Principal .NET Engineer - Azure Integration

Role: Principal .NET Engineer - Azure Integration

Salary: £70,000 + exceptional pension + package

Location: Remote (UK-based) with occasional UK travel

Fruition IT are working with a fantastic organisation who are in a period of growth. They are looking to hire a Principal .NET Engineer who has a broad Azure background. You will play a vital role in the shaping of the organisation's application estate. This position offers the chance to work with the latest Microsoft technologies, delivering platforms and services that drive real impact.

The organisation places a high value on people and fosters a truly supportive work environment with an emphasis on work-life balance. It contributes meaningfully to the UK, making this an opportunity to make a substantial difference.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a team of Software Engineers to design, build, test, and maintain .NET applications and CI/CD pipelines that support all internal and external digital services.
• Embed security, stability, and scalability in the development and deployment processes of services.
• Promote a Software Engineering culture by fostering close collaboration and efficient workflows between product, engineering, and operations teams, supported by effective automation tools.
• Lead and grow the Software Engineering function by offering technical direction for the internal team and external vendors.
• Support business case development by clearly articulating benefits and returns on investment, ensuring solutions are delivered to meet time, cost, and quality standards.
• Design solutions and services with security controls Embedded, intentionally built to counter security threats as a fundamental component of each solution.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Proven experience leading skilled Software Engineers and DevOps Engineers, including mentoring and advocating for best practices.
• Strong technical expertise, ideally with a background in software engineering, and a deep understanding of software engineering tools and methodologies.
• Experience implementing efficiencies through automation, particularly in the automation of application deployment processes.
• Extensive experience in developing and maintaining applications on the Microsoft stack, including C#, .Net, and related Microsoft tools for Azure deployment.
• Proficiency with the full Azure Integration Services suite, especially Service Bus and API Management.
• Skilled in building and optimising deployment pipelines and strategies on leading CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins.
• Experience in designing, securing, scaling, and managing cloud platforms, with a focus on Microsoft Azure.
• Proficient in managing complex, multi-server services in a high-availability production environment.
• Strong understanding of containerisation, ideally with experience deploying Docker containers into production environments.
• Experience with Agile tools and practices, such as Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of current trends in Software/DevOps/Platform Engineering methodologies, tools, and emerging solutions, with the ability to apply them where 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.

Please note, we can only consider applications from candidates based in the UK as this role can not be worked remotely from outside the UK.