Technical Author

At Sopra Steria, we empower our people to do work that matters. As part of a large Defence Programme, you'll play a key role as our Technical Author, in delivering secure, high‑impact technology solutions that support some of the UK's most important services. We're collaborative, forward‑thinking, and proud of the difference our teams make every day. Your impact is immediate. This Programme delivers essential, secure services – and your documentation underpins how they're designed, built, and supported.

Bring clarity, structure, and excellence to complex technical documentation – ensuring our teams, partners, and end users have the guidance they need to succeed. This role is office based in Hemel Hempstead. You do need to be eligible for DV Clearance.

• Create and maintain high‑quality design documentation (HLDs/LLDs).
• Ensure content is consistent with architectural standards, security principles, and governance requirements.
• Support design assurance and act as the go‑to expert for documentation queries.
• Develop templates, standards, and best‑practice guidance.
• Produce operational and service documentation for seamless transition into support.
• Coach engineers to improve documentation capability and consistency.

• Strong technical writing skills for both technical and operational audiences.
• Experience producing policies, processes, procedures, and templates.
• Ability to convert complex technical detail into clear, structured documentation.
• Hands‑on experience supporting HLD/LLD creation.
• Comfortable working within structured governance and assurance frameworks.
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Clearance: DV Cleared or eligible. Referral bonus: £1500.00.

Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of national security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other.

We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety‑and security‑critical markets.