Lead Technical Writer - Isovalent

**The application window is expected to close on:** 11/01/2026Note: This is a remote U.S. based role, requiring work within the East Coast Time Zone. Preference will be given to the candidates from the East coast locations. Meet the Team Isovalent, now part of Cisco, is the company founded by the creators ofCilium and eBPF. Cisco Isovalent builds open\-source software and enterprise solutions that address networking, security, and observability needs across modern cloud\-native infrastructure. As part of Cisco Hypershield, our team develops enterprise security solutions that help organizations secure modern cloud and distributed environments. Our technical writers are embedded within engineering and work closely with engineers, product managers, solution architects, field teams, and other technical stakeholders from early product development through release. In this role, you will primarily support Cisco Hypershield and related security and networking capabilities. You will join a small, collaborative documentation team where you can develop deep product expertise, influence documentation strategy, and help make complex technology more accessible to customers and technical users. Your Impact You will create, update, and maintain technical documentation for Cisco Hypershield, Isovalent technologies, and related enterprise solutions. Your work will span developer and user documentation and support security, networking, and cloud\-native use cases. * Lead end\-to\-end technical documentation efforts for Hypershield networking and security solutions, including concepts, tutorials, operational documentation, technical references, training materials, and guides. * Partner with engineering, solution architects, product management, and other subject\-matter experts to translate complex technical concepts into clear and accurate documentation. * Work directly with products and technical environments to understand workflows, validate documentation, and identify gaps or areas for improvement. * Develop content for audiences with different levels of technical experience, including security engineers, network operations teams, platform teams, field engineers, and customers. * Help evolve documentation practices, information architecture, and developer content standards across the team. * Ability to collaborate effectively with peers across a geographically distributed team, with regular overlap during East Coast Time (EST/ EDT) business hours. Minimum Qualifications * Bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with 15\+ years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with 12\+ years of related experience; or a PhD with 8\+ years of related experience. * 8\+ years of experience as a Technical Writer supporting enterprise software products. * Experience providing technical leadership for documentation initiatives, including driving documentation proj