Principal Technologist

LAB3 is one of the largest Azure engineering practices in the Australasia region with a focus on Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Modern Workplace, Modern Apps & Integration, Security, and Network services. We are on the hunt for a Principal Technologist based in Sydney to be a part of our pre-sales/ client engagement team, working closely with our clients to architect solutions that best fulfil their requirements.

Responsibilities and Duties: • Lead the consultation with our clients to understand strategic business needs and design cloud infrastructure solutions to effectively meet those needs. • Own the technical relationship with strategic customers, identifying and engaging with business and technical stakeholders at all levels to understand their strategy, motivators, business drivers, challenges and requirements. • Develop, communicate, and present solution options to senior management and enterprise stakeholders, including C-Suite & Directors. • Lead the formulation of the customer technical strategies and roadmaps, demonstrating client value over time through the assembly and integration of LAB3 products and services. • Ensure customer technical strategy and roadmap remains current, well socialised and communicated. Work with LAB3 partners to drive strategic and technical alignment. • Provide technical leadership to the LAB3 sales and solutions teams, ensuring our solutions are well architected, of high quality and effective in meeting business needs. • Actively participate in the pre-sales process, leading technical discussions, product demonstrations and proof of concepts; involve Lab3 SMEs where required. • Participate in and lead technical governance forums both internally and with LAB3’s customers. • Act as a technical escalation point during major and critical incidents, helping to drive service restoration, identify root cause, and identify preventive measures.

The right candidate: • Will have senior level consulting & enterprise architecture experience, including that in an Azure infrastructure environment. • Proven track record of understanding large, complex environments and navigating senior stake holders, both technical and non-technical. • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and robust technical solutions. • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels, from technical teams to C-suite executives. • Display a width and depth of technical skills to enable effectiveness in both high- and low-level architecting and solutioning Broad knowledge of: • Enterprise IT and common Architectural Patterns • On-Prem and private cloud architectures and familiarity with migration and modernisation approaches. • Microsoft Well Architected Framework • M365 and associated services • Common Application Architectures, particularly those that are cloud native. • Azure Data and Cognitive Services • Containerisation and Orchestration tooling and Microservices Architecture. • Cloud Security Concepts, Posture Management (CSPM) and Azure Security Services and Baselines

Deep knowledge of: Microsoft Azure and Associated Services • Microsoft Azure and Associated Services • Microsoft’s CAF and Key Design Areas • DevOps principles, concepts and tooling

Desirable: • Hands on experience configuring GitHub \ Azure DevOps repositories, policies and pipelines • Experience with IaC tooling, hands-on experience with Terraform or similar. • Familiarity and knowledge of Service Management (ITIL) processes • Certifications related to Microsoft & Azure, DevOps, IaC and architecture

What's in it for you? • Help organisations understand how they can modernise and optimise efficiencies utilising the latest cloud technologies to client #thinkahead • Be part of a company that is leading the way in technology & partnering with high profile clients #winwithus • Work with a 13-time Gold, 6-time Microsoft Advanced Specialisation & 5 time Microsoft Solutions Partner #teamup • Thrive in a team that is always learning, always innovating and making waves on a global scale. #standout • Be part of a supportive working environment that values inclusion, flexibility, diversity and differences. #betrue • We work flexibly and recognise the importance of your overall wellbeing! #Flexit! • Ultimately, we will help you to fear less, achieve more in a fast paced, innovative and cool environment - are you ready to accept the challenge? #fearlessachievemore • Work hybrid based in Sydney, going in to visit clients as and when needed

Apply now, call or connect with the Talent team on LinkedIn for further information.