Role Overview :

We are looking for an experienced Arbortext / PLCMS Developer to design, develop, configure, and support enterprise Product Lifecycle Content Management (PLCMS) solutions using Windchill Arbortext, DITA XML, and related content-publishing technologies. The role will focus on improving authoring, content reuse, translation, publishing, and content delivery processes while ensuring scalability, consistency, and compliance across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, configure, and support enterprise PLCMS and XML-based content management solutions.
- Develop and maintain solutions using Windchill Arbortext, Arbortext Editor, and Arbortext Styler.
- Design and implement DITA XML-based authoring and publishing workflows in line with content-management and reuse requirements.
- Develop and maintain XML templates, schemas, content structures, and authoring standards.
- Establish authoring practices aligned with DITA standards and organizational content-governance requirements.
- Develop and modify Arbortext Styler stylesheets for publishing content to formats such as PDF and HTML.
- Customize Arbortext Editor functionality, templates, menus, dialogs, and authoring behavior based on business requirements.
- Configure and support integration between Arbortext Editor/Styler and Windchill or other CMS/PLCMS platforms.
- Configure content bursting, profiling, metadata, publishing, transformation, and automated content-delivery rules.
- Develop and maintain XML transformations using XSLT, XPath, and XQuery.
- Support content validation using XML Schema (XSD) and related XML technologies.
- Design and optimize content-publishing workflows to improve authoring efficiency, content reuse, translation readiness, and publishing turnaround time.
- Support translation-management workflows using Windchill and Arbortext.
- Troubleshoot content, publishing, authoring, integration, and transformation issues and perform root-cause analysis.




- Work with content authors and business users to understand requirements and implement practical authoring and publishing solutions.
- Create user guides and conduct training on XML authoring, templates, publishing processes, and content-management tools.
- Support application upgrades, configuration changes, deployments, and production issues within the PLCMS environment.
- Maintain technical documentation covering templates, configurations, publishing rules, integrations, and operating procedures.
- Collaborate with global business, IT, engineering, and content teams to drive continuous improvement in content-management processes.

Required Skills :

- 5 - 10 years of experience in PLCMS, Arbortext, XML publishing, content-management systems, or related technologies.
- Strong hands-on experience with Windchill Arbortext, Arbortext Editor, and Arbortext Styler.
- Strong working knowledge of DITA XML, XML Schema (XSD), XSLT, XPath, and XQuery.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise content authoring and publishing solutions.
- Hands-on experience creating and maintaining XML templates and authoring standards.
- Strong experience developing and modifying Arbortext Styler stylesheets for PDF and HTML publishing.
- Experience customizing Arbortext Editor based on business and authoring requirements.
- Experience integrating Arbortext solutions with CMS/PLCMS platforms, particularly Windchill.
- Experience configuring bursting, profiling, publishing workflows, transformations, and automated content delivery.
- Understanding of DITA content modelling, content reuse, metadata, and structured authoring.
- Experience supporting translation-management processes within Windchill/Arbortext environments.
- Valuable understanding of Windchill business administration, system administration, configuration, and environment management.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and analytical skills.
- Good understanding of software development and deployment practices.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate with globally distributed technical and business teams.

📌 Virtusa - Arbortext Developer - Content Management System (India)
🏢 Virtusa Consulting Services
📍 India