Senior Technical Writer

Job description

3043673
City

Moscow
Career Level

Experienced
Relocation Assistance

No
Business

GE Digital
Business Segment

Digital Predix Products & Technology
Function

Digital Technology
Country/Territory

Russian Federation
Postal Code

123112
Role Summary/Purpose

As a Technical Writer, you will be responsible for working independently on components of an information development project. You will contribute to the team on a variety of projects and call upon team members for guidance as needed. You will contribute to the team and work independently.
Essential Responsibilities

In this role, you will develop and
deliver high-quality content for the Predix Applications Engineering team using
the following professional characteristics:

·  Strong
writing skills, namely a command of grammar, syntax, diction, and the
conventions and best practices of writing a variety of technical documents
·  Fundamental
collaboration skills: ability to work with other writers and cross-functional
peers
·  Fundamental
knowledge of core technical communication concepts, such as topic-based
authoring, minimalism, task-oriented design, single-sourcing
·  Understanding
of core information development processes: content planning, content creation,
content review
·  Ability
to break down software processes into tasks necessary to the targeted user and
effectively explaining those tasks to the user
·  Basic
ability to collaborate with subject matter experts to research a software
product, determine functionality and design features, then communicate those
effectively to the user  

Qualifications/Requirements

·  Bachelor’s
degree (OR high school diploma with at least 6 years’ experience in a technical
writing role)
·  A
minimum of 2 years of professional experience with IT documentation
·  Basic
skills in editing (QA for documentation) – ability to recognize errors in a
variety of information deliverables
·  Fundamental
skills with the authoring tools used by the PAE information development team:
oXygen Author (DITA methodology), Astoria CMS
·  Ability
to follow established information patterns to create information deliverables
·  Awareness
of Lean/Agile/XP software development processes and how to follow processes for
information development
·  Basic
awareness of the major aspects of software design, development, and QA and how
they affect the information development process
·  Fluent
both Russian and English language

Desired Characteristics

Business
Acumen:

·  Ability
to work to deadlines and think critically about the task at hand while
maintaining an understanding of the relevance of the issue in the bigger
picture
·  Basic
domain and product knowledge, including appropriate terminology, with an
awareness of GE Digital product line(s) and offerings

Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations.
About Us

GE (NYSE: GE) is the world's Digital Industrial Company, transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through which each business shares and accesses the same technology, markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com

Business Overview: GE Digital is the team behind Predix, the world's first cloud-based industrial operating system, empowering millions of businesses to run smarter and improve people's lives. We build the software that transforms the way people connect with their data, devices and machines. www.ge.com/digital/

Predix is a GE’s cloud platform for the Industrial Internet. It is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for developing, deploying, and monetizing Industrial Internet applications. Predix powers advanced industrial applications for power generation and distribution, oil and gas, mining, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, aviation, intelligent infrastructure, and more. www.predix.io