Senior Solution Architect; Presales

Overview

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. 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.

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 Dev Ops 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.

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.

• 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),…