Would you like to kick start your career in a supportive, collaborative and innovative company?

Do you enjoy working as part of an enthusiastic, passionate, and collaborative team? 

Join our Strategy & Architecture Team! 

Softcat is embarking on an ambitious period of technology and business transformation. As technology becomes increasingly central to our growth, customer experience and operational effectiveness, we are establishing a new Strategy & Architecture capability to help shape the next chapter of Softcat's technology journey. The function sits at the intersection of business strategy, technology strategy, architecture and transformation delivery, helping to ensure that Softcat invests in the right capabilities, makes informed technology decisions and delivers sustainable business outcomes. 

Success. The Softcat Way. 

Passion. Intelligence. Fun. Responsible. Community: these are the core values which define Softcat. We are one of the UK's leading IT infrastructure providers and a FTSE 250 listed company. We help customers to use technology to succeed, by putting our employees first. 

As Softcat continues its transition to a product-centric operating model, we are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to provide architectural leadership across our Tech & Services portfolio. Reporting to the Lead Enterprise Architect, you will work with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, Delivery Managers and business stakeholders to shape strategy, target-state architecture, technology roadmaps and delivery outcomes. You will ensure business objectives, technology direction and delivery execution remain aligned, enabling scalable, secure and sustainable solutions. 

As Senior Solutions Architect, you'll be responsible for: 

• Act as the architecture lead for the Tech & Services portfolio. 

• Partner with business leaders to evolve sales and marketing capabilities in line with growth objectives. 

• Define target-state architecture and transformation roadmaps across the domain. 

• Provide architectural guidance across product, platform, and delivery teams. 

• Influence technology, investment and prioritisation decisions. 

• Shape service-management and operational technology platform strategies. 

• Identify and manage architectural risks, dependencies and technical debt. 

• Lead solution design for strategic initiatives and major change programmes. 
  
  

We'd love you to have:

• Significant experience in Solution Architecture, Domain Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture leadership roles. 

• Experience supporting operational and wider enterprise business functions. 

• Demonstrable experience designing and delivering solutions across service and operations management and digital workflow capabilities. 

• Any experience designing solutions around the ServiceNow platform is a distinct advantage 

• Experience delivering complex business and technology transformation programmes. 

• Proven ability to shape technology strategy, architecture roadmaps and investment decisions. 

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior leadership level. 

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business audiences. 

We also acknowledge that the confidence gap and imposter syndrome are a real thing and can get in the way of us meeting fantastic talent, so please don't hesitate to apply – we would love to hear from you!

Work in a way that works for you  

We recognise that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:  

• Hybrid working – 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home  
• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you start and finish during the day  
• Flexibility around school pick up and drop offs 

Working with us  

Wherever you work, we want you to experience the freedom and autonomy to realise your potential. You will feel supported by a team that celebrates individuality, encourages different perspectives, and embraces every background.  

Join us  

To become part of the success story, please apply now.

If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we can provide support or adjustments that you may need throughout our recruitment process or any mitigating circumstance you wish for us to consider. Any information you share on your application will be treated in confidence.  You can find out more about life at Softcat and our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.softcat.com/jobs/our-culture/ 

Here at Softcat, we don't prohibit the use of AI (artificial intelligence) in our application process, as we understand how far it can go to creating a truly equitable candidate experience. That being said, as a culture-driven organisation, we believe that the genuine essence of each person is what truly matters, so we highly encourage you to be as authentically you as possible when submitting your application to showcase your true and whole self.