Technical Writer-Cybersecurity/Cryptography
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Working with one of the top financial clients this role calls for a Technical Writer-Cybersecurity/Cryptography who will develop comprehensive technical and governance documentation for cryptographic projects, including system and process requirements, design specifications, RACI charts, traceability matrices, system overviews, technical guides. This candidate will work with teams to identify and document current state technology capabilities/ecosystem and support stakeholders to design the desired future state. The successful candidate will support the development of business cases including RFI/RFP and service level agreements with vendors/suppliers consistent with technology requirements/guidelines.
Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications.
Document processes and workflows for encryption, secure data handling, and other security measures. - Draft, review, and update cybersecurity policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), technology implementation guides, playbooks, configuration guides, user guides, and technical reports.
- Ensure all documentation adheres to industry best practices, regulatory requirements in the financial industry space, and client documentation templates.
- Create clear and visually engaging presentation decks for technical peers and senior management.
- Translate complex technical concepts into easily understandable language for diverse audiences.
- Proofread and refine documentation created by team members to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality.
- Apply style guides and standardize content formatting across all deliverables.
- Work closely with cybersecurity engineers, cryptographers, and project managers to gather and capture information.
- Assist in organizing documentation repositories to ensure easy access and traceability. Perform proper identification and dissemination of resource material.
- Take a lead role in proper technical documentation lifecycle management. Engage, motivate, and guide technical teams through the documentation process and drive it to completeness.
- Create and maintain traceability documentation to link system requirements to design and implementation phases.
- Ensure alignment with organizational security standards and regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001).
- Develop documentation in response to, and in anticipation of, changes in the business environment.
- Collaborate with a team at the forefront of cybersecurity and cryptography innovation.
- Contribute to critical initiatives that safeguard enterprise data and systems.
- Coordinate staff information and provide update meetings.
Desired Skill Set:
- 5 years of experience in Technical Writing
- 5 years of familiarity with cybersecurity and cryptography concepts, such as encryption, data protection, and s
- 5 years of experience in Writing system requirements, system specifications, data flow documents, technical specifications
- Experience with writing technical standards docs
- Ability to maintain medium to longer-term focus required by elevated level of complexity in document
- Flexible & willing to take on new projects/roles, to learn new skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Technical Writing, Communications, Information Technology, Cybersecurity,
Nice To Have:
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, GDPR, PCI DSS)
- Proficiency in documentation and tracking tools (e.g., Confluence, SharePoint, JIRA) and design tool
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