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TalentBurst

Technical Writer

TalentBurst, Mountain View, California, us, 94039

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Job Title:

Technical Writer

Work Location:

Onsite – Santa Clara, CA

Duration:

3 Months

Job Description The Digital Experiences team is seeking a Technical Writer to join our team. This role involves collaborating with experts to develop articles, guides, and comprehensive documentation for clients products and services. This individual contributor role will report into the Digital Experiences business unit and collaborate with the Performance, Education, and Knowledge (PEAK) team to create technical product documentation.

Key Responsibilities

Translate highly technical and complex information into easy-to-understand documentation for both technical and non-technical audiences

Identify and interview subject matter experts, product managers, solutions architects, and engineers to gather technical information about our products and processes

Create, update, and maintain a variety of content including:

Installation and configuration guides

Technical specifications

Best practices

Supportability

Process enablement

Technical blogs

Utilize access to experts, labs, and research to ensure the technical accuracy and usability of our content

Use and improve development of templates, style guides, team processes, and standards to maintain consistency across our content

Review and edit content submitted by multiple collaborators across the organization for grammar, style, and formatting to ensure the content adheres to our content style guidelines

Ramp up your skills in various tools such as WYSIWYG editors, DITA authoring tools, and ServiceNow

Create structured content using

DITA principles , ensuring adherence to established information architecture, content reuse, and organizational standards

Maintain content for and manage multiple projects simultaneously, learn the products, and work as an integral part of the team

Collaborate with Learning & Development to align documentation with training

Qualifications

The right candidate is driven to deliver technical concepts as easy-to-understand and clear documentation for our users

Self‑motivated, highly organized, with attention to detail, and the ability to challenge the status quo

Leverage skills and technical writing experiences to help build and maintain solutions in a growing

Customer Experience (CX)

organization that delivers incredible results

BS degree or equivalent practical experience in writing, content creation, or communication

Experience in technical writing of software, hardware, or related documentation

Superior command of writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills

Skilled at organizing and translating information into clear and concise written documentation for a global audience

Excellent command of the English language

Ability to deliver assignments and tasks through effective time management and clear communication

Ability to work independently, but also able to collaborate with other writers and developers with a positive attitude

Drive and passion to learn new technologies, processes, methodologies, and apply those insights to iterative improvements

Maintain agility in a fast‑paced and growing environment

Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to think critically and anticipate needs

Enthusiasm for creating user‑centric documentation

Experience writing and editing in accordance with a well‑defined style guide

Experience with document versioning and best practices

Strong relationship‑building and listening skills

Education Bachelor’s degree

or equivalent in writing, content creation, or communication

Experience

5+ years of technical writing experience

Experience with collaboration tools such as

Confluence/Jira, Google Suite, and Smartsheet

Experience with

DITA CCMS authoring – Heretto CCMS

Experience with

Oxygen XML Editor

and

ZoominCDP

(preferred)

Experience with

ServiceNow Knowledge and Community

offerings (preferred)

Background in

networking and/or data storage

(preferred)

Familiarity with version control systems such as

Git

(preferred)

Understanding of

XML, XML Schemas, and DITA Architecture

Experience with

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)

environments including:

XML authoring tools

XML

XML Schemas

Information Architecture

Must be willing and able to work in an open office, team environment, in office 5‑day week. Basic knowledge of technical concepts and terminology is advantageous.

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