEs to do so.
  • 5+ years of experience of technical proposal writing in federal proposal process, contracts, bids.
  • Strong knowledge of developing proposals in response to Federal Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Information (RFI) etc.
  • Proven track record in understanding the proposal capture process of Federal Government.
  • Working knowledge of FAR, DFARS and other Government Procurement regulations as they pertain to the RFP process.
  • Ability to think strategically and be detail oriented
  • The ability to articulate verbally and in writing highly complex technical solutions in understandable terms, proposals, schedules and project plans
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project to create, edit and produce documents and supporting artifacts
  • Able to work on multiple proposals and tasks in parallel.
  • Outstanding organization and planning skills.
  • Skilled in self-management, balancing competing priorities, and working against multiple deadlines.
  • Strong project management skills – planning, execution, issue resolution, and control.
  • Formal training in structured proposal development a plus
  • Graphic designer a plus Preferred skills include:
  • Extensive technical knowledge across multiple technology areas including: Java platform, .Net framework, performance tuning, storage, networking, client libraries
  • Excellent analytical, problem solving, written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail and think broadly with a system orientation

Citizenship and background investigation: US citizenship is not required. Applicant must have valid work authorization. All applicants will be required to submit a background investigation application prior to beginning work.

Wiweeki is a Federal Contractor and agrees to comply with all provisions set forth in Equal Employment Opportunity, Executive Order 11246, as amended, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 38 U.S.C. 4212 of the Vietnam Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended and 29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A (Executive Order 13496). If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact our HR Department at hr@wiweeki.com.

Wiweeki is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.