As an Azure Principal Software Engineer, you will be focused on client engagement, project leadership, and technical solution design of Azure solutions for our valued clients.
What You'll Be Doing
Actively collaborates with sales and delivery to develop client proposals around process and solution options, create roadmaps, and clearly explain technical concepts for shared understanding to facilitate decision-making
Work as a trusted advisor in an atmosphere of partnership with clients at the sponsor level
Consultatively leads technical and non-technical executive- or sponsor-level client stakeholders on complex technical concepts or design implications
Lead large-scale, complex technical requirements elicitation, design, and scoping discussions, internally and/or with existing and potential clients
Decompose large-scale requirements/user stories into tasks, and accurately estimates the effort for themselves or others to complete those tasks
Demonstrate a consistent capability for effective project leadership on a variety of projects and project types, including multi-workstream large-scale complex projects with global teams
Identifies problems independently and demonstrates proactive ownership of their solution, vets and evaluates others’ proposed solutions, and delegates ownership to others where appropriate
Proactively and professionally raises and articulates risks with the PM, project delivery team, and internal leadership
Productively collaborates with the project team and internal leadership on potential solutions and mitigation approaches, and participates in the related client communication at the sponsor level
What You'll Bring to the Role
5+ years of experience with Agile delivery and adaptable to methodologies within the client environment
5+ years’ experience leading consulting projects for large clients with eight or more of the following (or comparable) types of projects, and is considered a go-to source of knowledge for others: Azure Compute (PaaS & Containers), Data Stores: Fit-for-purpose selection, Messaging & Events, API Design & Management, Integration & APIs, AI & Search, SDLC, DevOps/Platform Engineering, Performance & Scalability/Reliability & Release, Identity & Access (Application-centric), Monitoring & Observability, Fluency in Windows and/or Linux Operating Systems
5+ years’ experience leading consulting projects for large clients with six or more of the following (or comparable) tools and technologies, and is considered a go-to source of knowledge for others: Design patterns and architectural concepts, .NET Core/C#, Front-end Dev: Angular/React/Blazor, Mobile: Flutter/React Native, ORM - Entity Framework/Dapper, data storage, CI/CD & IaC, Visual Studio, Source Control, automating testing, Scrum/Kanban and Agile
3+ Microsoft Azure Application Development & DevOps, AI & Machine Learning, and/or Architecture & Development certifications, AZ204, AZ400, and AZ102 highly recommended
Ability to architect and set standards for highly complex solutions using a variety of technologies, platforms, and integrations
A proven, repeatable track record of successful large-scale project delivery
Desire to constantly learn and adapt to changing technology