2+ DITA Jobs in India

Mandatory Skills

• Experience in Technical Writing/Information Development
• Experience writing topic-based and task-oriented documentation according to company style guidelines, requiring minimal editing from senior ID staff
• Experience developing enterprise systems software documentation for users and system administrators
• General knowledge on DITA concepts and IDCMS: ID (Information Development) Lifecycle and Content Management System
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills
• MS Word

Roles, Responsibilities

• Effectively collaborate with project stakeholders to scope ID work
• Attend ID and Dev core meetings to understand ID requirements and plan, write and maintain concise but complete internal and external technical information (end user manuals, troubleshooting topics, compliance documentation, API descriptions) in compliance with client and team guidelines
• Independently research for relevant information and perform content reviews
• Work alongside multiple teams in a fast-paced agile environment towards providing high quality written content.
• Follow recommended style and business guidelines; using approved templates
• Being technically savvy in the areas of documentation by being hands-on with new and current product features
• Being proficient in usage of documentation tools & systems and aware of new technologies in documentation, industry best practices.
• Delivering the work allocated in time and with quality including translations and documentation build packages

• Education - BS or BA. English, Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience - 8+ years of experience in Technical Writing; developing software and hardware documentation for global customers.
• Tools
• Authoring/Editing/Publishing - MadCap Flare/MadCap Central (preferred) or experience in any one of the topic-based/DITA-based authoring tools such as Oxygen XML, XMetal, Framemaker (structured).
• Source/version control - Git/Gerrit, GitHub, or Bitbucket.
• Feature/Defect Management - Jira, Rally, or any industry-standard, agile project/defect management software.
• Collaboration and Process Management - Confluence, Wiki
• Domain - Familiarity with compute, cloud, storage, network, security, or virtualization technologies.
• Communication and writing - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.