Practice Lead - Enterprise and Workplace Technology - Field Engineering

Computacenter North America • Irvine, Livermore, San Francisco

Irvine, Livermore, San Francisco
214850-en_US

About the role
The Practice Lead – Enterprise and Workplace Technology – Field Engineering is a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing the planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise infrastructure and workplace technology projects. Reporting to the Director, this role acts as a delivery and quality owner across multiple engagements—ensuring best-in-class execution in structured cabling, enterprise networking, wireless, and workplace IT deployments.


The Practice Lead serves as a bridge between strategic leadership and tactical execution, driving operational excellence, mentoring engineering teams, and supporting pre-sales efforts. This role demands a hands-on leader with deep technical knowledge, strong project oversight skills, and the ability to align field engineering activities with client needs and enterprise standards.

Annual Salary Range: $125K - $140K USD


What you'll be doing

  • Partner with business leaders to deliver services that support company objectives and that are consistent with Winning Together values.
  • Oversee the day-to-day execution of enterprise infrastructure and workplace deployments.
  • Ensure project scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met consistently across assigned initiatives.
  • Act as the primary escalation point for technical or operational issues at the project level.
  • Lead technical planning and field execution for:
    • Structured cabling (copper and fiber)
    • High-density wireless (Cisco, Meraki, Aruba)
    • Workplace endpoint hardware (desktops, laptops, peripherals)
    • IDF/MDF design and remote site buildouts
  • Ensure installation best practices, compliance, and documentation standards are followed.
  • Support modernization of legacy infrastructure and adoption of hybrid workplace solutions.
  • Provide coaching, technical guidance, and daily oversight for field engineers and technicians.
  • Support training, mentoring, and development aligned to emerging technologies and project demands.
  • Conduct site readiness assessments and ensure crews are equipped to deliver against client expectations.
  • Enforce quality standards, field documentation protocols, and safety compliance across active projects.
  • Participate in audits, inspections, and post-project reviews to support continuous improvement.
  • Monitor field performance metrics and help drive corrective actions when necessary.
  • Collaborate with Sales, PMO, and Solutions Architects to ensure readiness for new deployments.
  • Participate in client site walks, kickoff meetings, and technical discovery sessions.
  • Support pre-sales scoping by reviewing Statements of Work (SOWs), resource plans, and project estimates.
  • Work with OEMs and third-party vendors to ensure delivery standards and technical compatibility.
  • Help onboard and manage subcontractors, ensuring alignment with field expectations and safety requirements.
  • Embrace and support Computacenter’s mission and core values.


What you have

  • Associate or Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 7+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure or workplace technology delivery
  • 3+ years in a field engineering leadership or supervisory role
  • Legally eligible to work in the United States
  • Strong understanding of structured cabling, wireless networking, and workplace IT infrastructure
  • Proven ability to manage field operations, quality assurance, and project delivery across multiple engagements
  • Experience leading field teams across distributed sites or national programs
  • Certifications such as BICSI Technician, RCDD, CWNA, or Cisco/Meraki Wireless
  • Familiarity with construction site safety standards and enterprise infrastructure rollout procedures
  • Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management 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.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognized, so too the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! and tenure recognition scheme schemes are just a taste of how we say thank you for all that you do. And when it comes to recognizing success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

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.

Pension & financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? For our people based in the US, we offer automatic enrollment onto our 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match. For our Canadian colleagues we offer enrollment onto a Registered Retirement Savings Plan provided by Canada Life where we’ll match 25% up to 6% of your base earnings. Irrespective of where you’re based, you’ll also have access to our financial advisors who can help you with your retirement planning needs.

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.

Flexible benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that you can tailor to fit you needs. In addition to great medical, dental, and vision coverage options, we also provide 100% company-paid life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. Our easy to navigate employee benefits platform, you’ll have the opportunity to enroll in supplemental life insurance.

You belong

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference, and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself. We provide an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential, and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access for everyone. Your application to join the team is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats.

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.

Winning Together

We are an award-winning employer!

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