Technical Writer

Alexandria, VA

Some degree of telework is available, but the successful candidate must be available to support short-notice on-site events.

The successful applicant will support the following task requirements:

• Agile Sprints: Support documentation of user stories in Rally. Provide reports from Rally of these planned and completed user stories. Reports must include velocity, burn down charts, and identification of user stories.
• Requirements Analysis: Support the preparation of requirements analysis documentation in Rally.
• Design: Support the translation of requirements into technically testable requirements.
• Testing: Support preparation of Unit and Integration Test Plan and Test Results
• Deployment: Support the preparation of the list of lessons learned after each release.
• Quality Assurance (QA):  Provide QA for all written deliverables
• Training: Help with preparing training materials and delivery of training
• Collaboration: Support preparation of meeting minutes and status reports. Attend status meetings. 

Candidate Qualifications:

• 5 -7 years of technical writing support in an IT development environment with QA experience

Specific Skills Required:

• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent customer relationship skills
• Experience with Rally Agile Management software
• QA experience

Education/Certification Required