Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering SolutionArchitect

Computacenter PLC; Wallend; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter plc is seeking a Senior Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect to lead transformations for developer platforms and CI/CD at scale across the UK public and private sectors.

You'll work at the intersection of technology strategy, architecture and delivery, partnering with customers to design modern engineering platforms that boost developer productivity, accelerate delivery and strengthen operational resilience.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform engineering transformations
• Ability to design and implement internal developer platforms at scale
• Strong engagement with senior stakeholders and technical teams

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements focused on DevEx, Platform Engineering and software delivery transformation
• Design and architect IDPs and CI/CD pipelines
• Facilitate workshops with engineering leaders to define target architectures
• Provide end-to-end technical leadership across pre-sales and delivery
• Support sales with solution design and proposals
• Define patterns, reference architectures and engineering standards

Skills

Platform Engineering

Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)

DevEx/DevOps transformation

CI/CD tooling

Infrastructure as Code

Backstage/Developer portal

Observability/Monitoring

Secrets management

Progressive delivery

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Harness

Job description

Location: UK - London, UK - Birmingham, UK - Cardiff, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 218987 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect Are you passionate about transforming how developers build, deploy and operate software? 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 Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
• Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation
• 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
  Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation
• 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
  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.