Technical Writer

Posted 7 days ago

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Job Description

Description
Fortinet is looking for an intermediate Technical Communicator to join our team in Burnaby. The successful candidate will create technical articles, documentation and user-facing materials to enhance knowledge transfer of new products, software releases and use cases. Technical documentation is published to the Docs Library at https://docs.fortinet.com/

You must have outstanding English language skills, a curiosity for technology, a passion for creating useful technical content, and an interest in single-sourcing content. You must also possess the ability to document features by reading specifications, talking to subject matter experts, and using the software.

The successful candidate will work closely with Product Managers, Developers, QA, and others to understand new features, use cases, and customer scenarios in order to:

• Write and publish user guides, reference materials, and use-case scenarios for new product releases • Write conceptual and procedural content • Use images to supplement descriptive content, and deliver a user experience aligned with how customers want to consume the content
Requirements:

• Experience working in software development environments • Ability to convert complex technical information into clean, concise, and coherent end-user documentation in plain English • Strong command of standard American English grammar and usage • Experience using some or all of the following software: MadCap Flare, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator • BA or BS degree, preferably in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, MIS, English, or a related field
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About Fortinet

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2010 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet’s broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise – from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.