Technical Lead – Senior/ Principal Consultant

Job title:

Technical Lead – Senior/ Principal Consultant

Company:

PA Consulting

Job description

Company DescriptionWe believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.Job DescriptionWe are seeking a technically minded leader with a deep software engineering and architecture background to join our team. In this role, you will lead complex, transformative software engineering projects from inception through implementation. You will work closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and meet client needs. Your strong technical expertise will be essential in overseeing projects such as mission-critical legacy system migrations, as well as leading teams through data and application strategy initiatives.Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of technical projects, ensuring alignment with client goals and timelines.
• Manage and guide clients and teams, promoting best practices in software engineering, architecture, and DevOps.
• Drive complex system migration projects, including the evaluation of current systems and the seamless transition to modern platforms, with an emphasis on robust architectural principles.
• Apply Domain Driven Design (DDD) principles and architectural patterns to ensure scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions.
• Translate complex technical concepts, including architecture and design patterns, into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape and execute application and data strategy projects, ensuring alignment with modern architectural standards.
• Maintain a balance between high-level technical strategy and hands-on problem-solving, depending on project needs.
• Build strong relationships with clients, providing technical advisory and ensuring the delivery of transformative solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading technical teams and projects within a consulting or software engineering environment.
• Strong software engineering background, with hands-on experience in software architecture, Domain Driven Design, and established architecture patterns.
• Expertise in legacy system migration and modernisation.
• Proficiency in DevOps practices and cloud solutions, with the ability to integrate these within project architectures.
• Ability to translate technical jargon, including architectural principles and patterns, into business-friendly language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in managing application and data strategy projects, with a keen understanding of how these align with architecture.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive, solutions-driven mindset.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Additional InformationBenefits:

• 35 holidays per year (including statutory days)
• opportunity to buy additional flex holidays (maximum of 7)
• annual performance-based bonus
• pension plan (with fixed percentage personal contribution)
• possibility to buy shares in PA
• car / car allowance

Inclusion & DiversityWe believe that diversity makes us a stronger firm and look to employ people with different ideas, styles and skillsets. This diversity stimulates a rich, creative environment – one in which our people develop, and our clients enjoy enduring results. We’re committed to recruiting, promoting, and rewarding our people solely based on their ability to contribute to PA’s goals, without regard to their sex, race, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status. We welcome international applications, but we are unable to offer sponsorship for work permits, so you will need to have the full right to live and work in The Netherlands. Unfortunately, your application will be automatically rejected if you do not have these rights.#LI-AA1

Expected salary

€91000 – 121000 per year

Location

Utrecht

Job date

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 23:48:35 GMT

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