Principal Consultant - Workplace

Location: UK - Birmingham, UK - Cardiff, UK - Edinburgh, UK - Hatfield, UK - London, UK - Manchester, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham, UK - Reading | Job-ID: 220734 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: IT Consulting

Location: Flexible UK base with regular UK-wide travel
Security: Must be able to pass SC clearance

Life on the team

Join our growing Workplace Practice and help customers shape and deliver modern workplace technology.

As an IT Expert Principal within Platforms, you’ll be a trusted technical authority, leading complex customer engagements across Microsoft 365, endpoint management, identity, security and device management.

It’s a highly client-facing role where you’ll influence strategy, lead technical teams and work with the latest workplace technologies across Microsoft, Apple and Android environments.

What you’ll do

• Lead the design and delivery of large-scale modern workplace solutions.


• Shape customer strategies and technology roadmaps.


• Lead technical teams and assure the quality of solution delivery.


• Design solutions across Intune, Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.


• Lead presales engagements, solution design, bids and effort estimates.


• Run customer workshops and engage confidently with senior stakeholders.


• Identify and manage technical risks across complex projects.


• Mentor consultants and contribute to technical standards and best practice.

What you’ll need

• Significant experience in enterprise end-user computing and Microsoft 365, ideally within client-facing consultancy.


• Strong expertise in Microsoft Intune and endpoint management across Windows, Apple and Android.


• Experience with Entra ID, Microsoft Defender, Windows 11, Autopilot and Microsoft 365 security.


• Knowledge of Jamf and/or Workspace ONE.


• Experience designing secure solutions aligned to frameworks such as CIS, Cyber Essentials, NIST or NCSC.


• Strong experience leading technical teams and customer engagements.


• Presales experience, including solution design, bids and estimation.


• Strong PowerShell and/or Microsoft Graph skills.


• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Citrix, Microsoft Defender XDR, Entra Suite, PKI or public sector/defence customers would be an advantage.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

Interested in joining a company with a strong sense of community?

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