Azure Principal Consultant
Job Description
Life on the teamLocation: UK WideThis is an exciting opportunity to work with some of the UK's largest organisations, shaping cloud strategies, influencing solution design, and delivering modern Azure platforms that enable business transformation. You'll combine deep technical expertise with customer-facing consultancy, acting as a trusted advisor throughout the full project lifecycle.Youll be joining Computacenters Global Professional Services organisation, a community of over 5,000 consultants, architects, engineers, and project professionals delivering complex technology solutions across the world.As part of our Azure Practice, youll work alongside industry-leading cloud specialists, architects, delivery teams, and strategic technology partners. You'll help shape cloud strategy, contribute to innovative service offerings, and work with leading technologies across Azure, DevOps, Automation, and Kubernetes.What you'll doLead customer engagements, providing expert Azure consultancy throughout the solution lifecycleShape and influence Azure solutions during pre-sales activities, workshops, and technical discussionsDesign and implement scalable, secure, and resilient Azure platforms aligned to industry best practicesProvide technical governance, assurance, and quality control across pre-sales and project delivery engagementsDefine standards, blueprints, and reusable patterns for Azure-based solutionsCollaborate within agile delivery teams to design, implement, and optimise cloud solutionsPresent technical solutions to customers and stakeholders at both technical and executive levelsIdentify technical and business risks and provide recommendations to ensure successful outcomes Mentor consultants and engineers while contributing to the growth of the Azure PracticeWhat you'll needExtensive experience designing and delivering Microsoft Azure solutionsAzure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, and/or Azure DevOps Engineer ExpertStrong experience supporting pre-sales engagements and shaping customer requirementsExpertise across Azure infrastructure, networking, security, governance, automation, and cloud migrationStrong understanding of: Azure Cloud Adoption FrameworkEnterprise Scale Landing Zones (ALZ)Well-Architected FrameworkFinOps and Cost OptimisationOperational ResilienceExperience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools including Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, PowerShell, and PythonKnowledge of Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and platform automationExperience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and container-based platformsStrong communication skills with the ability to engage technical teams, business stakeholders, and customer leadershipExperience delivering cloud solutions within agile environmentsExperience with technologies such as Azure Virtual Desktop, Azure Local, Azure Sovereign Cloud, ServiceNow, Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, Zscaler, Palo Alto, or cloud cost optimisation tools would be advantageous.If you're looking for a role where you can combine deep Azure expertise, customer engagement, and technical leadership while helping organisations accelerate their cloud transformation journeys, we'd love to hear from you.TPBN1_UKTJ