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Job Title: Senior Technical Writer / Documentation Architect (6-Month Contract)
Location: Manchester - Occasional office visit
Contract Length: 6 months (with strong potential for extension) Inside IR35
Payrate: £60 - £79 Per hour Umbrella
We're looking for a Senior Technical Writer or Documentation Architect to lead a 6-month transformation program for a large-scale cloud and platform engineering environment. This role goes beyond writing-you'll architect and operationalize a modern documentation system that serves a global tech audience of 3,000+ engineers.
What You'll Do:
Bring all documentation together into one easy-to-find, well-organized place
Review and clean up any outdated, confusing, or duplicate content
Create clear standards and templates so all documentation looks and feels consistent
Set up tools and dashboards (like Grafana) to track how well the documentation is performing and when it needs updates
Define key goals and deadlines for keeping content accurate and up to date
Make sure every part of the documentation has an owner who is responsible for keeping it maintained
Use AI tools where helpful to check the quality of content and suggest improvements automatically
Work closely with teams across the UK, Europe, and India including engineers, product managers, and leadership
Tools & Environment:
Git, Confluence, Jira
Documentation feedback tools and observability dashboards
Enterprise documentation systems
Exposure to cloud platforms and DevOps environments
Distributed, cross-functional teams
Ideal Candidate:
Proven experience with enterprise-level technical documentation systems
Strong understanding of documentation structure, lifecycle, and automation
Confident working across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience with documentation tooling and process standardization
Familiarity with cloud/DevOps environments (bonus, not mandatory)
Comfortable driving cultural change around documentation practices.This is an urgent vacancy where the hiring manager is shortlisting for an interview immediately. Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it khushboo. pandey @ randstad. Co. uk
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