Looking for a DITA Technical Lead in or around Redwood City, CA or Austin, Texas

Informatica Corporation is a leading provider of data integration and business intelligence software. Using Informatica products, Global 2000 companies can leverage their existing information assets for enterprise insight that helps them improve business performance, increase customer profitability, streamline supply chain operations and proactively manage regulatory compliance. More than 1,800 companies worldwide rely on Informatica to meet their end-to-end needs for enterprise data integration and business intelligence.

Job Description:

  • Lead a project to migrate software end-user documentation from unstructured FrameMaker to DITA XML using the DITA Open Toolkit.
  • Develop and maintain DITA specializations, style sheets, and XSLT transformations to optimize documentation deliverables.
  • Support a global technical writing team on an ongoing basis by helping them with DITA and XML-based authoring tools.
  • Administer a content management system
  • Research and develop tools and processes to enhance our authoring environment.
  • Act as the DITA advocate and coordinate with the translation team and other groups within Informatica
  • Document authoring and publishing processes.

Required Skills:

  • 5+ years technical writing experience (software)
  • Proven track record in migrating documentation from unstructured Frame to DITA
  • Expert knowledge of DITA Open Toolkit
  • Excellent communication skills and experience working with a global team
  • Experience customizing style sheets, including CSS and XSLT, to customize deliverables
  • Ability to create DITA specializations
  • Experience with structured authoring based on DITA topic types
  • Advanced knowledge of help systems (Web Browser-based Help, Eclipse Help, Microsoft HTML Help)
  • Advanced knowledge of HTML technology (HTML, CSS, and JS)
  • Advanced knowledge of XML-based authoring, including use of DTDs, CSS, XSL, XSL-FO and XSLT
  • Experience with FrameMaker,
  • Experience working with a translation team to produce PDFs and online help in multiple languages
  • Excellent leadership and project management skills
  • BA/MA/BS/MS/PhD


Desired:

  • Experience with Antenna House and RenderX
  • Knowledge of graphic formats
  • Web Works Publisher, and XMetal
  • Experience with content management systems
  • Self-starter who can multi-task and deliver under tight deadlines
  • Keeps management well-informed
  • Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, and owns and acts on quality problems

To apply for this job, please submit your resume directly to our corporate site:

http://informatica.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=2897&CurrentPage=1

 

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