Lead Technical Writer

Application Window is expected to close on 10/31/2024.

Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators of Cilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open-source software and enterprise solutions solving networking, security, and observability needs for modern cloud native infrastructure. The flagship technology, Cilium, is the choice of numerous, industry-leading, global organizations.

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About this role:

The Lead Technical Writer is responsible for creating, updating and maintaining Cilium documentation as a whole, the main part of it being developer and user documentation. You will be at the forefront of our users' experience for both Cilium OSS and Cilium Enterprise, making the most technically advanced Kubernetes networking product on the market accessible through first class documentation. The documentation lead works closely with engineering, solution architects, marketing, and community teams to drive forward and organize content. The documentation covers initial concepts of technology and product, getting started guides, tutorials, reference documentation, operational guides, as well as best practices.

What youll do:

* Lead all technical documentation efforts for Isovalents Cilium distribution including operational documentation, training, and guides.

* Work closely with engineering and solution architects to create high-quality technical content.

* Conduct reviews and surveys with customers to understand how documentation and the information architecture can be improved.

* Share knowledge on documentation & developer content best practices with maintainers, the product development team and the community as a whole, building a culture of documentation in the community and at the company.

* Ensure all new Cilium features have sufficient documentation coverage at the release time.

* Manage community documentation processes, particularly on the OSS side.

Minimum Qualifications:

* 5+ years of experience as a Technical writer for Enterprise products and experienced in leadership roles

* Experienced in networking, security, and Cloud Native technologies.

* Experienced in writing user guides, documentation and helping enterprise users

Preferred Qualifications:

* Passion for writing high-quality technical content.

* Hands on experience with documentation frameworks such as Sphinx, Hugo or ReadTheDocs is highly preferred.

* Strong experience in GitHub and Git revision management

* Experience with leading user research to improve documentation is a plus

* Collaboration with engineering peers to jointly convert knowledge from a subject matter experts to high-quality documentation

* Understanding of markdown and restructured text.

* Excellent writing skills in English.

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