Portable
technology
Principaltechnologyconsultant
“Principal technology consultant at Portable. Skills: AWS, cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, cloud landing zones, multi-account architectures, global-scale infrastructure. embedded consulting. provide technology leadership”
Industry & Context.
problem solving; problem solver who can step into spaces and add value; tricky infrastructure problem
embedded with a client, You can expect to be in either Portable’s local office or the client you are embedded with 3-4 days a week.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
deep, hands-on AWS expertise, designed and implemented cloud landing zones, multi-account architectures, and global-scale infrastructure, highly proficient with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or similar) and treats it as standard practice, not a nice-to-have, built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for complex, production-grade systems, Linux and Windows systems knowledge, cloud economics at a practical level, database performance, scalability assessment, and working across SQL and cloud-native data patterns, worked in regulated or security-conscious environments and applies secure-by-default thinking, Can work closely with client engineering teams — communicating clearly, building trust quickly, and operating with a high degree of autonomy, technically excellent, adaptable across stacks, and comfortable working without a people management brief, curiosity and generosity — you share knowledge, engage seriously with problems, and make the teams around you better
Nice to Have
AWS Professional or Specialist certifications, background in related areas like observability, site reliability engineering and complex software development
What You'll Do.
provide technology leadership
designing global-scale networks and landing zones
built CI/CD pipelines that actually hold up under pressure
guided clients through complex cloud migrations
architecting things properly
sharing what you know
leaving systems (and teams) in better shape than you found them
leading the design and implementation of a new AWS landing zone or infrastructure migration
Conducting a performance and scalability assessment
evidence-based recommendations
Pairing with a client or Portable developer on a tricky infrastructure problem
Contributing to an internal Portable Deep Dive session on a cloud or DevOps topic
Collaborating with a producer and client stakeholders to scope upcoming work
shape architecture decisions
keep delivery on track
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work directly inside our client organisations; work closely with client engineering teams; make the teams around you better; Working embedded in a client's engineering team; Pairing with a client or Portable developer; Collaborating with a producer and client stakeholders
Communication Scope
communicating clearly
Process & Methodology
scope upcoming work, keep delivery on track
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