@Jennifer This is a very broad church but…
Yes to other people's mentions of Martha Wells (Murderbot) and Becky Chambers. While Vorkosigan is technically military SF, it's about the people, not huge space dreadnoughts.
In the solid recent SF I read last year, I'd recommend Kate Elliot's Unconquerable Sun and Furious Heaven and Emily Tesh's Desperate Glory; both of them have military activity, but again it's not at all what the books are about. Nicole Kornher-Stace doesn't get mentioned much but I've found her work very impressive (starting with Archivist Wasp from 2015).