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Technical writer

CollaberaEagan, MN🇺🇸United StatesPosted Jun 18, 2016

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Eagan, MN, United States
Posted
10 years ago
ShellJavaScriptPythonREST

Job Description

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 

Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Position Details:

Job Title: Technical Writer 

Location: Eagan, MN 55123

Duration: 4 Months (May extend)

Description:

We are looking for a freelance/contractor Technical Writer to produce high-quality documentation.

 Responsibilities: 

 • Work with internal teams to obtain an in-depth understanding of the product and the documentation requirements 

 • Analyze existing and potential content, focusing on reuse and single-sourcing opportunities 

 • Produce high-quality documentation that meets applicable standards and is appropriate for its intended audience 

 • Write easy-to-understand online help, developer guides and end user manuals 

 • Create tutorials to help end-users use a variety of applications 

 • Review, manage and edit release notes for new product features with each release cycle 

Requirements:

 • Proven working experience writing API documentation 

• Experience writing simple shell scripts for REST API Examples 

• Experience with UNIX, Python or Javascript is desired 

• Working knowledge of JSON and XML 

• Experience with Swagger, a plus. 

• Ability to deliver high quality documentation paying attention to detail 

• Ability to quickly grasp complex technical concepts and make them easily understandable in text and pictures 

• Basic familiarity with the SDLC and software development

To apply for this position please send your resume to:

Nimish Singh at Nimish.Singh(at)collabera.com or you can call at 973-805-7507.