Senior Technical Writer, Cloud Security Operations

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Note:

By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA;
Kirkland, WA, USA;
New York, NY, USA
.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience creating content for technical audiences (e.g., developer documentation, Computer Science course material, or IT administration playbooks).
• Experience in using the UNIX/Linux Command-Line Interface (CLI).

• 10 years of experience in technical writing, creating clear, concise, and technically accurate documentation for SaaS, enterprise security, or computer networking.
• Experience documenting APIs and database design concepts.
• Experience with XML-based documentation authoring systems.
• Ability to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate across cross-functional teams while prioritizing and driving results in ambiguous environments with competing demands.
• Excellent communication, organizational and time-management skills.

Technical writers communicate complex information clearly, concisely and accurately, and without relying on jargon. As a technical writer, your role involves tasks such as writing conceptual overviews and procedures, reading and writing example code, or updating help center queries and FAQs. Technical writers play a big part y are a key link between developers, marketing associates, developer advocates, as well as all the external users and developers, tying together many vital but disparate parts of the Google ecosystem.

You develop complex, in-depth communications for internal and external audiences and manage projects that involve coordinating multiple junior writers. We are seeking a technical writer who is a strong advocate for user excellence and views documentation as a strategic, integrated part of the user experience. Your primary role is to advocate the user by creating clear, discoverable, and critical user journey-focused content that helps our customers achieve their goals.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and UX teams to understand user needs and design information solutions that empower them. You will shape the complete user experience, and your ability to translate complex information into user-centered, accessible, and structured content is more critical than ever. Our stakeholders highly value documentation and recognize it as a key contributor to our customers’ happiness and developer velocity.

If you are passionate about user excellence and want to make a tangible impact on the product and the business, this is the team for you. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

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