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STACY WRAY

Portland,OR

Summary

Multi-faceted Technical Writer and problem solver with over a decade of experience in the tech industry focused on SaaS/PaaS end-user documentation, developer documentation, style guides, root cause analyses for software incidents, and engineering standards for static analysis tools. Thrives as a written content resource for other teams. Enjoys deflecting technical support calls through accurate, precise, and well-organized documentation. Team Oxford comma and docs-as-code.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Technical Writer, One Engineering System/1ES

Microsoft (Contract)
11.2023 - Current
  • Collaborating with DevOps engineers to build out internal developer guidance for the 1ES Team.
  • Reviewing and editing release notes for clarity and adherence to standard guidelines.
  • Extending specifications for Static Analysis Results Interchange Format (SARIF), an industry standard that defines a common output scheme for static analysis tools (code linters).
  • Authoring and improving existing guidance for understanding and fixing specific compiler warnings and errors for code hardening to address security risk.

Technical Writer IV, Rebuild Trust Team

Salesforce (Contract)
03.2023 - 10.2023
  • Focused on incident management communication to rebuild customer trust and to provide availability improvements for Root Cause Analysis Product.
  • Worked closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Accountable Executive Service Owners (AESOs) to research, craft, and deliver customer-facing Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) for multi and single-customer availability incidents.

Technical Writer III/Content Developer

Microsoft (Contract)
07.2021 - 08.2022
  • Handled general tooling issues related to Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework assessments and questionnaires.
  • Committed 1900+ documentation contributions across several Microsoft GitHub repositories.
  • Successfully migrated and launched new Well-Architected Framework repository three days ahead of schedule.
  • Collaborated with Program Managers and Content Developers to maintain content for five well-architected framework pillars: reliability, security, cost optimization, operational excellence, and performance.

Technical Writer/Mobile Dev Platform

Twitch.tv (Contract)
01.2021 - 06.2021
  • Bootstrapped centralized developer portal for internal Mobile engineers using Jekyll and GitHub Pages.
  • Collaborated with engineers to write and edit Android/iOS content to improve developer experience.
  • Developed style guide and documentation standards.
  • Identified problems and suggested ways to deliver accurate, complete, and well-written content for engineers of varying experience levels.

Sr. Technical Editor/Content Strategist

Postlight (Contract)
09.2020 - 10.2020

Provided remote content strategy, content writing, and technical editing services for Mailchimp's developer website, including Mobile SDK documentation.

Technical Writer

Acquia
10.2018 - 06.2020
  • Maintained 1000+ pages of technical documentation, release notes, and known issues for 15+ flagship products.
  • Worked on Drupal-based Web-Application Development writing projects.
  • Used Visual Studio Code (VSC), reStructuredText (RST) and docs-as-code development process.
  • Liaised across teams to ensure technical accuracy of product documentation.
  • Edited other writers' work based on Acquia-developed guidelines.
  • Wrote content for UX and development teams.
  • Tracked technical publication issues using Agile and Kanban methodologies in JIRA.
  • Managed daily documentation build and release.
  • Trained new writers on daily documentation build and release process.
  • Sized new documentation requests.
  • Integrated Vale linting for documentation tests to ensure consistent style and tone.
  • Familiarity with REST API.
  • Maintained internal team documentation and style guide in Confluence.

Senior Support Engineer/Technical Writer

Acquia
02.2015 - 10.2018
  • Provided front-line, on-call technical support solutions for customers using PaaS and SaaS-based products.
  • Supported Drupal-based Web Application Development projects using Drupal 6, 7, and 8.
  • Wrote and edited Acquia Knowledge Base articles.
  • Mentored Support Engineers on Knowledge Base contributions.
  • Embraced proactive, resolution-based customer service, communication, and success.

Client Advisor

Acquia
10.2011 - 02.2015
  • Provided front-line technical support and forum moderation for Drupal Gardens, a SaaS product for building and managing websites.
  • Wrote and edited over 100+ Knowledge Base articles.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature

University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Coding For Writers: Basic Programming (Ongoing)

Udemy
Remote

The Art of API Documentation (Ongoing)

Udemy
Remote

Documenting APIs For Technical Writers (Ongoing)

Tom Johnson, Sr. Technical Writer, Google
Remote

Skills

  • Technical Writer/Editor
  • Content Development
  • AWS Services/Azure/Oracle
  • Content Strategy
  • Developer Documentation
  • User Guides
  • Release Notes
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Style Guides
  • Docs-as-code
  • Topic-Based Content
  • Project Management
  • Support Advocate
  • Agile/Kanban
  • Problem Solver
  • Mentor

Tools

Acrolinx, Android Studio, Azure DevOps, ChatGPT, CLI, CodeFlow, Confluence, Drupal 7, Git, GitHub, HTML, Jekyll, Jira, JSON, Lucidchart, MadCap Flare, Markdown, Microsoft Teams, New Relic, Quip, reStructured Text (RST), Ruby, Salesforce, Slack, Sublime, Vale, Vim, Visual Studio Code (VSC), Zendesk

Timeline

Lead Technical Writer, One Engineering System/1ES

Microsoft (Contract)
11.2023 - Current

Technical Writer IV, Rebuild Trust Team

Salesforce (Contract)
03.2023 - 10.2023

Technical Writer III/Content Developer

Microsoft (Contract)
07.2021 - 08.2022

Technical Writer/Mobile Dev Platform

Twitch.tv (Contract)
01.2021 - 06.2021

Sr. Technical Editor/Content Strategist

Postlight (Contract)
09.2020 - 10.2020

Technical Writer

Acquia
10.2018 - 06.2020

Senior Support Engineer/Technical Writer

Acquia
02.2015 - 10.2018

Client Advisor

Acquia
10.2011 - 02.2015

Bachelor of Arts - English Language And Literature

University of Virginia

Coding For Writers: Basic Programming (Ongoing)

Udemy

The Art of API Documentation (Ongoing)

Udemy

Documenting APIs For Technical Writers (Ongoing)

Tom Johnson, Sr. Technical Writer, Google
STACY WRAY