Technical Editor - Senior at Leidos in Fort Meade, MD

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The Opportunity

Are you ready to shape the future of global security? The Leidos Intelligence Sector is seeking a detail-oriented Technical Editor - Senior, to support the USCYBERCOM J2 mission, to review, refine, and ensure the quality of finished intelligence products. The Technical Editor - Senior is responsible for examining products to ensure proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax, as well as consistency in logic, clarity, and presentation. This role ensures adherence to agency publication standards, specialized subject matter vocabulary, and prescribed style guides. The Technical Editor - Senior amends and aligns tables, tone boxes, and graphics with textual content, confirms the accuracy of classification markings in accordance with Intelligence Community (IC) guidance, and collaborates with authors on narrative organization and further revisions.

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Contract Status: Proposal Phase/Contingent Upon Award.

Security Clearance: Active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph required. We are not able to sponsor the clearance requirement.

What you'll be doing:

• Review and edit intelligence products for proper grammar, punctuation, and syntax, as well as for clarity, logic, and consistency of content and argument.
• Ensure that all products conform to agency and Intelligence Community publication standards, style guides, and the specialized vocabulary relevant to the subject matter.
• Amend and refine draft tables, tone boxes, and graphics to ensure content supports and is consistent with the accompanying text.
• Verify proper classification markings and handling instructions for all products in accordance with IC and agency guidance.
• Collaborate with authors to revise and reorganize product narrative for improved logical flow, negotiating further revisions as needed to optimize the quality and utility of each product.
• Assist in the management of all J2 finished intelligence products approved for external dissemination.
• Research and collect information from internal and external stakeholders, including subject matter experts and relevant open sources, to ensure thorough and accurate product content.
• Analyze, interpret, cross-check, and edit intelligence products to ensure accuracy and compliance with Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), including but not limited to ICDs 206, 209, 501, and 710.
• Organize information and determine the optimal method of presentation; create content according to established plans.
• Ensure that completed products fulfill their specified purpose, audience, and mission scope.
• Assist in determining and supervising the production process for completed materials, overseeing workflow from draft through publication and dissemination.
• Document Operating Instructions (OIs) for command-wide programs and initiatives as assigned by the Government, standardizing editorial best practices and supporting process improvement.

Needed Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Minimum 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have Bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related senior experience, for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the Master’s degree. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Clearance Needed:

• Active DoD TS/SCI with Polygraph required. We are not able to sponsor the clearance requirement.

Preferred Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Deep familiarity with USCYBERCOM organizational structure and mission.
• Demonstrated experience providing intelligence management and administrative support in a joint or combatant command environment.
• Ability to support timely, accurate, relevant analytical production, to include documents, summaries, issue papers, talking points, and briefings.
• Strong ability to quickly and effectively gather requirements, perform research, compile information, prioritize and collate, draft, edit, and produce high-quality documentation that satisfies customer needs with minimal follow-on work needed.
• Demonstrated proficiency working in a fast-paced collaborative environment, ability to proactively multi-task and meet short deadlines, and possess excellent writing and grammatical skills.
• Strong interpersonal, critical thinking, and communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey complex and technical data to non-technical consumers.
• Able to work across Department of Defense and Intelligence Community agencies to support organizational goals.

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Original Posting:

January 26, 2026 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.