Business Area: VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country: Portugal
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
At Vodafone, we're working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.
Responsibilities
* Responsible for the design and architecture of Digital Network solutions that address business demands within Network Product Engineering, leading a team.
* Work closely with the Digital Management Office, Digital Product & Platform Engineering and senior stakeholders, to analyse and design cutting edge solutions using the latest technologies that meet the needs of our Network customers.
* Provide solutions for internal Networks teams across the entire organisation that go beyond Vodafone's Tech2025 ambition.
* Design Vodafone's next generation Network Digital solutions in conjunction with designers and architects across Vodafone.
* Engage with stakeholders, product managers, Cyber Security and Privacy to create a consistent design with common standards.
* Strategic Ownership for solution design and architecture to ensure scalable and operational efficient innovative digital solutions built to maximize value for the company.
* Work closely with development teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
* Co-own make or buy decisions for solutions in a hybrid modular approach, requiring a profound understanding of communication networks.
* Ensure that solutions are architected and built in an elegant way to optimize cost-benefit.
* Involvement with the prototyping of new functionality to enable efficient validation of business hypotheses.
* Collaborate closely with cross-domain and cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and ensure product alignment.
* Provide leadership in guiding and mentoring the team, onboarding junior members in design and architecture.
* Close collaboration with platform and cloud architecture functions to ensure that the platform architecture meets the needs of the new product design.
* Lead Design and Architecture activities for Digital Product development ensuring compliance with Vodafone policies.
* Foster the company's implementation of the SAFe framework and communicate effectively with stakeholders about product progress.
* Ensure all products and processes comply with relevant regulations and ethical guidelines.
* Act as an authority on the E2E architectural integrity of digital products being developed within Vodafone networks.
* Support wider functions on critical solution decisions to support the organisation's modernisation.
* Design and implement modern, scalable architectures focusing on leveraging cloud services.
* Assess and recommend the best technology solutions to address business needs.
* Lead and mentor a team designing enterprise-wide scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, secure and reliable solutions.
* Responsible for analysing and translating business, information and technical requirements into architectural blueprints.
* Safeguard overall Digital Product solutions ensuring adherence to architectural standards and principles.
Who you are
* Degree in computer science or related field.
* Architect with extensive experience in large scale integration projects (5 years' min) in the Telco domain.
* Experience in assessing a broad range of solutions and products.
* 5+ years' experience in multi-project and multi-programme environments.
* Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
* GCP/AWS Cloud Professional certification.
* TOGAF and/or Archimate2 certification.
* In-depth knowledge of product engineering processes and architectural trade-offs.
* Proven experience in designing large distributed, secure, robust, and scalable architecture solutions.
* Deep knowledge of architectural methodologies and design patterns.
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to express complex concepts in digestible terms.
What's in it for you
We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave.
Who we are
You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. We are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world.
Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace where talent is recognised and rewarded.
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