Enterprise Architect

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Location: UK - London, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 212812 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Information Technology

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 to 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 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.
• Ensure 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 practice.

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 within 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 emerging EA practice.
• 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 trust 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.
• Ability 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.

About us

With over 20,000 employees across the globe, we work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology, and helping our customers to source, transform and manage their technology infrastructure in over 70 countries. We deliver digital technology to some of the world’s greatest organisations, driving digital transformation, enabling people and their business.