Job Description

Posted Tuesday 8 September 2026 at 12:00 pm

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LAB3 is one of the largest Azure engineering practices in the Australasia region with a focus on Cloud & DevOps, Data, IoT & AI, Up-to-date Workplace, Modern Apps & Integration, Security, and Network services.

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We are on the hunt for a Principal Technologist based in Sydney to be a part of our pre-sales/ client engagement team, working closely with our clients to architect solutions that best fulfil their requirements.

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Responsibilities and Duties:

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- Lead the consultation with our clients to understand strategic business needs and design cloud infrastructure solutions to effectively meet those needs.
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- Own the technical relationship with strategic customers, identifying and engaging with business and technical stakeholders at all levels to understand their strategy, motivators, business drivers, challenges and requirements.
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- Develop, communicate, and present solution options to senior management and enterprise stakeholders, including C-Suite & Directors.
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- Lead the formulation of the customer technical strategies and roadmaps, demonstrating client value over time through the assembly and integration of LAB3 products and services.
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- Ensure customer technical strategy and roadmap remains current, well socialised and communicated. Work with LAB3 partners to drive strategic and technical alignment.
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- Provide technical leadership to the LAB3 sales and solutions teams, ensuring our solutions are well architected, of high quality and effective in meeting business needs.
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- Actively participate in the pre-sales process, leading technical discussions, product demonstrations and proof of concepts; involve Lab3 SMEs where required.
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- Participate in and lead technical governance forums both internally and with LAB3's customers.
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- Act as a technical escalation point during major and critical incidents, helping to drive service restoration, identify root cause, and identify preventive measures.
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The right candidate:

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- Will have senior level consulting & enterprise architecture experience, including that in an Azure infrastructure environment.
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- Proven track record of understanding large, complex environments and navigating senior stake holders, both technical and non-technical.
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- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and robust technical solutions.
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- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels, from technical teams to C-suite executives.
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- Display a width and depth of technical skills to enable effectiveness in both high- and low-level architecting and solutioning
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Broad knowledge of:

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- Enterprise IT and common Architectural Patterns
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- On-Prem and private cloud architectures and familiarity with migration and modernisation approaches.
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- Microsoft Well Architected Framework
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- M365 and associated services
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- Common Application Architectures, particularly those that are cloud native.
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- Azure Data and Cognitive Services
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- Containerisation and Orchestration tooling and Microservices Architecture.
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- Cloud Security Concepts, Posture Management (CSPM) and Azure Security Services and Baselines
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Deep knowledge of:

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Microsoft Azure and Associated Services

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- Microsoft Azure and Associated Services
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- Microsoft's CAF and Key Design Areas
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- DevOps principles, concepts and tooling
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- Hands on experience configuring GitHub Azure DevOps repositories, policies and pipelines
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- Experience with IaC tooling, hands‐on experience with Terraform or similar.
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- Familiarity and knowledge of Service Management (ITIL) processes
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- Certifications related to Microsoft & Azure, DevOps, IaC and architecture
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What's in it for you?

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- Help organisations understand how they can modernise and optimise efficiencies utilising the latest cloud technologies to client #thinkahead
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- Be part of a company that is leading the way in technology & partnering with high profile clients #winwithus
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- Work with a 13-time Gold, 6-time Microsoft Advanced Specialisation & 5 time Microsoft Solutions Partner #teamup
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- Thrive in a team that is always learning, always innovating and making waves on a global scale.#standout
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- Be part of a supportive working environment that values inclusion, flexibility, diversity and differences.#betrue
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- We work flexibly and recognise the importance of your overall wellbeing! #Flexit!
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- Ultimately, we will help you to fear less, achieve more in a fast paced, innovative and cool environment - are you ready to accept the challenge?#fearlessachievemore
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- Work hybrid based in Sydney, going in to visit clients as and when needed
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📌 Principal Technologist (New South Wales)
🏢 LAB 3
📍 New South Wales