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David Careers

Principal .NET Consultant

Posted 2 days ago

cg infinityHouston (TX)
Software DevelopersComputer Systems Design Services

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About the role

Role Overview: Please double check you have the right level of experience and qualifications by reading the full overview of this opportunity below. We're seeking a highly experienced, hands‐on Principal .NET Consultant who combines deep technical mastery of the .NET ecosystem with exceptional client‐facing, leadership, and communication skills. You will lead complex delivery engagements, architect robust solutions, mentor teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients—translating business needs into secure, scalable, and maintainable .NET solutions.
Role Overview: We're seeking a highly experienced, hands‐on Principal .NET Consultant who combines deep technical mastery of the .NET ecosystem with exceptional client‐facing, leadership, and communication skills. You will lead complex delivery engagements, architect robust solutions, mentor teams, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients—translating business needs into secure, scalable, and maintainable .NET solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Client & Leadership
  • Lead end‐to‐end client engagements: discovery, solution design, delivery, and post‐go‐live support
  • Build and maintain strong executive‐level relationships; act as a trusted technical advisor
  • Facilitate requirements workshops, steer scope and expectations, and negotiate trade‐offs
  • Mentor senior and mid‐level engineers; foster a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
  • Contribute to pre‐sales: estimates, proposals, solution narratives, and technical win strategies
  • Architecture & Hands‐On Delivery
  • Design and implement enterprise‐grade solutions using modern .NET (e.g., .NET 8/9, ASP.NET Core, C#)Own critical components: domain modeling, API design, performance tuning, security, and observability
  • Define architecture patterns (clean architecture, DDD, microservices, event‐driven) and enforce coding standards
  • Drive DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud‐native deployments (Azure/AWS)
  • Perform code reviews, troubleshoot complex issues, and occasionally write production code to unblock teams
  • Quality, Risk, and Governance
  • Establish quality gates, testing strategies (unit/integration/load), and reliability practices
  • Identify technical risks early and lead mitigation plans; ensure compliance and security best practices
  • Measure outcomes and iterate: track KPIs, gather feedback, and refine solutions over time
Required Qualifications: Technical Depth (.NET Stack)10+ years of professional software development, with 6+ years focused on .NETExpert‐level C# and deep knowledge of .NET frameworks: ASP.NET Core, EF Core, Web APIs, background services, gRPC as needed Strong experience with:
  • Cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS), containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and serverless patterns
  • Data access and performance (SQL xmcpwfu Server, PostgreSQL, caching, message brokers like Azure Service Bus/Kafka/RabbitMQ)
  • Security (OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, secrets management), observability (OpenTelemetry, structured logging, metrics)
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound technology choices and justify them to both engineers and business stakeholders
  • Client‐Facing & Leadership
  • Proven track record leading client engagements and delivering complex projects on time and within scope
  • Excellent communication: able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non‐technical audiences
  • Strong facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills; comfortable in executive conversations
  • Experience mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and elevating team capability
  • Comfortable in a consulting environment: travel as needed, multi‐client context, and shifting priorities

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