Principal Architect

Principal Architect Salary: competitive depending upon experience + benefits Where the job is based: hybrid (home-based & working with Kerv Digital office/customer site visits as required) UK HQ, Seven House, 18 High Street, Longbridge, B31 2UQ Who we are: Dive into a world where technology meets innovation. At Kerv Digital, we're not just another tech company. We’re the problem solvers, the magicians who transform complex challenges into seamless digital experiences. Utilising a powerful blend of Power Platform, DevOps, Data experiences, and Software Engineering, we create business solutions that truly resonate with our clients while driving extreme value! With our roots planted in Birmingham and branches spreading across the globe from London to Bangalore, we're a proud member of the Kerv Group - a dynamic £112m revenue technology consultancy leader with a dedicated team of over 700 professionals, partnering with 800+ sector leaders. People come first always. We are incredibly proud of our unparalleled work culture. Not just words on paper, we wear our "Great Place to Work" certifications from the UK and India like badges of honour. Immerse yourself in an ocean of opportunities in an atmosphere that celebrates collaboration. Sharpen your prowess with a global multi-discipline team and be guided by the industry's most forward-thinking leaders. The Role / Who we are looking for: As a rapidly growing, award winning, Employer of Choice, we’re seeking to expand our capacity with a crucial member of our technical leadership team that can effectively help the overarching governance of multi-projects, ensuring we are doing the right things by our existing customers whilst working to bring onboard new customers and team members. We’re a deeply technical and outwardly facing organisation, so we anticipate that an effective Principal Architect will have prior experiences with consultancy, hands-on delivery, clearly demonstrable pre-sales success and strong relationships with our primary partner, Microsoft. They will have learned their craft by “doing” and being involved at all levels of an engagement and will not shy away from rolling their sleeves up and pitching in to support teammates should the need arise. Day to day this will include: * Designing and setting-up multi-year transformation and software development programmes * Pre-sales driven technical management of early customer engagements (including bid writing) * Providing commercial and technical assurance to solution architects (and other technical roles) on key projects * Underwriting technical/solution risks * Assuring there is a solid, scalable release management process with DevSecOps * Identifying and flagging any potential IP opportunities with the products team * Assuring solution compliance with KD architectural principles * Contributing to the technical leadership team, helping to shape the sustainable growth of the organisation. * Providing consultancy to end-client organisations on managing the transition to CI & Support as managed service; and licencing requirements and utilisation/optimisation * Supporting the Sector leadership team and Programme Management in defining new phases of work with existing customer and bridging the sales-to-delivery handover. * Providing platform expertise in, but not limited to: Microsoft Dynamics (Customer Service), Dataverse, Power Pages Our Solution Principles We’re an architecturally and governance mature organisation that holds multiple independent accreditations. We operate using a set of core principles and believe our Principal Architects will closely identify with many of them. For reference they include: * Putting the customer first, speak their language, learn their needs and sometimes this involves challenging them. * Being honest and true with each other and our customers. * Not re-inventing the wheel, if someone has already done it, let’s look at it. * Secure by design and in depth. * Agile, Repeatable, Testable consumer-grade outcomes * Equality and Sustainability from the outset * Governance is good, bad documentation is bad business. * Always think ahead, Build Future. We are also looking for people that fit how we work, which is something like; * happiest working under their own direction, but fully supported when needed * an obvious attention to detail, we want you to obsess about the little things! * an escalation handler, able to achieve win-win outcomes by utilising the skills across the team * ability to work effectively with remote teams in India * ability to work flexibly to deliver on-time to tight timescales What we can do for you: We’re a transparent, honest and fiercely equal employer that believes completely in providing the best possible work experience for our employees: Real Flexibility – we’re a family first organisation, and if the work gets done, you can work when and wherever you want. A healthy approach for most of our teams seems to be splitting three ways between home, customer sites and the office. Awesome Environment – all of our employees will tell you that we foster an easy going environment, are experts at what we do and care deeply about what we work on, and the company was started specifically to find a way for people to take more enjoyment from their work. Interesting Work – these days most of our customers are household names and many of our projects have an important impact on the world around us. The kind of things we do regularly include working with not-for-profits to transform how they leverage technology, working with public bodies to shape digital services and working with top tier private entities to bring genuinely new and meaningful products and services to market. Great Benefits – all the usual suspects and then some. Some highlights include our choose-your-own tech approach to end-user devices, well stocked cupboards with tasty goodies (we’re a food first company too), excellent professional development support including frequent in-house training for tech. you can’t get trained on anywhere else and private healthcare. Full disclosure; some benefits can only be provided after probation. Recognition & Growth – Recognized as a 'Great Place to Work' in both the UK and India, our commitment to excellence goes beyond our products and services. Our culture is a testament to the dedicated technologists who work tirelessly to drive our vision forward. Being a part of Kerv Digital means embracing a culture of innovation, collaboration, and mutual respect. Our teams in the UK and India thrive in an atmosphere that promotes continuous learning and growth. Join us at Kerv Digital, where we don’t just build groundbreaking technology - we build future. Don’t take our word for it though, check out our impartial Glass Door reviews More on equality: At Kerv, we’re building something special and we’re building it to last. We want everybody to feel valued, included and love working together. With an uncompromising pursuit of amazing employee experience, we always strive to do the right thing. We believe and will relentlessly promote and support the power of diversity, equality and belonging, through collaboration and creating exceptional solutions together. *Please note: By submitting an application you agree to Kerv Digital’s Trakstar Privacy Notice