Inspire People is partnering with Acora, a progressive full-stack, full-service business technology services partner built for the AI era, to appoint a Technical Program Lead with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric (essential) and desirable skills in C#, Apache Spark, PySpark, KQL, and Databricks, and AI exposure. This opportunity is suited to candidates with either a strong Technical Architecture background who have progressed into technical leadership and delivery roles, with strong customer stakeholder engagement skills. This is a contract role based in Sydney, for an initial 6 month period with the opportunity for a permanent role. Competitive day rate.
Role Overview
As Technical Delivery Lead you will own and drive the technical delivery programme for a 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, alongside the communication and leadership skills to influence and advise at C-level.
Role Responsibilities Architecture & Engineering Leadership
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 workstreams
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, DevOps, 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
Microsoft Engagement & Strategic Alignment
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
Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Software & Data
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 optimizing distributed data-processing pipelines.
PySpark: 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 ID
Event-driven architectures: Event Grid, Event Hub, Service Bus
Design of Landing Zones and Enterprise Data Mesh architectures
Azure Databricks (5+ years)
Azure Fabric / Synapse (3+ years)
Data Governance
Experience with Microsoft Purview and governance frameworks
Delivery & Leadership
Experience leading technical workshops and architecture forums
Robust technical presentation skills (PowerPoint)
Comfort working across organisational boundaries
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