
Principal Technical Consultant, App Dev
AHEAD
Posted 2026-07-02
Customer Success & Delivery
Job Description
Ovii's Interpretation of the Role
The Principal Technical Consultant leads enterprise application modernization, shaping cloud‑native architectures and delivering AI‑assisted solutions. You will guide client teams from strategy through implementation while acting as a trusted advisor to senior technology leaders.
Role Snapshot
- Lead large‑scale app transformation
- Design cloud‑native and serverless architectures
- Drive AI‑assisted engineering practices
- Own client consulting and pre‑sales engagements
- Mentor technical teams and consultants
- Develop business cases and ROI models
Must-Have Requirements
- Cloud‑native architecture
- AWS/Azure/GCP
- C# / Java / Python / TypeScript
- DevOps/DevSecOps (CI/CD, IaC, testing, security scanning, observability)
- Data migration & database modernization
- LLM prompting & AI‑assisted delivery
- Agile methodology
- Technical consulting & pre‑sales
- Technical leadership & mentorship
- large‑scale application transformation
- cloud‑native architecture
- enterprise modernization
Nice-to-Have Signals
- Industry knowledge (financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail)
- Brownfield application modernization
- Proof‑of‑concept / prototype development
- Reusable assets & accelerators
- Automated analysis tools (CAST, Matilda, Dynatrace)
- industry‑specific modernization
- brownfield legacy system work
- financial services
- healthcare
- manufacturing
- retail
Work Setup
- Location: Gurugram, India
- Work mode: REMOTE
- Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
- Employment type: Full-Time
Not Specified in JD
- Visa sponsorship
- Salary range
- Remote eligibility details
- Education requirement
- Certifications
- Relocation
- Notice period
- Travel
- Security clearance
- Coding test
- Portfolio
- GitHub
- Writing sample
- Cover letter
What You'll Likely Work On
- Facilitate assessments, modernization roadmaps, and target architecture workshops
- Lead technical delivery across CI/CD, testing, data migration, and code quality
- Set standards for security, cloud design, observability, and operational readiness
- Demonstrate and coach AI‑assisted development tools
- Mentor consultants and client teams through complex implementation challenges
- Build trust‑based relationships with Directors, VPs, and C‑suite technology leaders
- Craft and defend business cases (TCO, ROI) for modernization initiatives
- Lead pre‑sales pursuits, proposals, and technical demonstrations
Good Fit If You Have
- Comfort presenting technical concepts to executive audiences
- Proven ability to translate business goals into technical roadmaps
- Experience influencing senior stakeholders and managing expectations
Skills
- Cloud‑native architecture patterns (microservices, serverless, event‑driven)
- Major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Enterprise programming language (C#, Java, Python, or TypeScript)
- DevOps/DevSecOps (CI/CD, IaC, testing, security scanning, observability)
- Data migration & database modernization
- LLM prompting & AI‑assisted delivery
- Agile methodology
- Technical consulting & pre‑sales solutioning
- Technical leadership & mentorship