Private Cloud Principal Engineer

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Job Title: Private Cloud Principal EngineerLocation: Sheffield (3 days per week onsite mandatory)End Date: 25th August 2027Rate: £683 per day all inc. (PAYE through Umbrella) In this role, you will:As a Principal Engineer in Private Cloud, you''ll provide hands-on technical leadership across client private cloud platform, shaping and improving our virtualisation, container and Kubernetes capabilities, and enabling resilient, secure, high-performing services (including Kafka-based event streaming and microservices platforms). Reporting to the Head of Private Cloud, you''ll partner closely with product owners, architects and engineering teams across CTO to turn strategy into practical, well-engineered outcomes. Key responsibilities Technical leadership andamp; engineering excellence Set engineering direction for private cloud capabilities spanning virtualisation, containers, Kubernetes, Kafka/event streaming, and microservices enablement. Act as a senior technical authority, review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure solutions are supportable, secure, and cost-effective. Define and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails (think: paved roads, not speed bumps ). Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of private cloud platform components (compute, storage, networking, ..... full job details .....