Job description
Senior Technical Author
A leading data security software company are looking for a Senior Technical Author to join their growing organisation.
The Senior Technical Author will join a small team and be responsible for leading the Technical Author function, defining the processes and procedures.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Senior Technical Author to join a business who are going through major growth with a market leading technology.
As a Senior Technical Author you will be responsible for putting in place processes and procedures for the business and work on a consultative basis to implement the right approach.
The role of Senior Technical Author will involve:
- Shape our Technical writing team and function to fit the needs of a growing scale up Engineering department - Leading a team of 2
- Take ownership of internal standards and drive the development of best practices for production of technical documentation
- Write clear documentation for various tools
- Work with our Engineering and Product teams to produce learning and knowledge artefacts and detailed operating procedures for training
- Work with our internal teams to gather an expert understanding of the platform and associated products in order to write documentation Audit and enhance any existing documentation
- Write easy to understand developer guides
The successful Senior Technical Author will have;
- Ability to create documentation and artefacts from scratch for green field projects
- Previous experience of working within the software development lifecycle
- Able to understand complex technical concepts and present comprehensive, concise, accurate and useful information
- Proven ability to produce internal documentation and training materials
- Passionate about writing technical documentation
- Ability to manage a small team of highly skilled Technical authors
The role of Senior Technical Author is paying up to £70,000 depending on experience and fantastic benefits which include; 25 days annual leave, Enhanced Pension Contribution, Catered Lunch and more.
To be considered please forward your CV to CameronElloway@SpectrumIT.co.uk or call Cameron on 02380 765 301.