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 Wellington 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.
- 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 remotely based in Wellington, going in to visit clients as and when needed

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