Workplace Solutions Architect

As a Workplace Architect, you will be an integral part of the Solutions Team, inside of the Computacenter sales organisation. You will oversee the architecture, technical engineering, and guide implementation of workplace solutions throughout the entire project lifecycle, ensuring that our customers receive robust and scalable solutions tailored to their needs.

Your primary responsibility is to provide technical leadership, guiding critical decisions on the most vital components of the solutions we develop. From the initial proposal phase through to successful delivery, you will play a key role in shaping the direction and success of each project. Your expertise will be instrumental in aligning technical strategies with business objectives, ensuring that Computacenter remains a trusted partner for our customers' IT infrastructure needs.

What You Will Do

• Provide deep technical subject matter expertise, stay current on technical solutions and engage with our key Vendors (Dell, HPinc, Lenovo, Apple, Samsung, …)

• Stay well-informed about the evolutions and developments on the market related to Modern Workplace and collaborative meeting spaces.

• Create in-depth technical design documentation and corresponding documents: technical presentation and Bill of Materials.

• Analyzing customer requirements and identifying and developing a fitting solution based on our proactive vendor portfolio.

• Engage in key accounts, develop credibility and help build out technical solutions

• Creating the supporting technical collateral for our sales opportunities in co operation with the Solution sales.

• Providing input to the Solutions Sales teams to optimize customer budgets while keeping an eye on overall deal profitability (aim for win-win situations).

• Keeping technical ownership of our solution delivery and implementation, ensuring agreements are being met on the technical level.

• Conducting quality assurance throughout the solution implementation up until project sign-off and handover to the customer operational teams.

• Giving customer trainings on new solutions.

• Technology evangelist, delivering both internal and external updates to our portfolio

The Solution Architect is also involved in the pre-sales phases of our opportunities:

• Analyse customer requirements and develop a fitting solution based on our proactive vendor portfolio

• Participate in customer meetings and tenders to qualify and quantify potential opportunities and customer needs

• Create the supporting technical collateral for our sales opportunities

• Identify cross- and upsell opportunities

• Provide input to the Solutions Sales teams to optimize customer budgets while keeping an eye on overall deal profitability (aim for win-win situations)

The Concrete Impact of the Role
As a Solutions Architect Workplace, you will play a key role in shaping the digital workplace strategies of leading organizations. Your contributions will have a direct impact on how businesses operate, collaborate, and innovate. Some of the ways you will make a difference include:

• Driving Digital Transformation – You will help customers transition from traditional IT environments to modern, cloud-first workplace solutions, enabling them to work securely and efficiently from anywhere.

• Enhancing Employee Experience – By designing and implementing cutting-edge workplace technologies, you will improve productivity, streamline workflows, and create seamless digital experiences for end users.

• Supporting Large-Scale Deployments – You will work on enterprise-level projects that impact thousands of users, ensuring scalability, security, and performance are optimized.

• Bridging Business and IT – Your role will involve close collaboration with key stakeholders, translating business needs into technical solutions that align with long term strategic goals.

• Innovating with Emerging Technologies – You will explore and integrate new workplace technologies, such as AI-driven automation, virtual desktops, and smart collaboration tools, keeping our customers at the forefront of innovation.

For a solution to work effectively, scale, and meet the set requirements, it needs to have a well-thought-out architecture that accounts for numerous technical and business nuances. The long-term success of any project relies on the input from a Solutions Architect, therefore you will need:

• A couple of years of experience in a similar role or extensive workplace engineering experience.

• Knowledge of Digital Signage. • Know your configurations on an vendor level.

• Knowledge of peripherals (headsets, keyboards, mice, …)

• Experience in Dante (Dante certification is a plus)

• Expert in Microsoft solutions (Intune, SCCM, Azure, …)

• The ability to identify and develop differentiated solutions involving multiple technologies and vendors.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present to both technical and commercial audiences.

• Ability to lead and organize a virtual technical team, with good people and stakeholder management skills.

• Business analysis and project management skills.

• Fluency in Dutch and English.

We strongly believe in rewarding & recognizing people for their results & commitment.

Here's what you can expect working at Computacenter:

• An attractive salary package and benefits

• A flexible work environment and hybrid way of working where possible.

• The very real opportunity to progress, develop and grow your career - up or sideways; we have excellent development opportunities through training, on-the-job projects, mentoring, etc

• Working in a fun and vibrant 'one team' culture that thrives on putting the customer first & celebrating success – winning together

• The opportunity to work for a company where people matter