Computacenter AG & Co. oHG
Developer Velocity - Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect
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Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Solution Architect
Location: UK – London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Hatfield, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Reading Job-ID: 218987 Contract Type: Standard Business Unit: IT Consulting
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, 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
- Improving developer productivity
- Accelerating delivery
- Enhancing operational resilience
What You’ll Do
- Lead customer engagements focused on Developer Experience, Platform Engineering, and software delivery transformation
- Design and deliver Internal Developer Platforms, CI/CD solutions, and cloud-native engineering capabilities
- Facilitate workshops with engineering leaders, platform teams, and stakeholders to define:
- Target operating models
- Platform strategies
- Provide technical leadership across consultancy and delivery engagements
- Support pre-sales activities, solution design, bids, and customer proposals
- Define best practices, standards, and architectural patterns across our Cloud & Apps Practice
- Mentor consultants and architects while contributing to the growing Platform Engineering community
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What You’ll Bring
Technical Expertise
You’ll have deep experience in:
- Platform 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
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Soft Skills & Business Acumen
- Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders
- Leading technical teams
- Translating business challenges into practical, scalable engineering solutions
About Us
Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with nearly 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation:
- Advising organisations on IT strategy
- Implementing the most appropriate technology
- Managing customer infrastructures
We offer:
- A friendly, collaborative culture with minimal bureaucracy
- Diverse talent encouraging shared values of teamwork and performance
Joining Computacenter means being part of a dynamic community that grows, hires, encourages, supports, and empowers.
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