Principal Technologist

LAB3; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

LAB3 is seeking a Principal Technologist in Sydney to join our pre-sales and client engagement team. You will architect cloud-based solutions, own the technical relationship with strategic customers, and lead from discovery through to roadmaps and governance.

You will communicate with C‑Suite and Directors, drive architecture quality across LAB3 offerings, and guide LAB3 solutions teams in high‑impact engagements. Hybrid work with travel to client sites as required.

Qualifications

• Senior level consulting and enterprise architecture experience.
• Experience in an Azure infrastructure environment.
• Strong ability to navigate senior stakeholders across technical and business teams.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to translate complex requirements into scalable solutions.
• Clear communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with C-suite and directors.

Responsibilities

• Lead client consultations to understand strategic business needs and design cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Own the technical relationship with strategic customers and engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Develop, present, and compare solution options to executive sponsors.
• Shape customer technical strategies, roadmaps, and align LAB3 offerings to client goals.
• Provide technical leadership to LAB3 sales and solutions teams and oversee architecture quality.
• Lead pre-sales technical discussions, demos, and proofs of concepts with LAB3 SMEs as needed.
• Participate in governance forums and act as a technical escalation point during major incidents.

Job description

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.

Responsibilities And Duties

• 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.

The Right Candidate

• Will have senior level consulting & enterprise architecture experience, including that in an Azure infrastructure environment.
• Proven track record of understanding large, complex environments and navigating senior stake holders, both technical and non-technical.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and robust technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels, from technical teams to C-suite executives.
• Display a width and depth of technical skills to enable effectiveness in both high- and low-level architecting and solutioning.

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.

Desirable

• Hands on experience configuring GitHub \\ Azure DevOps repositories, policies and pipelines
• Experience with IaC tooling, hands-on experience with Terraform or similar.
• Familiarity and knowledge of Service Management (ITIL) processes
• Certifications related to Microsoft & Azure, DevOps, IaC and architecture.

What's in it for you?

• Help organisations understand how they can modernise and optimise efficiencies utilising the latest cloud technologies to client #thinkahead
• Be part of a company that is leading the way in technology & partnering with high profile clients #winwithus
• Work with a 13-time Gold, 6-time Microsoft Advanced Specialisation & 5 time Microsoft Solutions Partner #teamup
• Thrive in a team that is always learning, always innovating and making waves on a global scale. #standout
• Be part of a supportive working environment that values inclusion, flexibility, diversity and differences. #betrue
• We work flexibly and recognise the importance of your overall wellbeing! #Flexit!
• Ultimately, we will help you to fear less, achieve more in a fast paced, innovative and cool environment - are you ready to accept the challenge? #fearlessachievemore
• Work hybrid based in Sydney, going in to visit clients as and when needed