Computacenter
Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect
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Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect
About the Role
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
- 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
- Enhance operational resilience
Responsibilities
- Lead customer engagements focused on:
- Developer Experience
- Platform Engineering
- Enterprise software delivery transformation
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Design and architect:
- Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud-native engineering platforms at scale
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Facilitate workshops with:
- Engineering leaders
- Product teams
- Platform stakeholders
- To define target architectures, operating models and delivery roadmaps
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Translate complex business and technical challenges into clear, implementable:
- Platform
- DevEx solutions
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Provide end-to-end technical leadership across:
- Pre-sales
- Engagement delivery
- From discovery through implementation assurance
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Support sales teams with:
- Opportunity shaping
- Bid responses
- Solution design
- Commercial proposal development
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Define reusable patterns and reference architectures across the Cloud & Apps Practice
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Research and experiment with emerging:
- Tools
- Technologies
- Practices
- To evolve Platform Engineering and DevEx offerings
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Lead and mentor consultants and architects, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple engagements
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- Ensure solution quality through:
- Design assurance
- Technical governance
- Risk identification across multi-technology environments
Requirements
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Expertise in:
- Platform Engineering
- Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
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Developer Experience (DevEx) and DevOps transformation
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Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, OpenShift)
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CI/CD tooling (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or Harness)
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Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
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Backstage or similar developer portal technologies
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Observability, monitoring and developer feedback platforms
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Secrets management and identity solutions (e.g., HashiCorp Vault)
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Progressive delivery, release orchestration and modern deployment practices
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Ability to:
- Engage with senior stakeholders
- Lead technical teams
- Translate business challenges into practical, scalable engineering solutions
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