Technical Principal

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

As a Technical Principal you will be expected to advise, own and drive Version 1’s capabilities both internally and with our customers. This is a senior role that involves advisory services, strategic consultancy, project delivery and team management. On site, you will perform an Architecture Principal role on our client’s Solution Delivery engagements with a focus on Cloud technology (Azure & AWS), providing excellent advisory services, customer engagement as well as hands on delivery management and project delivery in line with our client’s needs and technology stack(s).

Candidates will have expert level understanding of end to end architecture, analytics design, and project delivery life cycles with an emphasis of working in client facing environments and moving through the various governance forums within the Architecture landscape. Key skills expected in this role are:

• Discovery and Early-stage consulting
• Advisory services
• Technology roadmap
• Business process transformation
• Strategic planning and programme roadmap

• Sales team support and new business development
• Qualification of new opportunities
• Bid Writing and tender responses
• Strong customer engagement and trust

• Proven breath of experience and accountability across various types of technology deliveries e.g., digital transformation, application modernisation, product development, AI solutions
• Proven experience across architecture, engineering, integration, AI and cloud (AWS & Azure) technologies, designing and implementing modern platforms / technical solutions
• Deep understanding and experience of delivering high quality, reliable, scalable, secure, and observable software solutions, encompassing agile methodologies, proven design patterns, Dev Sec Ops  tooling and continuous delivery, test automation and monitoring
• Experienced in managing and leading large / complex technical work streams within multi-supplier engagements (e.g. solution engineering, effort estimation, total cost of ownership)
• Able to establish excellence in technical delivery, identify and mitigate risks early on and recover challenged technical deliveries
• Able to communicate effectively and credibly with senior stakeholders, to negotiate, influence and shape positive technology outcomes
• Able to translate business requirements into technical solutions and the production of specifications, including HLDs, LLDs, costings, configuration, time frames
• Commercial and business awareness to drive business growth across an account, via pre-sales activities such as preparing and delivering presentations, writing technical and commercial documents / responses and assist in project forecasting, planning, estimation, and delivery
• Able to prioritise your time across multiple engagements, particularly when working to deadlines
• A demonstrated ability in managing, coaching, and developing junior members of your team, including customers and multi-vendors within a cross-team environment
• 10+ Years industry experience across architecture, engineering, cloud technologies, AI and cloud infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of…