Chief Enterprise Architect (Data Center)

Computacenter North America • nationwide call

nationwide

218370-en_US

About the role
At Computacenter, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture that emphasizes diversity, inclusivity, and collaboration. We are committed to building supportive and rewarding relationships, celebrating success, and treating everyone with respect. Our focus is on putting customers first, keeping our promises, and considering long-term sustainability in all our decisions. Computacenter has an ambitious transformation agenda, and we are looking to build a new Enterprise Architecture function to work alongside an already existing Solution Architecture team to support this.

We are currently seeking experienced Enterprise Architects to work closely with our technology strategic partners and business leaders to create a compelling vision, strategy and roadmap for your domain, and work closely with our Solution Architecture function deliver the desired outcomes to the business areas.

This role has a data center / cloud focus.

What you'll be doing

Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
Assist in the creation and evolution of Domain Tech Strategies that are adopted by your domain and technology business stakeholders
Create and maintain a current and target view of our Enterprise Architecture to deliver our business and technology strategies.
Support business and technology change through capability roadmaps that assist in service and solution creation.
Work closely with our Solution Specialist function ensuring that Tech Strategy is viable and new ‘solutions’ can be architected within the EA Principles/Guardrails and still deliver the
desired outcomes to the business areas
Support annual and quarterly business and portfolio planning processes to ensure that the initiatives and plans are consistent with the agreed tech strategies
Ensuring our EA tool information is up to date and has the required breadth and depth
Support the development of architecture tools and techniques to support others in the practice
Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.

What you have

5+ years' experience as a Lead or Domain Enterprise Architect
A track record of creating and embedding technology strategies either within a business domain or within a large-scale transformation program
Legally eligible to work in the United States
Experience with RedHat, AWS, Azure, VMware.
Effective communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business terminology
Ability to produce quality EA models and artifacts that drive effective decision making
Ability to demonstrate alignment of technical decisions with business goals and value delivery
A continuous learning mindset and to keep pace with industry and market trends
Ability to use your skill and experience to create tools and content that will aid the development of the emerging EA practice
Experience of following structured methodologies for consistency and risk reduction, e.g. TOGAF, SAFe and system development lifecycles e.g. waterfall, agile, DevOps & DevSecOps
Ability to build trusted and respect as a ‘thought leader’ who can influence and when appropriate persuade technology and business leaders
To be motivated by leading and driving the team to deliver upon the business strategy
Ability to be technology neutral: unbiased towards any specific technology or vendor choice, entirely motivated by getting to ‘value & outcomes’
Ability to propose and effectively estimate proposed solution commercials
Exceptional interpersonal skills, teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
Proven analytical, planning, organizational and technology skills

Why you should choose us

Freedom & trust

At Computacenter, you can really thrive by having the autonomy to do the right thing, for the long-term benefit of your customers in our unique can-do culture. Our Sales professionals are trusted with high- profile customers and manage large-scale, complex projects.

Your work. Your time

Our culture means that you’re free to decide how best to manage your time and workload. All that matters is that you’re delivering your best for our customers and that you pursue a healthy work/life balance.

Celebrating success

Our two-day annual Group Kick-off event is an international sales conference like no other! It’s a great opportunity to network with your peers from Europe, Asia, and beyond. Learn, be inspired, and help celebrate the success of your team and your colleagues.

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organization that doesn’t hide behind hierarchy. We communicate regularly, openly, and directly. For us, it’s about being straightforward, delivering, and doing the right thing. Essentially, we’re people dealing with people!

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work; that’s why we see and value you as the individual you are. We take a genuine interest in you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusion within our industry.

Personal development

We offer unlimited opportunities for your personal growth and development with a structure that offers clear paths for progression. Our people have advanced to become some of the most successful leaders across the global industry – and we’re proud of this.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset, and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program, a ‘Be well’ app (powered by Humanoo), Mental Health First Aiders, wellbeing webinars, wellness fairs, and much more.

Tuition reimbursement

Interested in continuing your formal education or pursuing various certifications? Computacenter provides up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement for full time employees. We value continuing education, and this assistance includes tuition, books, registration fees, and more.

Parental leave

If you’re expanding your family, you can utilize our parental leave program that provides twelve weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents, and two weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents. Grow your family with peace of mind as you grow professionally with us.

We’re a place where you can belong

At Computacenter, people matter. We value what makes you, you, and believe everyone should feel comfortable being themselves at work. Here, you’ll be recognised for your contribution, supported to grow, and welcomed into a vibrant, collaborative culture where you can experience a genuine sense of belonging - because when you thrive, we thrive.

You’ll see this reflected in our recruitment process too. We aim to provide fair access to opportunities and an inclusive, barrier‑free experience. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the skills and experience we need.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme. If you opt in and meet the minimum criteria for the role, you’ll be guaranteed an interview, and we’re happy to support any reasonable adjustments. Please let us know when you apply.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years. Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.

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