Senior Technical Writer

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 What You'll Do: Bring all documentation together into one easy-to-find, well-organized place Review and clean up any outdated, confusing, or duplicate content Create clear standards and templates so all documentation looks and feels consistent Set up tools and dashboards (like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