Modern Workplace Technical Architect

Location: UK - Nottingham, UK - Birmingham, UK - Cardiff, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - London, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes (old), UK - Reading | Job-ID: 218654 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Life on the team

Competitive Salary + Flexible Benefits + Car Allowance
Flexible UK Location | Regular UK Travel | SC Clearance Required

Are you an experienced Technical Architect with a passion for Modern Workplace technologies and helping customers solve complex business challenges? We're looking for a Technical Architect – Workplace Platforms to join Computacenter's growing Workplace Practice, delivering innovative Microsoft-based solutions to some of the UK's largest public and defence sector organisations.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical leadership, customer engagement, and solution design within a highly respected and rapidly expanding consultancy team.

You'll be joining a dynamic and collaborative Workplace Practice, working alongside experienced architects, consultants, engineers, and delivery specialists across Computacenter's Professional Services organisation.

As a senior member of the team, you'll play a key role in shaping workplace transformation strategies, supporting major customer programmes, and driving technical excellence across both pre-sales and delivery engagements.

What you'll do

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale workplace solutions
• Act as a technical authority, providing governance and assurance across in-flight projects
• Support customer strategy and opportunity discussions, presenting solutions from both a technical and business perspective
• Own the creation of technical solutions, pre-sales responses, and associated cost models
• Identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the project lifecycle
• Support the remediation of complex bids and delivery engagements where challenges arise
• Provide leadership and guidance to consultants and project teams throughout delivery
• Ensure projects are delivered consistently using Agile and Prince2 methodologies
• Build trusted relationships with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to enhance customer outcomes through additional services and solutions
• Contribute to the ongoing development of Workplace Practice capabilities and offerings

What you'll need

• Significant experience designing and delivering Modern Workplace solutions within enterprise environments
• Strong experience leading solution design, technical governance, and costing activities
• Excellent customer-facing and stakeholder management skills
• Experience presenting solutions to both technical and business audiences
• Knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
• Experience working within public sector, defence, or highly regulated environments
• You'll have strong experience across several of the following technologies:
  • Microsoft Intune
  • Windows 11
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Active Directory
  • Microsoft Defender Suite
  • Microsoft XDR
  • Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
  • Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MECM)

Additional experience in any of the following would be highly beneficial:

• Azure and Windows Server
• Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and Windows 365
• Citrix Workspace and VMware Horizon
• Microsoft 365 (Exchange and SharePoint)
• JamF and Apple Device Management
• Workspace ONE
• BeyondTrust, CyberArk, or Trellix security solutions
  
  

At Computacenter, you'll have the opportunity to work on high-profile transformation programmes, collaborate with industry-leading experts, and help shape the future of workplace technology for some of the UK's most complex organisations.

If you're looking for a role where you can combine technical leadership, customer engagement, and cutting-edge workplace technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

About us

Computacenter is 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.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community?

We’re growing. We’re hiring. We encourage. We empower. We support.
#winningtogether #peoplematter