Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect
Job Description
Life on the teamAre 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 doLead customer engagements focused on Developer Experience, Platform Engineering and enterprise software delivery transformationDesign and architect Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native engineering platforms at scaleFacilitate workshops with engineering leaders, product teams and platform stakeholders to define target architectures, operating models and delivery roadmapsTranslate complex business and technical challenges into clear, implementable platform and DevEx solutionsProvide end-to-end technical leadership across pre-sales and delivery engagements, from discovery through to implementation assuranceSupport sales teams with opportunity shaping, bid responses, solution design and commercial proposal developmentDefine reusable patterns, reference architectures and engineering standards across the Cloud & Apps PracticeResearch and experiment with emerging tools, technologies and practices to evolve our Platform Engineering and DevEx offeringsLead and mentor consultants and architects, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple customer engagementsEnsure solution quality through design assurance, technical governance and risk identification across multi-technology environmentsWhat you'll bringPlatform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformationKubernetes (AKS, EKS, OpenShift)CI/CD tooling including GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or HarnessInfrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)Backstage or similar developer portal technologiesObservability, monitoring and developer feedback platformsSecrets management and identity solutions such as HashiCorp VaultProgressive delivery, release orchestration and modern deployment practicesYou'll be comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders, leading technical teams and translating business challenges into practical, scalable engineering solutionsTPBN1_UKTJ