Primary Skill : Technical Writer
Secondary Skill : Other
Other Skills :
Amdocs helps those who build the future to make it amazing. With our market-leading portfolio of software products and services, we unlock our customers’ innovative potential, empowering them to provide next-generation communication and media experiences for both the individual end user and enterprise customers. Our 30,000 employees around the globe are here to accelerate service providers’ migration to the cloud, enable them to differentiate in the 5G era, and digitalize and automate their operations. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $4.3 billion in fiscal 2021. For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com
As an Amdocs technical communications expert, you’ll be responsible for explaining the company’s products to its customers. In addition to writing and editing, you’ll have an opportunity to refine your existing expertise in a broad range of technical documentation areas, including knowledge elicitation, use of documentation tools, and the establishment and refinement of publication structures and standards.
Drawing on writing expertise and product knowledge, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that documentation products meet industry standards of quality, usability, and format. Based on design documents, presentations, Focus Team meetings attendance, and SME interviews, you’ll prepare clear and accurate product documents.
The job typically includes full responsibility for all official documents of one or more product applications.
Technical Skills and Qualifications
Excellent understanding of the technical and business aspects of software development (software development background – a strong advantage)
Experience in documenting developer-oriented documentation
Basic understanding of programming and familiarity with the basics of API design
Basic knowledge of developer tools
Ability to attend Focus Teams and deduce the information required for the documents
Skills with editing and screen-capture tools, such as Power Point, Visio, and SnagIt.
Strong advantage: Knowledge of cloud infrastructure technologies, such as AWS, GCP, Azure, and others
Strong advantage: Programming or software testing background
Strong advantage: Knowledge of Documentation as Code methodology and tools (Git and markup languages)
Advantage: Experience in an Agile environment
Advantage: Knowledge of Confluence and Jira
Education / Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
4+ years of experience in technical writing in a software development company – a must
Languages
English at mother-tongue level