Enterprise Solution Architect (Defence)

Salary: £51,000 - 91,000 per year

Requirements:

• 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 and hybrid cloud, cloud and applications, and 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

Responsibilities:

• 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

Technologies:

• Cloud
• Support
• Security
• Architect

More:

We are Computacenter, a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and managing our customers infrastructures. You will join our rapidly growing Consultancy Practice within our IT Consulting business unit, working in a dynamic, collaborative, and rapidly expanding team alongside talented architects, consultants, and technical specialists. This highly visible role offers exposure to leading-edge technologies, complex enterprise environments, and major defence sector transformation programmes. We offer a friendly, open working environment with a strong sense of community and a culture built on teamwork, performance, and support. This role is based in the UK, with locations including London, Reading, Hatfield, Nottingham, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.

last updated 34 week of 2026