Technology Principal in Leeds

You lead by example. While your primary focus is client delivery, you maintain the technical depth required to guide engagements end-to-end from initial architecture through to production:

• Engineering: Full stack experience across several languages & data, for e.g. .Net, React/Typescript, javascript, SQL, Cosmos, YAML, JSON. An advanced understanding of modern engineering practices such as pairing, mobbing, TDD, security by design, error handling, AI use in development with tools like CoPilot / Claude, prompt engineering and a shift left approach using observability tools like Datadog and Dynatrace.
• Technology Breadth: You bring deep expertise across the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including Azure Landing Zones, Entra ID, cloud-native patterns such as serverless and event-driven architectures, serverless, and a wide range of PaaS and IaaS workloads with strong alignment to the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well-Architected Framework (WAF).
• DevOps Practices: You are fluent in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration, with hands-on experience across a broad technology range, including Terraform, Bicep, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Platform Expertise: You have hands-on experience with building GenAI and the Azure AI Foundry ecosystem, Data Platforms (Fabric / Databricks), and the breadth of Azure PaaS and IaaS services.
• Security & Governance: You understand Zero Trust architecture principles and have practical experience with compliance, FinOps, observability, BCDR, monitoring, logging, and SIEM.
• Architecture Design: You produce clear, considered architectural documentation, HLDs, LLDs, ADRs, and can lead solutions workshops, articulating complex ideas confidently to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Certifications: Hold relevant industry certifications, e.g. Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Hashicorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Certified Kubernetes Administrator.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We actively encourage applications from women, ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities. We consider all flexible working arrangements, subject to the requirements of the role. Where reasonable adjustments are needed, we will strive to make changes to accommodate them.

What the job involves:

We are seeking Principal Engineer (hands-on Architect) to lead client engagements and expand our Azure capability. This pivotal role requires a balance of leading on client, driving the Azure practice proposition in the local market, and deepening our partnerships through genuine technical expertise. You will work closely with AND's global cloud practice team and local leadership to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients.

• Technology Engineering Leadership: You have a proven track record of leading complex Azure software engineering engagements. You excel at navigating enterprise-scale problem-solving, turning technical challenges into opportunities for our clients. You have a rapid development ethos, through iterative lean development practices.
• Stakeholder Artistry: You are a master of client-facing delivery. You can translate complex cloud architectures into tangible business value, managing multi-vendor environments with a focus on long-term partnership.
• Hands-on Mindset: You are comfortable leading engagements from the front, whether embedded directly in a customer team and guiding engineering teams. You bring a bias for delivery and are ready to roll up your sleeves when it matters helping teams succeed.
• Quality Advocate: You take personal pride in the integrity of your work. You champion quality assurance, security, and performance as a mindset — ensuring the solutions we build for clients are robust, reliable, and respected.
• Industry Stewardship: You are a lifelong learner who keeps a pulse on industry standards, emerging cloud patterns, and best practices.
• Partnership Focus: You champion relationships with technology partners, whether established or new, working collaboratively to accelerate delivery and strengthen AND's competencies with our partners.
• Practice Contribution: You use your expert knowledge to drive contributions to AND's central repository of accelerators and reusable assets. Sharing engineering good practices, coordinating lightning talks and gamedays to help upskill colleagues. Bringing the best of AND’s engineering practice to the local club, region and clients.