Remote Senior DoD Staff Writing SME — AI Research & Domain Evaluation

ZR Talent Group is recruiting a qualified Remote Senior DoD Staff Writing SME — AI Research & Domain Evaluation for a 100% remote contract opportunity ($40 - $80/hour) open to candidates across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa. In this specialist engagement, you will collaborate with advanced AI research teams to design domain-specific evaluation scenarios, audit complex model reasoning, and establish gold-standard reference solutions in military writing, federal documentation standards, report generation and evaluation, grading rubric development.

Prior experience building machine learning systems is not required—our research partners value authentic practitioner judgment, domain rigor, and clear analytical writing.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Develop and provide well-structured prompts, input artifacts, and golden responses for diverse Department of Defense (DoD) staff writing tasks such as WARs, SITREPs, executive summaries, and performance reports.
• Create grading guidelines to evaluate and score model-generated outputs, ensuring alignment with DoD standards and expectations for accuracy, tone, and compliance.
• Produce authentic report artifacts reflecting the style, structure, and language used in real-world DoD documentation across a range of operational and administrative scenarios.
• Contribute to the design and review of test materials that evaluate AI capabilities in summarizing and reporting tasks typically performed by federal personnel.
• Engage in feedback cycles to refine prompts, responses, and grading rubrics based on project needs and model performance.
• Leverage back-office and communication experience to simulate weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting formats familiar to federal organizations.

Required Qualifications & Technical Criteria

• Demonstrated professional or advanced academic background in military writing, federal documentation standards, report generation and evaluation, grading rubric development.
• Strong analytical writing and critical evaluation skills in English.
• Self-directed work ethic suited for an asynchronous, 100% remote research environment.

Preferred Experience & Bonus Attributes

• Former federal contributor for the U.S. Department of War (Department of Defense), with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience producing key reporting artifacts such as Weekly Activity Reports (WARs), Situation Reports (SITREPs), executive summaries, and similar standard formats.
• Background in one of the six branches of the U.S. military, with diversity of experience across different roles and units preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication, with clear attention to detail and audience-appropriate language.
• Working knowledge of back-office tools and processes, including the production and formatting of PowerPoint briefings, memos, Excel summaries, and related documentation.
• Strong analytical skills for evaluating and providing constructive feedback on model-generated staff writing outputs.
• US-based with an understanding of federal compliance, reporting requirements, and DoD-specific terminology and workflows.

Compensation, Remote Eligibility & Schedule

• Compensation Band: $40 - $80/hour
• Work Model: 100% Remote / Work From Home with flexible asynchronous scheduling
• Eligible Remote Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Current Openings: 9 active specialist positions
• Hiring Organization: ZR Talent Group
• Core Skills & Technologies: military writing, federal documentation standards, report generation and evaluation, grading rubric development, written and verbal communication, department of defense procedures, collaborative remote work, compliance best practices