Principal Delivery Lead - Cloud & Data

Principal Delivery Lead – Cloud & Data

Benefits: Private Medical, Pension, 25 days annual leave, Gym Membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme

Work attire: Smart casual

As Principal Delivery Lead, you will own and drive the technical delivery programme for major enterprise customers, providing architectural leadership, mentoring engineering teams, and ensuring successful business outcomes.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands‑on technical depth, working closely with customer stakeholders, engineering teams, and Microsoft account representatives to shape platform evolution and technical strategy.

Ideally you will have strong expertise in Azure, distributed data platforms, and modern software architecture, along with communication and leadership skills to influence and advise at C‑level.

• Lead the design and delivery of complex cloud and data solutions on Azure
• Produce and assure both high‑level and low‑level architecture designs
• Define standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams
• Provide technical oversight across multiple concurrent work streams
• Ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, performance, and security

• Mentor and coach engineering teams on modern engineering practices
• Support upskilling in areas such as data engineering, Dev Ops, and automation
• Champion continuous improvement and engineering excellence
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to CTO‑level stakeholders
• Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions, and design forums
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences
• Build strong relationships with customer leadership and engineering teams
• Attend on‑site client meetings and collaborative sessions as required

• Collaborate with Microsoft account teams on product alignment and roadmap planning
• Stay informed on platform evolution to influence customer adoption strategies
• Identify opportunities for joint innovation and capability uplift

• Contribute to statements of work, proposals, estimates, and roadmaps
• Help identify technical risks and define mitigation strategies
• Support governance, reporting, and stakeholder alignment activities

• C#:
  Deep expertise in .NET development and building high‑performance applications.
• SQL
  :
  Strong database design, advanced query writing, and performance tuning skills.
• Apache Spark
  :
  Hands‑on experience developing and optimising distributed data‑processing pipelines.
• Py Spark :
  Proven ability to deliver production‑grade Spark workloads in PySpark;
  Scala familiarity beneficial.
• KQL
  :
  Solid experience writing effective Kusto queries for analytics and monitoring.
• Azure networking and Entra
• Event‑driven architectures:
  Event Grid, Event Hub, Service Bus
• Design of Landing Zones and Enterprise Data Mesh architectures

• Experience with Microsoft Purview and governance frameworks

• Experience leading technical workshops and architecture forums
• Strong technical presentation skills (PowerPoint)
• Comfortable working across organisational boundaries

Screening call: Phone call with our recruitment team to assess your suitability for the role, and to confirm the role is right for you.

First interview: Video call over MS Teams with the CTO.

Second interview: Video call over MS Teams with the Group CTO.

Final: Face‑to‑face interview in our London office.

Acora are a progressive full‑stack full‑service business technology services partner, built for the AI era. Combining the capabilities of an MSP, MSSP, IT Consulting, Professional Services and Development company, Acora helps customers achieve breakthrough results – often quicker and at lower risk than they thought possible.

We believe in a better working world, where our customers are confident to fully embrace the AI opportunity and generate economic impact.

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