Principal Consultant Cloud

**Brennan. Where true performance thrives.**
At Brennan, we believe that _how_ technology is delivered is every bit as important as _what_ the technology is. We focus on creating real and relevant value for customers with solutions that fit their specific needs and always reflect their true interests.
It’s a claim backed by our **True Performance System** - a way of working engineered to get us closer, and deliver better, for our customers and their actual experience of technology.

**Why join Brennan**
True performance for our customers starts with a true belief in our people.
It’s why we’ve structured our business to help our teams, and their talents, shine bright. It's why we’ve created a workplace where people of all backgrounds, beliefs and experiences are welcomed and empowered. And it’s why we’ve built an organisation where real innovation makes a genuine impact and generates true rewards for our team members.

**True rewards**
In addition to competitive remuneration, Brennan offers extensive benefits, including:

- Culture Awards that recognise excellence
- Brennan Daredevils - our annual, all-expenses paid trip awarded to our top performers and outstanding contributors
- Vibrant, fun social activities
- An environment that embraces learning and development.

**The Role**

Principal Consultant is a senior-level consultant who will provide expert advice and guidance to our clients on a variety of business and technical issues. You will be responsible for leading Cloud and Infrastructure projects, promoting Cloud and Infrastructure engagements, building a sales pipeline of engagements, building and maintaining relationships with clients, and developing junior peers in the practice.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Lead client engagements and build client relationships to develop an understanding of the right fit of Cloud and Infrastructure consulting offerings to help our clients take their next step.
- Develop and maintain Cloud and Infrastructure market offerings.
- Promote market offerings and generate client discussions, leads, and opportunities to achieve Cloud and Infrastructure objectives.
- Develop proposals, assist with tender responses and provide support to Account Managers and Business Development Managers.
- Provide quality control and management oversight for relevant engagements.
- Manage budget and forecasted effort for client engagements.
- Oversee and contribute to team utilisation rates, resource planning, and proactive engagement management to achieve targets.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to the wider team that uplifts the quality of deliverables and provides proactive, constructive feedback on areas of development.
- Develop and provide thought leadership in primary area(s) of expertise and look for opportunities to broaden knowledge into other supporting areas through training, coaching/mentoring, and personal research.

**Skills and experience you'll bring**

- Minimum 7 years hands-on IT infrastructure delivery experience with demonstrated expertise in:

- On-premises infrastructure: Active Directory, Exchange Server, DNS/DHCP
- Virtualization platforms: VMware vSphere/ESXi, Nutanix HCI/Azure Local
- Physical infrastructure: Server rack and stack, structured cabling, data center operations
- Networking: Switching, routing, VLANs, firewalls (Cisco, Fortinet, or similar)
- Hybrid cloud: Azure integration with on-premises environments, migrations
- Storage: SAN/NAS, backup and disaster recovery solutions

- Experience managing end-to-end infrastructure projects from scoping and design through implementation and handover, including pre-sales technical assessments and client billing.
- Proven track record leading complex infrastructure transformations (migrations, refreshes, consolidations) that delivered measurable business outcomes.
- Excellent stakeholder communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts for executive audiences and document technical designs clearly.
- Strong workshop facilitation skills to gather requirements, design solutions, and drive consensus across technical and business stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to build trusted advisor relationships with clients at all organizational levels, from IT teams to C-suite.
- Client-focused approach with strong ownership mentality and ability to proactively manage expectations while delivering results.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with systems-thinking approach to complex infrastructure challenges.
- Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple concurrent client engagements with competing priorities.
- Self-directed with ability to work autonomously while collaborating effectively across delivery teams.

**Note**:As part of our hiring process, you will be required to undertake a National Criminal History Check.
**Brennan** is an equal opportunities employer.