Remote Lead Technical Writer — Cloud-Native Security

Cisco Systems; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 180,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Isovalent, part of Cisco Hypershield, seeks a senior Technical Writer to lead documentation for security, networking, and cloud-native solutions. You’ll partner with engineering, product management, and SMEs to produce developer and user content, spanning concepts, tutorials, references, and training materials.

Remote U.S.-based with regular East Coast hours and cross-team collaboration. You will shape information architecture and standards while delivering clear, accurate documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD with specified years of related experience.
• 8+ years of experience as a Technical Writer for enterprise software.
• Experience leading documentation initiatives and coordinating with technical stakeholders across the product lifecycle.
• Experience with networking, security, or cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos).
• Experience creating user guides and enterprise documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical documentation for Hypershield and Isovalent technologies.
• Collaborate with engineering, solution architects, product management, and SMEs to translate complex concepts into clear docs.
• Work with products and environments to understand workflows, validate documentation, and identify gaps.
• Develop content for audiences with different technical levels (security engineers, network ops, platform teams).
• Evolve documentation practices, information architecture, and developer content standards.
• Coordinate with distributed teams across EST/EDT overlap.

Skills

Technical Writing

Documentation Leadership

Networking

Cloud-native Tech

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s / PhD with related experience

Tools

Sphinx

Hugo

Read the Docs

Markdown

reStructuredText

GitHub

Git

Job description

Cisco Isovalent, part of Cisco Hypershield, seeks a senior Technical Writer to lead documentation for security, networking, and cloud-native solutions. You’ll partner with engineering, product management, and SMEs to produce developer and user content, spanning concepts, tutorials, references, and training materials.

Remote U.S.-based with regular East Coast hours and cross-team collaboration. You will shape information architecture and standards while delivering clear, accurate documentation