Contract Tech Writer, database admin + DITA, 6 mos, onsite Palo Alto

[Andrew Davis]

Job Code: CDB-144
Cash/Prizes: 1099 or corp-to-corp, or W2 by request
Audience: Database administrators managing server virtualization
Location: Entirely onsite in Palo Alto
Starts: ASAP
Duration: Full-time (40 hrs/week)
Relocation/Visa assistance: No

Our market-leading server virtualization client needs a Contract Tech
Writer with database administration documentation and structured
authoring/DITA experience to create from-scratch administration and
reference guides.

The product you’ll document sits between the company’s existing
virtualization products and the cloud, and the UI is fairly complex.
This isn’t your standard end-user GUI doc job.

To qualify, you must have written specifically for database
administrators about database installation, deployment, and/or tuning,
and be very familiar with database concepts and terminology (not just
database-driven applications). Also, you must have created structured
(DITA-compliant) content, ideally using XMetaL, Arbortext Editor, or
structured FrameMaker.

The hiring manager will request top-quality (well-organized, well-
written) from-scratch writing samples created for a similar (DBA,
sysadmin, or netadmin) audience before the interview.

This project requires you to work entirely onsite in Palo Alto, and
will conclude in August, 2011. You will be paid on a 1099 or corp-to-
corp basis (or W2 if you prefer).

Required:
• Substantial experience creating database administration
(installation, configuration, tuning) documentation
• Solid understanding of database concepts and terminology
• Strong working knowledge of structured authoring (using XMetaL,
Arbortext Editor, structured FrameMaker, or similar XML content-
development tool)
• Willingness to work full-time and entirely onsite in Palo Alto

Desired:
• Showable, high-quality writing samples for a DBA, sysadmin, or
netadmin audience that you’ve written from scratch
• Work experience creating database administration documentation at
Oracle, Sybase, Informix/IBM, Ingres/CA, or with similar RDBMS kernel-
connected products

To apply:
Please email your resume to res...@contentrules.com, citing “CDB-144,
Contract DB + DITA Tech Writer” in your subject line. Please include
your expected hourly rate, on a 1099 basis.

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