Private Cloud Principal Engineer

Private Cloud Principal Engineer - Cloud & Platform EngineeringLocation: Sheffield (3 days onsite per week mandatory) Duration: Initial 3-6 Month Contract Rate: Up to £700 per day Engagement: PAYE via Umbrella Only Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Principal Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise cloud engineering function. This role will provide technical leadership across critical platform engineering initiatives, focusing on private cloud technologies, Kubernetes, container platforms, event streaming and microservices enablement.Working closely with Product Owners, Architects, Infrastructure Engineers and Engineering teams, you will play a key role in shaping platform strategy, defining engineering standards and driving the delivery of secure, resilient and scalable cloud services. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior engineering professional who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and influencing technical direction across enterprise environments. Key Responsibilities Provide technical leadership across cloud and platform engineering initiatives Define and drive engineering standards, best practices, reference architectures and platform guardrails Act as a senior technical authority, reviewing designs and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, supportable and cost-effective Lead the design and evolution of platform capabilities spanning compute, storage, networking, o...