Josh Bean

About Josh Bean

Principal Technical Writer with 11+ years of experience creating developer-focused…

Experience

1. Principal Technical Writer

   Amazon

   Apr 2021 — Present

   As a Principal Technical Writer at AWS, I work with our Director and other senior leaders across disciplines to make AWS technical content into “everyone’s first and most trusted choice for understanding and using AWS.” I also spend time mentoring other writers, enabling them do their best work. I play a role in helping other technical writers get promoted and grow their careers, and I look for ways to improve the day-to-day work of being a technical content creator at AWS. Previously I was responsible for the documentation for Amazon CloudFront (the AWS content delivery network), including Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions (features that let you customize CloudFront by writing your own code).

Education

• Colorado State University

  BS, Business Administration

  1998 — 2002

• University of Washington

  MS, Human Centered Design & Engineering (formerly known as Technical Communication)

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Mac Os X
• Security
• Linux
• System Deployment
• Unix
• Servers
• Windows
• Windows 7
• Software Documentation
• System Administration
• Troubleshooting
• Software Installation
• Windows Server
• Network Security
• Technical Support
• User Interface Design
• Technical Writing
• Cloud Computing
• IT Management
• Computer Hardware
• Data Center
• Os X
• Dns
• Active Directory
• Hardware
• Microsoft Office