Technology Principal

Version 1; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology services company located in Birmingham seeks a Technology Principal. The role requires extensive experience in solving complex digital challenges for government and financial services clients. You will leverage your technical expertise in AWS, Azure, and software architecture to advise clients and lead diverse teams. The position offers excellent career progression and a supportive work environment focused on employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share

Flexible working options

Employee Wellbeing schemes

Educational assistance and certifications

Qualifications

• 10+ years progression from practitioner to accountability.
• Large organisation delivery experience, ideally with government or financial institutions.
• Hands-on technical experience in enterprise-scale digital services.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to solve complex digital challenges.
• Collaborate with diverse teams to ensure stakeholder-focused solutions.
• Business development activities including presentations and proposals.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

Hands-on technical experience

Team leadership

Tools

AWS

Azure

APIs

Microservices

Job description

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

As a Technology Principal, you'll work directly with our largest government and financial services clients, working collaboratively to solve their most complex digital challenges, applying critical thinking to break down problems and identify practical solutions - thinking about performance, scalability, security and resilience from the start. You might start your week reviewing a technical strategy for a major government department, then spend time with a project team working through integration challenges on a live service, before presenting a solution approach to a client's senior leadership team.

Your background building and deploying enterprise-scale digital services means you can credibly advise on what works in practice, using systems thinking to understand how technical decisions connect across the broader service and business context. Whether that's designing microservices architectures for AWS or Azure, helping a bank modernise their data platform while meeting strict security requirements, or working with a delivery team to recover a struggling project by identifying risks and adjusting approach, you'll bring both strategic thinking and hands-on experience to every situation.

You'll collaborate with diverse teams including user researchers, product managers, software engineers and business stakeholders, taking a stakeholder-focused approach to balance different perspectives and needs while understanding the commercial context. Part of your time will involve business development - presenting to potential clients, writing technical proposals including sizing and estimation work, and helping win new work that supports business growth across your accounts. You'll need to balance priorities across multiple engagements, often working to tight deadlines.

As part of our central architecture team, you'll work alongside experienced peers who share your passion for solving complex technical challenges. This gives you a strong support network to bounce ideas off, learn from different perspectives, and tackle problems collaboratively. We recognise that nobody knows everything from day one - you'll bring your proven experience and apply it to new challenges, while staying current with industry trends. The role offers excellent opportunities for continuous learning through our internal communities, representing Version 1 at conferences and industry events, and working directly with clients on cutting-edge projects. The variety keeps things interesting, and your expertise helps our clients build user-centred digital services that deliver meaningful outcomes for the people who use them.

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• 10+ years progression from practitioner to accountability - you've a proven modern software background with strategic thinking abilities and a learning mindset, progressing to take responsibility for complex, scaled deliveries with solution architecture experience
• Large organisation delivery experience - you have ideally delivered solutions for government departments or major financial institutions which may include leading teams of architects or technical specialists
• Hands-on technical experience - you have built and deployed enterprise-scale digital services using modern approaches (microservices, APIs, cloud platforms like AWS or Azure, data architecture, and system integration)

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

Laura Cowan

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