Senior Technical Writer - DITA (Static Analysis / SAST)

Senior Tech Writer - DITA tool (Static Analysis / SAST)

Brief about the role:

Are you adept with developer-facing documentation and DITA? We re looking for a senior technical writer who can be part of the effort to rethink and refresh documentation for Coverity, a static analysis security testing tool. This is a chance to have a big impact by improving content practices while contributing to the documentation.

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Primary qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a technical writer


• Experience with at least one programming language - Java / C / C++ / RUST OR so on..


• Comfortable in the command-line or (even better) familiar with Bash scripting


• Familiarity with source control with Git and GitLab (or something similar)


• Experience working with DITA. For example, creating ditamaps, tasks, concepts, and reference topics from scratch; using keys; using a Ditaval for conditional processing


• Advanced knowledge of

  DITA

  best practices, content strategy, and CCMS systems are highly desirable


• Experience with API documentation, including the ability to test API examples with tools like Postman, curl, or something similar.


• Experience with other developer-facing documentation, like SDKs and command-line tools


• Docs-as-code workflows and tools (Git for SCM, reviewing changes through GitHub pull requests or something similar, and OAS3 specs).


• Proven ability to take the lead on a small team of writers


• Ability to take technical concepts and translate them into documentation to be consumed by non-technical users


• Experience with Atlassian JIRA and Confluence


• Familiarity with Agile methodologies


• Experience with SaaS-based integrated product documentation and help pages


• Ability to work well in a fast-paced team environment


• Keen attention to detail


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Demonstrated ability to think about and improve the user experience, whether advocating for the user in the Agile process or writing documentation that is easy for customers to use


• Familiarity with application security software