Job Description

Location: Newbury + *Hybrid
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week - Mon to Fri
*Hybrid
At Vodafone UK we believe that through collaboration and connection with our colleagues we can achieve great things. Our hybrid working approach allows our people to work both in the office and at home, providing the flexibility and resources you need to succeed in your role. We don't require you to be in on specific days; instead, we ask people to come into the office 2-3 days each week, on average 8 days a month. Our Office in a Box home working kit will provide you with everything you need, no matter where you are.
Who We Are
At Vodafone UK, diversity isn't just a buzzword, it is core to who we are as a company. We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and are committed to driving inclusion for all; creating a workplace that is fully representative of the communities and customers we serve.
What you'll do
The Enterprise Architect is a key role ensuring that IT supports the Vodafone business strategy, developments are co-ordinated across different programmes of work, re-use is maximised, and projects use consistent standards and approaches. The scope spans the end-to-end business operation, from marketing through to financial operations, and the end-to-end architecture, from channels to back-end systems supporting the full value chain.
Main responsibilities:

• Assist in the definition and governance of the Vodafone UK IT architecture, ensuring that it meets business requirements and performance goals, and that the technical direction is consistent with Vodafone strategy.
• Act as a functional end to end expert for a portfolio of related applications within UK Technology.
• Lead design reviews to ensure compliance to the target architecture throughout the development life cycle.
• Lead architecture effort for small to medium projects or be a member of an Architecture team for larger programmes.
• Manage or assist as requested the delivery of technical solutions that provide business advantage to Vodafone through effective right time, right cost, and right solution design.
• Work with product vendors and system integrators and Vodafone cross functional teams in achieving the above.
• Contribute to and understand the IT Architecture Strategy in conjunction with VF UK Strategy and VF Global vision.

Who you are

• TOGAF certified or with significant architecture experience at a strategic level.
• Understanding of business support systems in telecoms or related service provider, including some or all of eCommerce and digital self-service, sales and order management, contact centre, service management, billing and reporting and analytics.
• Knowledge of integration approaches including service oriented architecture and event driven architecture
• Experience of modernisation of an application portfolio
• Technical competency of solution design including integration of business support systems and mapping to business process.
• Understanding of what it means to be a digital company
• Understanding of multi-channel customer service.
• Ability to work with development domains to collaborate on designs, able to communicate with technical experts and business colleagues
• Demonstrated IT background with associated academic technical qualification and/or experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - ability to present technical solutions in easy to understand business language.
• Enthusiastic and keen attitude to developing knowledge in existing and upcoming technologies.
• Ability to build and maintain strong ongoing relationships across a business with internal and external stakeholders.
• Have a creative and inquisitive nature to support problem solving and solution design.
• Strong self management skills with the ability to manage own workload to complete assigned tasks to time and quality

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What we offer
We believe that taking care of our employees is the key to their success. That is why we offer an excellent remuneration and bonus package with up to 28 days holiday entitlement, in addition to bank holidays and paid leave for charity projects. We offer an extensive benefits package that can be tailored to suit you and your family, including employee discounts, retail vouchers, pension plan and share schemes. We take pride in our commitment to supporting you at every stage of your career by providing top of the range learning and development tools and market leading parental leave policies.
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.
If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, or assistive technology, please refer to the Accessibility section of our Careers website (https://careers.vodafone.com/uk/applying-to-vodafone/) for guidance.
Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.