Position Details

Salary $88K – $141K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 3+ years

Education Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience; or Master's degree with 6+ years; or PhD with 3+ years

Category Content & Media

About this role

Senior-level technical writer at Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division documenting mainframe software in an agile environment. Creates and edits operational, instructional, maintenance or test procedures for paper, multimedia or web publications; conducts interviews; translates technical information into manuals; ensures QA standards.

Key Responsibilities

Creates, develops, plans, writes and edits operational, instructional, maintenance or test procedures for paper, multimedia or web-based publication
Conducts interviews with users and technical staff to gather data
Researches and translates technical information into manuals and web-based documents
Documents engineering processes and specifications
Produces products that conform to documentation and QA standards

Technical Overview

Focus on mainframe software documentation within an agile development setting. Emphasis on converting engineering data into user-friendly documents and maintaining QA-aligned documentation standards.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior-level technical writer with strong mainframe software documentation experience, agile mindset, and excellent writing; capable of leading complex documentation projects and mentoring junior staff.

Must-Have Skills

Strong writing skillsMainframe experience or familiarityAgile developmentDocumenting engineering processes and specificationsInterviews with users and technical staffTranslating technical information into manualsProducing documents conforming to QA standardsStrong project management skills

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience leading documentation initiativesExperience with agile teamsExperience with engineering processes and specifications

Required Skills

Technical WritingMainframe documentationAgile methodologiesInterviewing usersResearching technical dataDocument engineering processes and specificationsQA standardsProject managementMentoring junior staffStakeholder collaboration

Hard Skills

Technical WritingMainframeAgileDocumentationProceduresInterviewsManualsWeb-based publicationQuality assuranceProject managementEditingEngineering processes

Soft Skills

Strong writing skillsCommunicationTeam collaborationMentorshipLeadershipProblem-solvingTime managementOrganizational skills

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Create and maintain technical documentation for mainframe software using agile practices

Role Subtype Technical Writer

Keywords for Your Resume

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Deal Breakers

No experience with mainframe software, Lack of documentation portfolio demonstrating technical writing

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