Proposal Technical Writer

Halvik Corp delivers a wide range of services to 13 executive agencies and 15 independent agencies. Halvik is a highly successful WOB business with more than 50 prime contracts and 500+ professionals delivering Digital Services, Advanced Analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cyber Security and Cutting-Edge Technology across the US Government. Be a part of something special!

Position Overview

The Federal Proposal Technical Writer (Mid–Senior Level) leads the development of high-quality, compliant, and persuasive proposal content in response to U.S. Government solicitations. This role supports a wide variety of proposal efforts, including Requests for Information (RFIs), Sources Sought Notices, Requests for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and task orders under multiple-award contract vehicles.

The Technical Writer is responsible for authoring technical volumes, tailoring key personnel resumes, and developing impactful past performance narratives that align with evaluation criteria and strengthen the overall win strategy. This individual partners closely with Proposal Managers, Graphic Designers, Capture Managers, Solution Architects, and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to translate complex technical solutions into clear, compelling, and evaluator-focused content. The role requires a strategic mindset, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced federal contracting environment.

Core Responsibilities

Lead development of technical proposal content across multiple volumes, including but not limited to:

Technical Approach

Management Approach

Staffing and Key Personnel Plans

Transition and Quality Control Plans

Analyze solicitation documents (RFPs, RFQs, RFIs), with deep understanding of Sections L & M, to drive compliant and strategic responses

Develop solution graphics, process flows, and visual representations that clearly communicate technical concepts, methodologies, and discriminators.

Ensure graphics align with proposal narratives, win themes, and brand standards

Own and tailor key personnel resumes, ensuring alignment with labor categories, qualifications, and evaluation criteria

Develop, refine, and optimize past performance narratives, emphasizing relevancy, outcomes, and discriminators

Collaborate with Capture Managers and Proposal Leadership to incorporate win themes, strengths, and differentiators throughout the response

Translate complex technical concepts into clear, concise, and compelling language for government evaluators

Lead or support storyboarding and content planning sessions

Participate in and contribute to color team reviews (Pink, Red, Gold), including incorporating and adjudicating feedback

Ensure consistency in voice, messaging, and formatting across all proposal artifacts

Support compliance reviews and quality assurance checks

Use AI tools and Halvik's internal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) tool to accelerate research, drafting, and content reuse, while critically reviewing and verifying all AI-assisted output for accuracy, compliance, and quality before inclusion in a proposal

Stay current on evolving proposal processes, tools, and team culture, and apply updates to daily practice

Mentor junior writers and contribute to continuous improvement of proposal processes, templates, and content libraries

Maintain and enhance reusable content, including resumes and past performance repositories

Writing Expertise

• Technical, persuasive, and compliance-driven federal proposal writing
• RFI, RFQ, RFP, and task order responses
• Key personnel resume and past performance development
• Executive summaries and management narratives
• Process documentation and quality assurance plans
• Storyboarding and solution graphic narratives
• Editing, proofreading, and content standardization

Professional Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Business, a technical discipline, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience with a technical degree or technical work background.
• 5–10+ years of experience supporting federal proposal development
• Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to technical proposal volumes
• Proven expertise in writing and tailoring resumes and past performance volumes for federal proposals
• Strong understanding of federal procurement processes, including FAR-based solicitations
• Exceptional writing, editing, and content structuring skills
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple deadlines in fast-paced proposal environments

Certifications

APMP Foundations (Preferred)

Preferred Expertise

Experience supporting large, complex proposals (e.g., $50M+ opportunities or IDIQs)

Prior experience in government contracting, consulting, or professional services environments

Strategic thinking and ability to align content to evaluation criteria

Advanced technical writing and editing capabilities

Strong attention to detail and compliance focus

Excellent collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills

Ability to simplify complex ideas without losing technical accuracy

Strong organizational and time management skills

Demonstrated ability to write clearly and credibly across the broad range of technical and mission domains Halvik supports, including IT modernization, cloud and DevSecOps, cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI/ML solutions, for federal defense, civilian, and national security clients

Sound judgment in applying AI and other internal tools to save time and support solutioning, paired with the discipline to independently verify facts, figures, and claims before they go into a proposal

Keeping up to date with emerging AI trends and technologies in the proposal industry, and identifying opportunities to apply them to Halvik's proposal process

Privacy Policy – Halvik Corp

Halvik offers a competitive full benefits package including

• Company-supported medical, dental, vision, life, STD, and LTD insurance
• Benefits include 11 federal holidays and PTO
• Eligible employees may receive performance-based incentives in recognition of individual and/or team achievements.
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Accounts for commuter, medical, and dependent care expenses

Tuition Assistance

Charitable Contribution matching

Halvik Corp is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Halvik's 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.