Senior Technical Writer
Posted Today by Randstad Technologies Recruitment
£79 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: The Senior Technical Writer / Documentation Architect role is a 6-month contract position based in Manchester, focused on leading a transformation program for a large-scale cloud and platform engineering environment. The position involves architecting and operationalizing a modern documentation system for a global audience of over 3,000 engineers. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise-level technical documentation and will work collaboratively with various teams across multiple regions. This role requires a proactive approach to improving documentation practices and standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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- Review and clean up any outdated, confusing, or duplicate content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 for consistent documentation
- Set up tools and dashboards to track documentation performance and updates
- Define key goals and deadlines for content accuracy and maintenance
- Ensure every part of the documentation has an owner responsible for maintenance
- Utilize AI tools to check content quality and suggest improvements
- Collaborate with teams across the UK, Europe, and India, including engineers and product managers
Key Skills:
- Proven experience with enterprise-level technical documentation systems
- Strong understanding of documentation structure, lifecycle, and automation
- Confident working with both 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
Salary (Rate): £79/hour
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
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
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.