Enterprise Architect

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Reading, Salford

Edinburgh, Hatfield, London, Milton Keynes, Reading, Salford

212812-en_GB

Life on the team

At Computacenter UK, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture that emphasises 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.

The business domains that we are initially hiring into are our Managed Services and Technology Sourcing divisions.

If you're looking for a career opportunity that offers meaningful challenges and room for growth, and if you're passionate about engaging with customers on both technical and business levels, this role could be the perfect fit for you. We value personal and professional development and welcome individuals eager to contribute to diverse business projects while collaborating with dedicated colleagues. Join us in a strategic digital transformation journey, where you'll work with cutting-edge technologies and cross-functional teams, shaping enterprise-wide architecture decisions that drive visible business impact. If you're seeking a collaborative environment that fosters innovation, growth, and flexibility, we encourage you to apply and be part of this exciting journey.

What you’ll do

Lead the creation and evolution of a 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 inform Portfolio prioritisation.
Establish and assure effective architecture governance and tooling to support Solution Architecture and other GIS teams.
Work closely with our Solution Architecture 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 practise

What you’ll need

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 with in a large-scale transformation programme
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 emering EA practise
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
Abililty 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, organisational and technology skills

Why you should choose us

Open communication

Despite our size, we’re an open organisation 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.

Showing appreciation & having fun

Great performance is recognised, so too is the willingness to help others. Our Bravo! awards and Long Service Awards Scheme are just a taste of how we say thank you for a job well done. And when it comes to recognising success, we love to celebrate. Our company and team events are legendary!

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 Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Inclusive workplace

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

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

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; in 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 to opportunities for everyone. Your application 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 are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

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.