Job Description
Job Description
Hello There,
My name is Himanshu Sharma, and I serve as the Recruitment Lead at Kanak-IT INC. I am reaching out to share an excellent career opportunity for the role of Technical Writer with our esteemed client. If you are interested then please share your updated resume at Himanshu01@kanakits.com
Job Description
Position : Technical Writer
Location : Harrisburg, PA Hybrid (once a month onsite) Candidate must be located in Pennsylvania
Duration : Contract 12 months
Need locals only (PA) with local PA projects
Need public health or healthcare industry with various health applications and data.
Job Description:
Objectives of Engagement
The primary objective of this engagement is for the selected Architect candidate to serve as the Technical Writer for the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). The candidate will support the analysis and reporting needs of the Client , the existing EDW, and the design and construction of the new EDW in Microsoft Azure.
The scope of this position includes:
- Modernization of Client’s operations.
- Planning, coordinating, and responding to data reporting needs.
- Setting standards and defining frameworks.
- Assisting with large-scale data processing, statistical analysis, and reporting of large datasets.
- Migrating and revamping the EDW into the Azure Cloud using Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, and Synapse, including compute, storage, applications, and services for IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and serverless technologies.
- Designing and implementing a centralized data model.
- Supporting Client’s initiatives such as:
- ELC Enhanced Detection Expansion
- Data Modernization Initiative
- PA NEDSS NextGen
- PA LIMS Replacement
- Reporting Hub
- Verato UMPI
- COVID-19 response
- Onboarding of additional Client’s systems into the EDW
Operational Requirements
The Technical Writer is an advanced-level role requiring expertise in requirement analysis, documentation, stakeholder communication, and testing. Acting as a liaison between customer program areas and the EDW team, this role will develop and maintain documentation across systems and projects to ensure quality, compliance, and timely delivery.
Responsibilities include:
- Manage and track assignments against agreed timelines.
- Plan, prioritize, and organize work efforts in coordination with EDW and partner teams.
- Participate in reviews: status, process, deliverable, and quality assurance.
- Support business and technical requirements gathering.
- Participate in solution testing (functional, integration, UAT, etc.).
- Build and maintain stakeholder and customer relationships.
- Deliver presentations for EDW, and partner agencies.
- Develop, publish, and maintain process, procedural, and technical documentation.
- Submit required reporting:
- Weekly timesheets in VectorVMS (PeopleFluent)
- Weekly project updates in Daptiv (as needed)
- Weekly personal status reports in SharePoint
- Publish and present design reports; maintain project documentation in SharePoint.
Required Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate will demonstrate:
- Requirements Management & Documentation
- Expertise in eliciting, analyzing, specifying, and validating business/data needs.
- Senior-level experience defining/documenting system and business use cases.
- Proficiency in interviews, workshops, use cases, workflows, and storyboarding.
- Clear translation of business requirements into functional and technical documentation.
- Technical & Data Knowledge
- Working knowledge of SQL Server, T-SQL, scripts, and queries.
- Experience performing data quality analysis, error identification, deduplication, and validation.
- Strong experience with process modeling, wireframes, diagrams, and technical specifications.
- Testing & Quality Assurance
- Experience in functional, performance, integration, regression, UAT, and security testing.
- Ability to break down complex systems into testable components, identify issues, and trace root causes.
- Proven ability to maintain documentation libraries, templates, and quality standards.
- Collaboration & Communication
- Skilled in acting as liaison between business units and development teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to explain complex concepts to diverse audiences.
- Strong organizational skills to balance multiple projects.
- Proficiency with Azure DevOps and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Experience Requirement
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience in the public health or healthcare industry, with knowledge of health applications and data systems.