Technical Writer

Global Channel Management is a technology company that specializes in various types of recruiting and staff augmentation. Our account managers and recruiters have over a decade of experience in various verticals. GCM understands the challenges companies face when it comes to the skills and experience needed to fill the void of the day to day function. Organizations need to reduce training and labor costs but at same requiring the best "talent " for the job.

Qualifications

Technical Writer needs 3 years of related experience.

Technical Writer requires:

• Experience authoring technical publications for highly technical and complex products.
• Experience
  working with complex network products, video delivery products, and/or
  software for technical audiences is preferred.• Must have experience
  with Structured FrameMaker (DITA).
• Experience with other tools
  used in this environment, including Acrobat Professional, Adobe Creative
  Suite, Word, Excel, DITA, SVN, JIRA is helpful.
• Must have experience collaborating with other users in a content management system.
• Experience working on a dispersed, multi-cultural team helpful.
• Experience writing in an agile development environment is a plus.
• Degree in Computer Science, English, Technical Writing or related subject.
• Ability to learn quickly and on-the-fly.

Technical Writer duties:

• 
  Write user and technical documentation for process automation products,
  including user guides for technical audiences, online help, Release
  Notes, and Product Specifications.
• Work independently on a project basis, interacting with developers, testers, project managers, support staff, and other SMEs.
• Conduct interviews with various technical subject matter experts to gather information.
• Research
  and translate technical information into user-oriented information for
  non-technical and technical audiences.• Publish user documentation in a
  variety of online and printed formats.
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Additional Information

$26 hr

6 MONTHS