Exploring networks of the future

Evolving technological and social networks, intertwined and worldwide in scope, are rapidly transforming societies and economies. The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation, is open and broadly inclusive, providing collaborative and exploratory environments for academia, industry and the public to catalyze groundbreaking discoveries and innovation in these emerging global networks.

GENI is a virtual laboratory at the frontiers of network science and engineering for exploring future internets at scale. GENI creates major opportunities to understand, innovate and transform global networks and their interactions with society.

Technical Writing Documentation – GENI On-boarding Guru – Mozilla/GENI Project Office/National Science Foundation Open Position

If interested, please only contact Katrin Lepik, Mozilla.

Mozilla Ignite is an open innovation project hosted by Mozilla and the National Science Foundation. The heart of the project is an apps challenge that invites developers to build “Apps from the Future” using the GENI (Global Environment for Network Innovations) sandbox. We are looking for a technical writer to help developers use this new and exciting technology by creating resources that support the use of the GENI sandbox.

In order to open up the frontiers of network science and engineering we will be using GENI, a virtual laboratory to explore the future internet at scale. GENI creates major opportunities to understand, innovate and transform global networks and their interactions with society. In order to make this opportunity accessible to as many developers as possible, we need a technical writer to document how to access GENI network resources, get started on GENI starter racks, and how to setup simple experiments. This will include pulling together previously created materials, writing missing materials and harness the support of the GPO (GENI Project Office) to build comprehensive and easy to use resources for developers that are new to GENI and would like to participate in the Ignite challenge, building apps on the network of the future.

If you’re a technical writer, familiar with application development, excited by civic innovation (and totally geek out about futuristic, applied innovation), you’re exactly who we’re looking for to join the team!

The Job:

To create clear and concise documentation that will be used to assist developers who are unfamiliar with GENI in order to be able to construct experimentation and use GENI resources and capabilities with ease.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Evaluate existing documentation and tutorial material for completeness and correctness. Recommend and implement improvements to create a high-quality on-boarding package for new GENI application developers.
  • Creation and maintenance of a document for developers not familiar with GENI to have an easy time learning how to use the GENI network sandbox as part of the Ignite Challenge
  • Create an outline of materials and tools needed from developer perspectives to engage successfully in the Ignite challenge
  • Gather, create and request necessary information to build a comprehensive and easy to understand guide to using GENI in the Ignite Challenge
  • Create tutorials that walk developers new to GENI through getting access to GENI, setting up an experiment with allocated resources and case studies on how to build basic apps
  • Translate and edit documents into clear and easy to understand format

Requirements:

  • Comfortable at a linux command line, and familiar with key networking concepts.
  • Proficient in networking and network engineering
  • Excellent oral and written English communication skills with peers, management, and cross-functional teams
  • Deep analytical skills and ability to analyze data and research to create strategic visions
  • Undergraduate of Computer Science, Informatics or Information Science preferred
  • Experience in technical writing and ability to communicate clearly

Position available immediately, runs until September 2012.
Preferred location Boston.

For questions or sending your resume, please contact Katrin Lepik, Mozilla.