Senior Solution Architect (Presales)

Job description

Position Description:

At CGI, we’re shaping the digital future by helping clients achieve operational excellence through innovative, scalable, and secure technology solutions. As a Pre-Sales Senior Solution Architect, you’ll play a pivotal role in one of our major programmes within Global Technology Operations—leading the design of cutting-edge architectures that transform how organisations operate. You’ll bring strategic thinking, commercial awareness, and hands-on technical leadership to some of CGI’s most complex bids, influencing outcomes that deliver real business value. This is your opportunity to be part of something challenging, meaningful, and career-defining.

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK ‘Best Employer’ by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee.
We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you’ll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We’ll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.
Due to the secure nature of the programme, you will need to hold UK Security Clearance or be eligible to go through this clearance. This is a hybrid position.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

In this senior role, you’ll act as the primary solution owner for presales engagements within CGI’s Global Technology Operations business unit. You’ll lead multi-domain solution teams across infrastructure, service management, and cloud disciplines—owning the design, cost model, and technical integrity of the solution. As the infrastructure presales lead, you’ll define innovative, commercially robust proposals that maximise value for both CGI and our clients.
You’ll work across diverse domains, from Service Desk and ITSM tooling to Cloud, Network, and Enterprise Services, shaping holistic, future-ready architectures. You’ll combine strategic vision with delivery insight, ensuring every solution is aligned to business goals, governance frameworks, and modern “as-a-service” and DevOps ways of working.

Lead & Architect: Serve as the primary solution architect and owner for GTO presales engagements, leading teams of subject matter experts across infrastructure domains.
Design & Deliver: Develop end-to-end service architectures spanning Service Desk, ITSM, Digital Workplace, Cloud, Network, and Security operations.
Collaborate & Influence: Work closely with bid teams, delivery, and commercial functions to design competitive, compliant, and deliverable solutions.
Analyse & Model: Own all solution costing, risk assessment, contingency, pricing, and margin discussions, ensuring commercial viability.
Present & Engage: Lead client dialogues, presentations, and defences, articulating the technical and business value of CGI’s solutions.
Govern & Guide: Oversee all GTO deliverables—written responses, bid collateral, and architectural documentation—while mentoring junior architects and supporting professional growth across the team.
Innovate & Evolve: Champion cloud-native, sovereign, and automation-led design approaches that drive transformation and resilience.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

You’ll bring extensive experience as a pre-sales or solution lead within complex, enterprise-scale environments, with strong expertise across infrastructure and IT service management domains. You’ll combine commercial acumen with architectural excellence and have a track record of leading virtual teams through the full bid lifecycle.
Essential:
Proven experience as a pre-sales solution architect or solution owner within infrastructure or managed services
Deep technical understanding across multiple domains: Service Desk, ITSM, Cloud (Private/Public/Hybrid), Digital Workplace, Network, Security, and Enterprise Services
Strong commercial and financial awareness—owning costs, risk, pricing, and margin considerations
Excellent written communication, proposal writing, and presentation skills
Experience working in complex bid environments, collaborating across virtual teams
Strong planning, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
Broad appreciation of architectural standards, design principles, and governance frameworks
Desirable:
Knowledge of cloud-native and “as-a-service” models, automation, and AI integration
Familiarity with Oracle databases, enterprise tooling, and DevOps practices
Professional certifications in ITIL, TOGAF, or Cloud Architecture

Skills:

·  DevOps
·  Solutions Architecture
·  Financial Management

What you can expect from us:

Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.