Job Description

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.

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Role Overview

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Role Responsibilities Architecture & Engineering Leadership

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- Lead the design and delivery of complex cloud and data solutions on Azure
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- Produce and assure both high-level and low-level architecture designs
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- Define standards, patterns, and best practices across engineering teams
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- Provide technical oversight across multiple concurrent workstreams
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- Ensure solutions meet requirements for scalability, performance, and security
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- Mentor and coach engineering teams on modern engineering practices
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- Support upskilling in areas such as data engineering, DevOps, and automation
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- Champion continuous improvement and engineering excellence
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- Act as a trusted technical advisor to CTO-level stakeholders
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- Lead technical workshops, discovery sessions, and design forums
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- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
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- Build strong relationships with customer leadership and engineering teams
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- Attend in office client meetings and collaborative sessions as required
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Microsoft Engagement & Strategic Alignment

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- Collaborate with Microsoft account teams on product alignment and roadmap planning
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- Stay informed on platform evolution to influence customer adoption strategies
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- Identify opportunities for joint innovation and capability uplift
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- Contribute to statements of work, proposals, estimates, and roadmaps
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- Help identify technical risks and define mitigation strategies
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- Support governance, reporting, and stakeholder alignment activities
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Key Skills, Knowledge & Experience

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Software & Data

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- C#: Deep expertise in .NET development and building high-performance applications.
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- SQL: Strong database design, advanced query writing, and performance tuning skills.
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- Apache Spark: Hands-on experience developing and optimizing distributed data-processing pipelines.
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- PySpark: Proven ability to deliver production-grade Spark workloads in PySpark; Scala familiarity beneficial.
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- KQL: Solid experience writing effective Kusto queries for analytics and monitoring.
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- Azure networking and Entra ID
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- Event-driven architectures: Event Grid, Event Hub, Service Bus
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- Design of Landing Zones and Enterprise Data Mesh architectures
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- Azure Databricks (5+ years)
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- Azure Fabric / Synapse (3+ years)
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Data Governance

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- Experience with Microsoft Purview and governance frameworks
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Delivery & Leadership

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