Principal technology consultant

• Working embedded in a client's engineering team, leading the design and implementation of a new AWS landing zone or infrastructure migration
• Conducting a performance and scalability assessment — analysing execution plans, identifying bottlenecks, and delivering clear, evidence-based recommendations
• Pairing with a client or Portable developer on a tricky infrastructure problem and helping them see a cleaner path through it
• Contributing to an internal Portable Deep Dive session on a cloud or DevOps topic you've been working with
• Collaborating with a producer and client stakeholders to scope upcoming work, shape architecture decisions, and keep delivery on track

• Has deep, hands-on AWS expertise — ideally holding AWS Professional or Specialist certifications
• Has designed and implemented cloud landing zones, multi-account architectures, and global-scale infrastructure
• Is highly proficient with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar) and treats it as standard practice, not a nice-to-have
• Has built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for complex, production-grade systems
• Has strong Linux and Windows systems knowledge
• Understands cloud economics at a practical level
• Brings experience with database performance, scalability assessment, and working across SQL and cloud-native data patterns
• Has worked in regulated or security-conscious environments and applies secure-by-default thinking
• Can work closely with client engineering teams — communicating clearly, building trust quickly, and operating with a high degree of autonomy
• Is a Principal/engineering manager-level practitioner: technically excellent, adaptable across stacks, and comfortable working without a people management brief
• Brings curiosity and generosity — you share knowledge, engage seriously with problems, and make the teams around you better

background in related areas like observability, site reliability engineering and complex software development

• Meaningful work: Clients who are building things that matter, and problems worth solving properly
• Flexible work arrangements: Hybrid and remote options, flexible hours, and personalised start/finish times
• Enhanced leave: Bonus annual leave based on tenure, purchasable additional leave, paid volunteering leave, and paid mental health days with no explanation required
• Growth and development: $2,000 annual professional development allowance plus two working days, structured career pathways, twice-yearly salary reviews, and access to our Emerging Leaders program
• Wellbeing support: Up to 4 counselling sessions per year through our EAP with The Mindroom
• Financial incentives: Profit-sharing bonus, employee share plan options, and salary sacrificing
• Family-friendly policies: Enhanced parental leave and flexible arrangements around family commitments