Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect

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Computacenter is looking for a Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect to join our growing Cloud & Apps Practice, helping some of the UK's largest public and private sector organisations modernise software delivery through Platform Engineering, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), DevOps and Developer Experience (DevEx) best practices.
As a senior member of our Cloud & Apps Practice, you'll work at the intersection of technology strategy, architecture and delivery, partnering with customers to design and implement modern engineering platforms that improve developer productivity, accelerate delivery and enhance operational resilience.

What you'll do
Lead customer engagements focused on Developer Experience, Platform Engineering and enterprise software delivery transformation
Design and architect Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native engineering platforms at scale
Facilitate workshops with engineering leaders, product teams and platform stakeholders to define target architectures, operating models and delivery roadmaps
Translate complex business and technical challenges into clear, implementable platform and DevEx solutions
Provide end-to-end technical leadership across pre-sales and delivery engagements, from discovery through to implementation assurance
Support sales teams with opportunity shaping, bid responses, solution design and commercial proposal development
Define reusable patterns, reference architectures and engineering standards across the Cloud & Apps Practice
Research and experiment with emerging tools, technologies and practices to evolve our Platform Engineering and DevEx offerings
Lead and mentor consultants and architects, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple customer engagements
Ensure solution quality through design assurance, technical governance and risk identification across multi-technology environments

What you'll bring
Platform xwzovoh Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation
Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, OpenShift)
CI/CD tooling including GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Harness
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
Backstage or similar developer portal technologies
Observability, monitoring and developer feedback platforms
Secrets management and identity solutions such as HashiCorp Vault
Progressive delivery, release orchestration and modern deployment practices
You'll be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, leading technical teams and translating business challenges into practical, scalable engineering solutions