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Engineers in our team work inside a highly agile development environment and are responsible for the full software development life cycle – ranging from designing and implementing of the new product features, testing for industry-leading quality assurance over to continuous product delivery as well as supporting our global customers. You should be thrilled by emerging technologies with our software products for future Mainframe and Cloud-based markets.
« What you will do (Roles & Responsibilities) :
As a Technical Writer (Information developer)/ Editor, you will be responsible for writing, editing, and publishing high-quality documentation for Products on IBM z Systems.

• Decipher technical documents for IBM Z Systems and associated Software and be able to write procedures and documents required for client reference.
• Gather inputs from development/engineers, document the features/defects , Release notes and publish documentation in IBM Documentation.
• Use IBM guidelines, correct grammar and style guide and document accordingly.
• Work with developers to ensure document accuracy.
• Review written technical documents for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, content, and style. Make any necessary corrections to technical documents.
• Ensuring that all written content meets IBM standards.
• Developing, communicating and adhering to goals for content, workflow, and the aim of writing.
• Work on automation where possible and think of process improvements.
• Work end-to-end on release cycles from analysis of requirements up to publishing content.
• Work collaboratively with team members, leads, developers, quality engineers, project managers, and usability experts to document our products and make our product easier to use.
• Write technical documentation for developers including concept documents, how-to guides, and API reference documents.
• Design and organise documentation sets for new features.
• Rewrite and reorganise existing documentation to improve the customer experience.
• Edit, clarify, and proofread documents written by others and coach non-writers on ways to improve their writing skills.
• Manage documentation projects and take responsibility for the quality of documentation.
• Should help the team to evalelize the product deployment procedures, product features, Upgrade procedures etc…as blogs, small videos, POC documentations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 6+ years of relevant industry experience,
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Ability to decipher technical documents and write from a user perspective. *
• Ability to understand new features from developers and write a document on same explaining the features in a manner easily understood and usable by Customers.
• Ability to pick up tools and knowledge in the ever-changing environment quickly and able to deliver as per schedule with quality.
• Proven experience as a technical writer / Editor and in working with a variety of style guides.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Documentation Development Life Cycle knowledge.
• Technical documentation knowledge using various tools, Git, and GitHub.
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written and presentation.
• Exposure to video editing tools

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge about Cloud technologies and emerging trends
• Knowledge about Virtualization concepts and understanding of Linux
• Excellent communication skills: verbal, written and presentation.