Principal Consultant

Company Description

• No 1 Best place to work in Ireland #GPTW2023 !!
• 6th Best Large Workplace in the UK
• 10th place in Glassdoor Top 50 UK companies
• UK & Ireland’s premier Oracle, Microsoft & AWS partner
• Market leader in Oracle ERP and Cloud Applications
• Consulting, implementation and support services
• 3000 strong,€255m/ £220m revenue business

Job Description

• Providing technical co-ordination between IT Teams;
• Providing IT teams with technical leadership and guidance on design options;
• Suggest and implement process improvements and providing alternatives where relevant;
• Creating and maintaining technology standards;
• Ability to understand and define software and hardware capacity requirements based on system or user requirements;
• Ability to conceptualise and translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions;
• Identify technical gaps, opportunities, or inefficiencies in any area of architecture, and the overall application development lifecycle and develop plans to close such gaps;
• Support the IT teams in building robust applications using the most appropriate technologies, languages, tools and methodologies;
• Ability to create vision of the overall solution; and
• Ability to review architecture designs, to identify issues and risks, escalating them as needed.
• Understand business needs to define system specifications and work collaboratively with business analysis teams
• Use tools and methodologies to create representations for functions and user interface of desired solution
• Develop high-level product specifications with attention to system integration and feasibility
• Plan and design the structure of a technology solution · Communicate system requirements to solution delivery, development and testing teams
• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods
• Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
• Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
• Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
• Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals

Qualifications

• 5 years practical experience
• Proven architecture, design, and implementation experience with large scale projects;
• Experience in developing IT Strategies;
• Ability to conceptualize and translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions;
• Extensive experience of Microsoft and Oracle technologies;
• Experience at providing technical leadership to project resources to meet project deadlines and ensure project objectives are met;
• Ability to review architecture designs, to identify issues and risks, escalating them as needed;
• Experience of developing detailed knowledge of all aspects of the application development cycle;
• Ability to understand and define software and hardware capacity requirements based on system or user requirements;
• Innovative thinker with strong analytical and problem solving skills;
• Ability to learn new technology and ability to learn quickly;
• A broad understanding and knowledge of industry technology trends; and
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of Project delivery and Project Management methodologies as used in large integrated

Additional Information

• Quarterly performance-related profit share
• Certified Great Place to Work for 10 years in a row
• Career Progression (496 CPD Promotions in last 12 months)
• Generous Holiday Allowance
• Employee Discount Scheme - available online and in a wide range of stores
• Flexible and Remote working Options
• Lunchtime activities including but not limited to fitness, yoga, financial advice and wellbeing
• Pension
• Private Healthcare Cover
• Offer incentives for accreditations and educational assistance for courses relevant to your role
• Wide range of reward schemes including:
• Version 1 Excellence Awards (annual)
• Fostering several Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging schemes
• And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing  Microsoft Consultancies in Ireland & the UK.