Principal SDLC Transformation Consultant

GLiNTECH - a Valiantys company; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office flexibility

Certification support

Parental leave

Internal career development

Job summary

GLiNTECH - a Valiantys company is seeking a Principal SDLC Transformation Consultant to join our Transformation Consulting team. You will lead complex transformation engagements, shape offerings, and ensure delivery excellence across DevOps, AI and software delivery transformation.

You will collaborate with Sales, manage engagements end-to-end, mentor teams, and drive commercial outcomes while aligning with security and enterprise architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or equivalent.
• 8+ years consulting experience in SDLC, DevEx, DevOps or technology transformation.
• Proven advisory, delivery, presales and business development experience.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation and executive communication.
• Full-time work rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end SDLC transformation engagements from assessment to measurable outcomes.
• Balance billable delivery with presales and practice development responsibilities.
• Define new offerings, methodologies, playbooks and reusable assets.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client leaders and act as strategic advisor.
• Mentor consultants and raise capability across the consulting team.
• Use software delivery benchmarks to diagnose friction and ROI.
• Design improvements across engineering workflows and tooling.
• Apply AI-powered development tools to improve productivity and quality.
• Facilitate workshops translating challenges into practical roadmaps.
• Define objectives, governance and ensure alignment with security and enterprise architecture.
• Guide clients through capability development and organisational change.
• Partner with Sales through opportunity lifecycle and account growth.
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and revenue.

Skills

SDLC Transformation

DevOps

Executive Stakeholder Management

Consulting Leadership

AI Tools

Performance Metrics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent

Tools

Atlassian ecosystem

Job description

• Are you an accomplished SDLC and Developer Experience consultant with the technical depth to shape strategy and lead complex delivery?
• Can you influence senior leaders, build trusted client relationships and turn engineering performance into measurable business outcomes?
• Are you excited to grow a best-in‑class consulting practice, own the commercial outcomes and ready to define new offerings across DevOps, AI and software delivery transformation?

GLiNTECH, a Valiantys company, is seeking a Principal SDLC Transformation Consultant to join our Transformation Consulting team.

This is a senior role spanning strategic advisory, consultative sales and practice growth. You will lead complex transformation engagements, develop scalable offerings and shape how we deliver services that improve developer productivity, delivery speed and software quality. Working closely with Sales, you will help create opportunities, strengthen client relationships, take ownership of the commercial outcomes and scale our consulting capability.

About the role:

As a Principal SDLC Transformation Consultant, you will:

• Own end-to-end SDLC transformation engagements, from assessment and strategy through to implementation, adoption and measurable outcomes.
• Own team utilisation targets while balancing billable delivery, presales and practice-development responsibilities.
• Shape GLiNTECH’s SDLC transformation approach by defining new offerings, methodologies, playbooks and reusable assets.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client leaders and act as a strategic advisor on software delivery modernisation.
• Mentor consultants, share delivery insights and raise capability across the wider Consulting team.
• Use software delivery benchmarks including release cadence, lead time, change failure rate and service restoration to diagnose friction, accelerate time‑to‑value and demonstrate transformation ROI.
• Design improvements across engineering workflows, branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, release management, testing practices and developer tooling.
• Apply AI‑powered development tools and automation to improve productivity, quality and delivery performance.
• Facilitate executive and technical workshops, translating complex challenges into practical transformation roadmaps.
• Define engagement objectives, success measures and governance while ensuring solutions align with security, compliance and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Guide clients through capability development, adoption and organisational change.
• Partner closely with Sales throughout the opportunity lifecycle, from qualification and discovery through to solution shaping, estimation, proposals and account growth.
• Identify opportunities to expand client relationships and contribute to the practice’s revenue, scale and growth goals.

About you:

We welcome candidates from SDLC transformation, DevOps, platform engineering, engineering excellence, Developer Experience and technology consulting backgrounds.

You will bring:

• Strong technical expertise across CI/CD, branching strategies, developer portals, toolchain integration and software quality engineering.
• A deep understanding of software delivery performance measures and how to use them to build transformation roadmaps and quantify business value.
• Strong commercial acumen, with an understanding of pipeline, revenue, margins, utilisation and account growth.
• Proven ability to lead complex engagements and influence C‑suite and senior technology stakeholders.
• Experience turning consulting expertise into repeatable offerings, methodologies and intellectual property.
• Practical knowledge of AI‑powered development tools and their application in client environments.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with a collaborative approach to leading change and developing others.

Must have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• 8+ years of consulting experience with a strong track record of leading complex SDLC, DevEx, DevOps, platform engineering or technology transformation engagements.
• Demonstrated success in strategic advisory, client delivery, presales and business development.
• Strong stakeholder‑management, facilitation and executive communication skills.
• Full‑time work rights in Australia.

Highly regarded:

• Experience with the Atlassian ecosystem, and its application to SDLC modernisation.
• Experience working across global or multi‑region consulting environments.
• Experience developing thought leadership, service offerings or market perspectives on AI‑powered software delivery.

About us:

GLiNTECH - a Valiantys company is a leading Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner, headquartered in Australia for over 25 years, and trusted by more than 300 top‑tier brands in the APAC region. As part of Valiantys, we unite our efforts to provide our clients, in all regions around the globe, with superior IT consulting services and custom solutions.

Valiantys is a global leader in consulting and services for the Atlassian ecosystem, helping businesses transform their IT operations and business processes. With a focus on driving operational excellence, innovation, and agility, we empower organisations to achieve their goals through tailored solutions for Atlassian tools and adjacent technologies.

Joining Valiantys means becoming part of a growing company driven by a culture of innovation, collaboration, and respect for individuals, where every contribution helps shape the digital future of businesses.

Benefits of working at GLiNTECH:

• Flexibility: Staff have the flexibility to work from one of our offices and home with a working from home budget to set up their space - finding the perfect mix that works for each employee and helps them to be their most effective.
• Learning: We have you covered for all technical and industry certifications (assisted by our internal training experts) as well as an internal online learning system that is tailored to your development.
• Paid Leave: Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carers. An annual GLiNTECH leave day to use for whatever celebration is important to you or to extend a public holiday.
• Opportunity: We love to develop and promote from within. We provide management and leadership training for those who excel, and can fast track your career as we continue to grow the company.

Should you require further information about the role, please contact us at [e-mail].