Remote Principal Cloud Transformation Lead

Consult; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Flexible working

High-profile enterprise projects

Involvement in pre-sales

Broad tech exposure

Leadership access

Innovation freedom

Professional development

Job summary

Expert Thinking is a UK-based consultancy specialising in Cloud Platforms, Data & AI, Cloud Migration and DevSecOps. We seek two Principal Consultants to shape our growth, combining deep architectural expertise with strong client-facing skills.

You will lead strategic engagements across cloud, platform engineering and transformation, advising CIOs/CTOs while shaping solutions for enterprise clients. Remote-first with UK-based opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a principal consultant or cloud architect in a consultancy environment.
• Strong technical foundations in AWS and Azure with broad architectural knowledge.
• Experience leading pre-sales, shaping solutions and producing SOWs.

Responsibilities

• Act as trusted technology advisor to CIOs, CTOs and senior stakeholders.
• Lead strategic engagements across cloud, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE and transformation.
• Drive technical pre-sales, including discovery workshops and proposals (SOWs).
• Define cloud strategies and transformation roadmaps across AWS and Azure.
• Advise on how cloud, data, analytics and AI fit into wider tech strategies.
• Take ownership of complex engagements, leading cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Delivery and commercial teams to ensure project success.
• Mentor consultants and establish technical standards.

Skills

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

DevOps

SRE

Pre-sales

SOWs

Cost modelling

AI data platforms

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Expert Thinking is a UK-based consultancy specialising in Cloud Platforms, Data & AI, Cloud Migration and DevSecOps. We seek two Principal Consultants to shape our growth, combining deep architectural expertise with strong client-facing skills.

You will lead strategic engagements across cloud, platform engineering and transformation, advising CIOs/CTOs while shaping solutions for enterprise clients. Remote-first with UK-based opportunities.