Technical Writer, software projects

05 Jul 2024

Vacancy expired!

We have been retained by our client in

Dallas, Texas (Addison, Texas) to deliver a

Technical Writer on a

contract consulting basis to assist in the documentation necessary across the entire software development life cycle (SDLC) including many technical writing opportunities to assist not only the development manager s team, but also the business operations and project management team. This is a 9+ month contract, in Dallas, onsite, M-F, 7am-4pm preferred, but flexible. Our client hires individuals who strive to make an impact on this .NET custom ERP development team and encourage teamwork and creativity, and in turn, our client will invest in you and your team to help grow yours and your team members careers and build upon your and your team s software engineering skills and your documentation skills.

We are seeking a candidate interested in putting their mind to work on, collaborating on, as well as putting their hands on, helping design and leaving a mark on the design of the best software development process or SDLC. Leave your documentation mark given by your technical writing skills and make an impact on the design changes to the SDLC or process to move developers down the path to delivery of projects.

  • Technical writing, and organizing technical documentation for projects.
  • Generate innovative ideas for content and workflow solutions
  • Analyze information required for the development of or update of policies, procedures and forms
  • Review and/or copy edit content developed by other members of the team
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to help write software requirements and ensure special topics are addressed. Determine functional and non-functional requirements for new or upgraded software applications.
  • Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code both for the development team and End-User Population
  • Create software development feature

    requirements documentation, use cases. Stay flexible if some minor documentation pieces are not available yet, and stay politely and professionally persistent in gathering needed information. this environment using a combination of both Waterfall and Agile software development.

Execute software projects through the entire SDLC,

from start to finish, managing and motivating software engineers, coordinating and collaborating with multi-discipline teams.

Plays a major role in problem identification and resolution during the SDLC or development process by highlighting potential areas of concern and promptly driving resolution of issues that affect program execution. Focus is on:

development of documentation project plan based on scope of project including setting clearly understood product requirements documentation; execution of project plan documents and technical writing; working with cross functional teams; and project details. Manage more than one

documentation or content program or technical writing project simultaneously.

  • Technical writing includes the plans or blueprints for software projects, including defining the scope, allocating resources, setting deadlines, laying out communication strategies, and indicating tests and maintenance.
  • Ability to drive all aspects of the documentation and technical writing of software development process to completion.
  • Utilizes central storage of information and encourages use to ensure one source of truth where documentation will hold the answers.
  • Ensure team recognizes key milestones and maintain progress towards and achievement of these milestones.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 5 years experience in

    documentation or technical writing experience with at least some software development projects or

    documentation project management experience.
  • Some experience talking with developers and software engineers writing software code and experience following a development process or SDLC.
  • Creating project documentation for software projects
  • Creating documentation of meetings including scribing the minutes or discussions for all project meetings and project communications, and distributing to included team members in distribution lists
  • Fluency in technical and common Microsoft Office software applications and tools for documentation and publishing content online, on web pages
  • Ability to remain detail oriented, and write content that is easy to understand by a wide audience.
  • Requirements gathering, functional specifications writing, work flows, requirements analysis, documentation of new functionality, use cases, user stories, functional documentation, technical specifications writing, technical documentation, technical writing.
  • Written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment
  • Willingness to take on new challenges and build on current skills

  • Keep a focus quality with ability to communicate software product requirements (where the customers for the program include external and internal groups).

  • Solid computer skills MS Office, MS PowerPoint and MS Project

  • Experience with utilizing technology to drive projects (i.e.

    Azure DevOps TFS Team Foundation Server, SmartSheets,

    MS Project, MS Visio, Projectmanager.com, DevApps,

    JIRA, Basecamp, Awana etc)

Employment Type: Contract Consulting

Hourly Rate: 45 52.00 per hour

Location: Dallas, Texas (Addison, Texas) office work location

Immigration: US citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b candidates at this time.

This is a government regulated industry that

requires a candidate who has US Citizenship.

Please apply with resume.

Dallas contract opp ty:

Technical Writer, software projects

http://www.computerstaff.com/?jobIdDescription=636

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  • ID: #43841239
  • State: Texas Dallas / fort worth 75001 Dallas / fort worth USA
  • City: Dallas / fort worth
  • Salary: USD 45 - 52 per hour 45 - 52 per hour
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-07-05
  • Deadline: 2022-08-30
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