Job Title: Technical Writer
Location: San Ramon, CA
Duration: Long Term

Responsibilities:

Research, implement, and customize DITA authoring tools that increase the efficiency and productivity of the Information Development team.
Work with the Information Development team and other stakeholders to design and develop an online, collaborative content creation and review system.
Assist in defining requirements and designing new features for the current end to end authoring solution.
Develop expertise with DITA-OT to write transforms and/or scripts to automate building documentation deliverables (HTML, PDF, or other formats).
Become trained to administer the Astoria CMS.
Troubleshoot issues and provide technical support to writers during the authoring and publishing process
Champion the depth and breadth of the content, being a stickler for details without losing sight of the customer experience.

Qualifications / Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Technical Communications, English Studies, or "STEM" Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
7+ years of experience in the technical writing industry, preferably software.

Desired Characteristics

Strong XML and XSLT development skills preferred.
Experience with Bamboo, Jenkins, or other continuous integration tools.
Experience with revision control repositories, such as Git.
Familiarity with Java.
Extensive knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl and JavaScript.
Experience with Windows development.
Knowledge of Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems.
Effective communication skills when interfacing with non-technical users.
Experience with DITA-based technical documentation design and implementation.
Passion for innovation and desire to improve and promote documentation quality and usefulness.

 

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