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.

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

• 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.