Principal Consultant – MLOps & Fabric

Candidate Description

Marked by deep technical breadth and strategic leadership, this Principal Consultant brings over 18 years of experience architecting secure, high-performance cloud and data platforms for enterprises across energy, finance and government. Adept at Azure, a Cloud Service Provider and another Cloud Service Provider, they specialise in Azure infrastructure, Microsoft Fabric, MLOps and advanced data services, underpinned by robust skills in networking, security and database architecture.

Adept at translating complex requirements into actionable roadmaps, their expertise spans Azure DevOps-driven CI/CD, Terraform-based IaC, Data Factory pipelines, Databricks lakehouses and end-to-end machine-learning workflows. Significant accomplishments include designing CIS-aligned landing zones for leading banks, orchestrating enterprise Fabric adoption strategies and delivering multi-cloud data-integration reference architectures adopted organisation-wide. They routinely produce high-level and low-level designs, manage stakeholder expectations and spearhead performance-tuning and HA/DR initiatives for mission-critical SQL estates.

Having led teams of up to 16 engineers, mentored consultants and driven agile delivery, this professional blends hands-on technical depth with strong leadership and communication. Their ability to navigate diverse domains, manage complex stakeholder landscapes and champion best practices positions them as a versatile asset capable of accelerating digital transformation and cloud maturity for any organisation.