Location: UK - London, UK - Birmingham, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 216415 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Life on the team

Join Computacenter’s growing Consultancy Practice and work in a globally recognised IT services business operating across 70+ countries. You’ll collaborate with experienced Enterprise Solution Architects, consultants, and technology experts, delivering complex, high-profile programmes in the defence sector.

We offer:

• Flexible UK base location with regular UK-wide and occasional overseas travel
• Access to professional & technical training, including conferences
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies across Workplace, Networking, Security, Datacentre, Cloud, and Applications

You’ll work in a culture that values expertise, innovation, and collaboration, giving you the freedom to grow, learn, and influence enterprise technology outcomes.

What you’ll do

As an Enterprise Solution Architect, you’ll act as a trusted technical authority, shaping and delivering enterprise-scale, mission‑critical solutions. Key responsibilities include:

• Engaging with customers to understand their business and technology strategy
• Leading pre‑sales architecture, qualifying opportunities and producing high‑level design documentation
• Acting as Design Authority for key accounts, ensuring solutions meet security, compliance, and business objectives
• Designing and implementing integrated, cross‑domain solutions across:
  • Microsoft 365 & Workplace solutions
  • Networking and enterprise security
  • Datacentre and hybrid cloud
  • Cloud platforms & applications
• Collaborating with C‑level executives, senior IT leaders, vendors, and partners
• Leading or contributing to large‑scale IT transformation programmes
• Providing technical governance and assurance across pre‑ and post‑sales engagements
• Supporting new proposition development with the Group Strategy & Portfolio team
• Staying current with emerging technologies, vendor roadmaps, and market trends

What you’ll need

We’re looking for a consultative, senior architect with a strong record in enterprise architecture, IT transformation, and defence sector delivery. You’ll need:

Experience & Leadership

• Proven experience leading complex, multi‑domain IT solutions
• Experience in pre‑sales and customer‑facing consultancy
• Defence sector experience and knowledge of security and regulatory compliance
• Ability to lead C‑level conversations and manage senior stakeholders
• Strong track record of end‑to‑end delivery

Technical Knowledge & Skills

• Microsoft client, server, and cloud architecture expertise
• Deep understanding of Microsoft 365, Azure, IDAM, and security solutions
• Broad experience across Networking, Security, Datacentre, Cloud, Applications, and Automation
• Exposure to tools such as: Cisco, Palo Alto, VMware, Nutanix, AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Microsoft Power Platform

Certifications (desirable)

• Cloud (Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Architect)
• Microsoft 365, Azure, Identity & Security certifications

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider, trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology, but first of all it’s about people

With over 20,000 people across 22 countries, we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits, regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values, and bring the experience and skills we’re looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive, forward‑thinking environment - we’d love to hear from you!