Enterprise Solution Architect (Defence)

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

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

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Life on the team

Are you an experienced Enterprise Architect with a passion for shaping complex technology solutions and driving large-scale transformation programmes? We’re looking for an accomplished Enterprise Solution Architect to join the rapidly growing Consultancy Practice at Computacenter.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a truly global organisation delivering services into more than 70 countries worldwide. You’ll play a key role in shaping and assuring complex, integrated solutions for major defence sector customers, helping organisations modernise and transform through innovative technology strategies.

You’ll be joining a dynamic, collaborative, and rapidly expanding Consultancy Practice, working alongside some of the most talented architects, consultants, and technical specialists in the industry.

This is a highly visible role where you’ll engage directly with senior customer stakeholders, partners, and internal leadership teams to shape strategic technology outcomes. You’ll gain exposure to leading-edge technologies, complex enterprise environments, and some of the most high-profile transformation programmes within the defence sector.

What you’ll do

  • Act as the Technical Authority for complex, enterprise-scale and mission-critical transformation programmes within the Defence industry
  • Lead technical strategy and architecture discussions with customers, understanding both business and technical drivers
  • Shape and assure integrated solutions across multiple technology domains including Workplace, Security, Networking, Cloud, Datacentre, and Applications
  • Produce and validate high-level architecture and solution design documentation
  • Support pre-sales engagements, large-scale opportunities, and strategic customer programmes
  • Engage with C-level executives and senior IT leadership teams, aligning solutions to broader business objectives
  • Collaborate with vendors, partners, and internal SMEs to develop innovative and market-leading solutions
  • Lead or contribute to large-scale technology transformation programmes across complex enterprise environments
  • Act as a Design Authority for key customer accounts, ensuring governance, quality, and compliance standards are maintained
  • Support the development of new propositions and services alongside Strategy and Portfolio teams
  • Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and evolving customer requirements

What you’ll need

  • Significant experience in an Enterprise or Solution Architecture role within large-scale IT environments
  • Proven experience leading technical teams through both pre-sales and delivery phases of complex transformation programmes
  • Strong expertise designing integrated enterprise solutions across:
    • Networking
    • Security
    • Datacentre & Hybrid Cloud
    • Cloud & Applications
    • Workplace technologies
  • Experience working within the defence sector, with understanding of security requirements, governance, and stakeholder engagement
  • Strong experience engaging with C-level executives, senior IT leadership, and enterprise customers
  • Demonstrated success leading or contributing to major transformation initiatives from strategy through execution
  • Strong understanding of technical governance, assurance, and architectural best practices
  • Experience managing the full customer engagement lifecycle from early qualification through to successful delivery
  • Commercial awareness and understanding of how solution design impacts operational and contractual service delivery
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across both technical and business audiences

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine enterprise architecture, strategic influence, and large-scale transformation expertise, we’d love to hear from you.

Access all areas

Join us and you’ll follow a structured programme that gives you access to all parts of Computacenter including our senior leaders.

Freedom & trust

You’ll have the support on hand when you need it and the autonomy when you don’t. Feel right at home in an environment where you’re able to work with freedom and flexibility, and trusted to manage your own work.

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!

Working with the best

Over 1,300 technology consultants, 900 project managers and 3,200 systems engineers come together to form our highly regarded professional services community. You’ll find they’re a close-knit team, where mutual trust and collaboration is the norm.

Sharing knowledge

We organise several events and initiatives, such our UK Professional Services Conference and ‘Lunch and Learn’ sessions, that bring together the brightest minds in the business. Here you can learn new things, network, and celebrate success together.

Exciting digital technology

Challenging and rewarding projects: The range of technologies and industries that we are so diverse, that no two projects are alike. The result? A role for you that’s varied and provides the opportunity to expand your expertise and develop your career further.

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.

Personal development

We like to invest in our people. We offer training and technology certifications, mentoring and coaching, specialist or management careers, access to our on-the-go immersive learning platform, Percipio, and much 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.

We’re a place where you can belong

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.

Winning Together

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