Specialist Solution Architect Trainee

About The Role

Our purpose at Vodafone is to connect for a better future. As a Global Communications Technology company, we put the customer at the heart of everything we do. We are forever challenging, pushing boundaries and discovering innovative ways to connect our customers with their digital societies. We connect people, businesses, and communities across the globe to create the future. We earn customer loyalty, experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

Vodafone is embarking on a global transformation of data & analytics leveraging innovative capabilities of google cloud and are looking for an experienced data transformation led to play a key role in enabling this large-scale delivery.

As a Specialist Solution Architect trainee, you´ll have the opportunity to: 

• Supporting the development of Cloud & Edge offerings within VBPS/PPE.
• Help in production and maintenance of architecture/design documents for solutions and roadmaps for their desired end-states. 
• Capturing, documenting and sharing Architecture best practices and building and maintaining relationships with other Architecture areas within Vodafone. 
• Providing guidance to product and solution designers that are contributing to the Cloud & Edge Architecture or making use of it for Customer Solutions 
• Learn to develop cross technology architecture strategy through the formation of working groups relating to enterprise product and business system technologies. 

Ideally you have the following skills:

• Self-motivated/self-starter with strong leadership, communication and influencing skills (up to C-Level) and the ability to build and maintain strong positive relationships with business users and stakeholders at all levels. 
• Experience working within a technology organisation in a similar role, leading end to end solution development / solution assurance and leading matrix teams (*) 
• Deep understanding and experience in the application and development of products/strategies relating to Cloud technology. 
• Understanding and experience in the application of Architecture frameworks and techniques. 
• Experience in implementing and adapting architecture techniques within multiple delivery scenarios (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, DevOps etc) 
• Degree level qualification
• Relevant qualifications in AWS, Azure, Google, VMware
• TOGAF COBIT, Zachmann, Tele Management Forum standards (TAM, eTOM and SID), ITIL etc