Technical Writer
Description
SemanticBits is currently seeking a Technical Writer to provide leadership, guidance, and training in producing high quality documentation.
Responsibilities
- Develop a variety of technical and project related documentation including technical manuals, user guides, as well as project management life cycle and software development life cycle artifacts.
- Review and edit documentation produced by technical and non-technical personnel including technical articles, white papers, presentations and web content.
- Outline, rewrite, edit, and format proposals that fully comply with customer requirements in terms of both content and format.
- Ensure that documentation is accurate, complete, meets editorial and government specifications, and adheres to standards for quality, graphics, coverage, format, and style.
- Participate in the establishment of style guidelines and standards for text and illustrations.
Experience
- 4-6 years experience in writing and editing technical documentation for software development projects
- Bachelors degree in a related field is required.
Skills
- Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with project managers and technical staff as well as non-technical customers.
- Ability to plan and to meet deadlines.
- Knowledge of system analysis and project management is desirable.
- Experience in authoring documents on the Confluence Wiki.
- Must be organized and detail-oriented.
- Must have a team player attitude.
- Quick assimilation of new knowledge and information capability.
- Self initiation, and the ability to tactfully manage the differing goals and priorities of the multiple stakeholders that comprise the project's core and are integral to success.