Love writing? Love technology? Love a challenge? We have the job for you.

Red Hat, the defining technology company of the 21st century, is looking for technical writers to create compelling open source documentation. Red Hat writers work with engineers and the open source community to deliver effective documentation for end users.

Do you want to:
* Work in Professional Open Source
* Manage your own documentation projects
* Work with some of the brightest technical minds on the planet, all over the planet
* Turn crazy-smart talk from engineers into instructions for normal people
* Work openly in the community with full credit and accountability
* Gain highly sought after Red Hat technical certifications
* Work in a changing environment, following processes when they exist; creating them when they don't
* Be mentored by professional technical writers and editors
* Work with the best new technologies before they come to the market
* Wear a ninja suit to work* (*not compulsory)

If you said yes to 3 or more of the above we want you now! And we'll give you the Red Fedora to prove it. At Red Hat you get to do what you love* (*if you love what we do).

The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required.

Education and Experience:
* Bachelors Degree (majoring in Information Technology, Computer Science, Arts or Languages); and
* A minimum of two years related experience, related training or both

or:
* An equivalent combination of education and experience. (Convince us in writing!)

Writing Ability:
* You can read and write technical documents, including reference manuals, whitepapers and user guides
* You can turn technical and non-technical information into user-friendly publications
* You can write informative and succinct reports and correspondence
* You are comfortable interviewing engineers and users and doing your own research to get information
* You can plan your work, write proposals and implement reviews
* You can produce training material, write procedures and create presentations

Computer Skills:
* word processing, text editing, email, irc and other Internet applications are conditioned reflexes

Logistics:
* You have permanent residency or citizenship for work in Australia

Applications:
* Submit your resume in PDF format (don't forget to name drop your blog, open source project, or other writing credits) As stated above.