Principal Engineer - .Net

Role: Principal Engineer - .NetSalary: £60,000 - £70,000 + exceptional pension + packageLocation: Remote (UK-based) with occasional UK travelI am working with a fantastic organisation who are in a period of growth. They are looking to hire a Principal Engineer - .Net with a broad Azure background. You will play a vital role in the shaping of the organisations' application estate. This role will give you see you working with the latest Microsoft technologies delivering platforms and services that make a real difference.The organisation is a truly people-centric organisation who value their staff and offer a true work/life balance. The organisation makes a really positive contribution to the UK and this role offers the opportunity to make a real difference within the organisation.Key ResponsibilitiesWork as part of a team of Software Engineers to design, build test and maintain .Net applications and CI/CD pipelines that underpin all internal and external Digital services.Ensure security, stability and capacity is embedded in the development and deployment of services.Champion a Software Engineering culture by creating and building close collaboration and working practices between the product, engineering and operational business services teams supported by the appropriate use of automation tools.Manage and develop the Software Engineering capability by providing technical leadership for the in-house team and external suppliers.Contribute to business case development, articulating benefits and return on investment. Ensure solutions delivered to time, cost and quality requirements.Design solutions and services with security controls embedded, specifically engineered as mitigation against security threats as a core part of the solutions and services.Required Skills/ExperienceDemonstrable experience leading highly skilled Software Engineers and DevOps Engineers including mentoring and driving best practice.Strong technical background, from a software engineering background, with strong experience in Software Engineering tooling and techniques.Experienced driving efficiencies, through automation and process design and implementation in particular in the automation of application deployment methodologies.Strong experience in developing and maintaining Microsoft stack applications with the use of C#, .Net and associated Microsoft tooling to be deployed in AzureExperience of building and optimising deployment pipelines and deployment strategies on popular CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.Experience designing, securing, scaling and administering cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.Experience managing complex, multi-server services in a high availability production environment.Solid understanding of containerisation, ideally having implemented Docker containers into production environments.Experience of Agile tools and processes e.g. Azure DevOps etc.Knowledge and understanding of latest trends in Software/DevOps/Platform Engineering methodologies, processes, and tools as well as emerging solutions and ability to apply them when appropriate.If this role would be of interest, then please apply to this advert and I will be in contact to give you more detail.Fruition are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.