Technical Writer Job at GeekSI in San Antonio

GeekSI is seeking candidates matching its corporate culture. A candidate must be passionate about their craft, but who may think a little differently than the average employee. After joining the Geek Team, they inherently will contribute to GeekSI's reputation of providing the best, most innovative technical resources in the industry who ultimately not only care about their customers, but about their customer's business, clients and end-users. Work hard, play hard!

GeekSI covers 100 percent employer contribution toward health insurance premiums for employees and 50 percent for dependents.

We are looking for a remote Technical Writer to produce high-quality documentation to facilitate communication or to be easily understood by a broad audience. You will need to quickly understand systems, how they interact with each other, their capabilities, architecture, and structures, to then dive deeper into creating, editing, and reviewing system documentation. Travel may be required at select times throughout the year.

We are currently NOT offering Sponsorship

The Must-Haves: To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below

• Must currently reside in the US
• Must have an associates degree or a 2 year technical school
• Experience: 5 years of experience as a Technical Writer
• Knowledge of instructional design and adult learning concepts, techniques, and methods
• Knowledge of trends in creative design, processes, products, digital media, and websites
• Skill in researching, compiling, and analyzing data to report findings
• Skill in using office automation tools (MS Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Email/Calendaring, etc.)

Responsibilities:

• Create documentation that clarifies the DevSecOps product's features and benefits. They will work on requirements like content strategy or scoping out new products to ensure all necessary information has been included for users to understand what they're reading quickly.
• Produce high-quality documentation that is appropriate for its intended audience
• Work with stakeholders on product and documentation requirements
• Writing easy-to-understand user interface text, online help and developer guides
• Work with internal teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of the product and the documentation requirements
• Produce high-quality documentation that meets applicable standards and is appropriate for its intended audience
• Create tutorials to help end-users use a variety of applications
• Analyze existing and potential content, focusing on reuse and single-sourcing opportunities
• Create and maintain the information architecture
• Translate technical software documentation from Defense Industry terms into useable, easily understood web content.

WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT OFFERING SPONSORSHIP

GeekSI provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, disability, veteran or any other legally protected status. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.

Thank you for your interest in being part of the Geek Team.