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This should be an easy pour for you. You call it a step, but we'd call it a pad.
We cantilever with steel brackets to the building foundations when we're dealing with relatively new excavations, because the ground hasn't had time to settle properly. It can take years, even if you're mechanically compacting it.
If you've had some base wash out, then your next step is to remove the old step and compact with crushed rock and sand. You can rent a plate tamper at some hardware stores. 4"- 6" should do, and wet it down when you tamp to help tighten it up.
If the sides of the step will be visible, then build your base up higher than the existing, and angle them on the sides so when you pour, you'll have a 'thickening' all the way around, and it'll help keep the pad from shifting.
Use expansion joint where the pad meets the existing foundation, and leave it 1/2" or so lower than the door sill. That way it won't mess anything up if it starts to heave in the winter (I guess that depends where you live, I'm in Canada)
One more thing. With what you're trying to do, you don't need to take the forms off, if you do the inside repair and the pad separately. The edges are done with one of these
, and as long as you kick or vibrate the sides, it'll release the bigger air bubbles and avoid 'honeycombing'. Hell, you can just tap it with a hammer.
Let me know if you have any other questions