Lead Solution Architect

☞ Vodafone

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Newbury South East

Category: High Technology Mechanical / Technical Electrical / Electronics IT - Software

Industry: IT Services IT Consulting Information Services Telecommunications

Job type: Full-time

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Location: HQ – Blended*

Salary: £ Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Hours: Mon-Fri 37.5

Safety Notice: To ensure candidate and employee safety, we are continuing with our virtual hiring and onboarding processes until further notice.

Vodafone UK IT is the intelligence, the platforms and tools that enable our products and services. Be part of the team that develops and runs our digital IT platforms, driving innovation in how we deliver to our customers and the rest of the business.

Within This Role You Will Be Able To
  • Shape technology to meet business needs.
  • Have accountability for e2e designs across the IT ecosystem.
  • Influence to define and set IT strategy and roadmap.
  • Work with a brilliant team to support your growth.
What will you be doing?
  • You will be delivering and assuring technical architecture artefacts for projects.
  • You will be steering and talking with stakeholders across the organisation to define technology change.
  • You will take responsibility for acting as the functional and technical expert for applications or a portfolio of related applications.
  • You will be working across key projects & programmes to design and deliver technology solutions with a clear view on strategic and tactical technology choices.
  • You will regularly provide technology governance to ensure that solutions are aligned to the IT and business strategies.
  • You will assist in delivering technical solutions that provide business advantage to Vodafone through effective right time, right cost, and right solution design.
  • You will play an energetic part in design reviews ensuring compliance to the target architecture.
  • You will regularly present to the IT management team technology choices and recommendations.
Who are we looking for?
  • You will have a track record in running complex architecture projects in multiple subject areas. Have driven the IT architecture to ensure best outcomes.
  • You will proactively identify capability gaps across the end-to-end architecture and promote initiatives to fix them.
  • You will constantly make judgements when looking at change and see the impacts to the related architectural domain considering long terms factors. Highlight dependencies and resolves conflicts in different areas.
  • You will regularly shape and influence senior stakeholders to agree aspects of the IT strategy, priority, and future investment.
  • You clearly understand the business strategy and co-ordinate this with the development of the IT strategy.
  • You will possess a development mindset by managing and supporting other Solutions Architects to deliver the design and maximising value for a portfolio.
  • You will be effectively communicating aspects of the IT strategy, architecture, and business choices in business terms and develop roadmaps in specific areas.
What’s in it for you?

An excellent remuneration and bonus package with 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive and flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family. We’re proud to provide a Reconnect programme with flexibility for individuals returning to work after a career break. From our market-leading parental leave policies through to employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes we are committed to supporting you throughout your career with Vodafone.
  • Blended
Vodafone UK’s blended working approach means you’ll come to your contracted hub location office as and when needed to get things done for your role and for tasks that require it, otherwise you will be able to work from home. Our ‘Office in a Box’ home-working kit will be available for all who need it during your onboarding journey.

Together we can

Vodafone UK are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and all offers of employment for this role are subject to background checks, including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet the regulators standards.
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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