Technical Lead - Azure, Integrations, IoT

Your new company

A key university client of mine is embarking on a significant digital transformation programme across cloud, data, integration and operational technology. With a varied technology estate and a strong focus on modern engineering practices, they are looking for an experienced Technical Lead to help drive delivery across multiple products, platforms and engineering teams.

Your new role

This is a hands-on Technical Lead position where you'll provide technical leadership across cloud platforms, enterprise integrations, data services and digital products. You'll work closely with architects, engineers and delivery teams to turn technical strategy into practical, supportable solutions.

You'll be involved in:

• Designing and delivering cloud-native solutions across Azure

• Leading API, integration and data platform initiatives

• Producing solution designs and guiding technical decision-making

• Supporting engineers across multiple teams while remaining hands-on

• Driving best practice across DevOps, CI/CD, testing, automation and operational readiness

• Troubleshooting complex issues spanning applications, integrations, data and infrastructure

• Working across the full delivery lifecycle from discovery through to live service support

  Key technologies include Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Terraform, GitHub, Azure Monitoring and Splunk. Other technologies will include

What you'll need to succeed

We're looking for someone who combines technical leadership with strong hands-on engineering capability. You will ideally have:

• Extensive Azure and cloud engineering experience
• Strong API, integration and enterprise systems expertise
• Experience designing and supporting complex data pipelines and integrations
• Knowledge of Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus and API Management
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code and modern engineering practices
• The ability to work across multiple technical domains and influence teams without relying solely on authority

Experience operating within large, complex Higher Education or public sector environments will be highly preferred

Experience with smart buildings, IoT, estates technology, property systems or operational technology environments would be advantageous but is not essential.

What you'll get in return

• Initial 6-month contract
• Outside IR35 (day rate TBD - we will discuss if you are shortlisted)
• Hybrid working 2 days per week on-site in London
• Opportunity to play a key role in a large-scale digital transformation programme
• Exposure to a broad technology estate covering cloud, integration, data and operational technology

What you need to do now

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