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DEPARTMENT: UK IT Architecture.
Role Purpose
Working as a Solution Architect within the UK IT Architecture team, you will be supporting the delivery
of technical solutions that meet the UK business requirements, whilst ensuring compliance with the
target Global reference architecture and UK architectural principles.
You will be expected to engage with a wider range of stakeholders including project teams, the
Vodafone business at all levels, service operations, technology partners and Vodafone Group
Architecture/Technology.
Your work as a Solution Architect will include:
Building technical solutions for delivering IT capabilities, Vodafone products and services, and
Vodafone Partner Integration in a dynamically changing technology Landscape.
Working across key programmes in project teams with Vodafone partners and Suppliers to design
and deliver technology solutions to a variety of customer markets (Consumer, Enterprise, and
Wholesale) with a clear view on both Strategic and Tactical technology transformation.
Providing Technology Governance to support strategic and tactical developments to the business
in accordance with IT and Business Strategy and the UK Investment plan.
Your primary role will be to deliver and assure the technical architecture artefacts for projects. These
artefacts will include Initial Technology Assessments, Technical Options Papers, Architecture
Blueprints, High Level Designs, Impact Assessments, and Change requests. In addition, you will be
expected to develop and provide Architecture high level subject matter expertise on the Vodafone IT
Technology estate contributing to the As-is Architectures, To-be Architectures, and Architecture
roadmaps supporting Vodafone Investment plans.
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.
Lead architecture effort for small to medium projects or be a member of an Architecture team for
larger programmes.
Act as a functional and technical expert for either an application, a defined set of applications or a
portfolio of related applications within UK Technology.
Participate in design reviews to ensure compliance to the target architecture throughout the
development life cycle.
Assist in delivering technical solutions that provide business advantage to Vodafone through
effective right time, right cost, and right solution design.
Contribute to and understand the IT Architecture Strategy in conjunction with VF UK Strategy and
VF Global NewVo vision.
Role Dimensions
Financial (limits/mandates etc.)
None.
Typical Outputs
Creation and maintenance of key architecture artefacts including: As-is Architectures, To-be
architectures and Capability Roadmaps.
Determine rough costs and time estimates for technical changes and proposed project technical
transformations.
Effective sharing of knowledge both within the Architecture team and wider stakeholders including
other Vodafone teams and technology partners.
Person Specification
Behaviour
Vodafone Way
Essential.
Customer Obsessed
We are passionate about exceeding
expectations:
Innovation Hungry
We create and deliver new products, services
and ways of working that delight our
customers:
Desired
Speed
We drive speed to market. We relentlessly
prioritise and pursue the outcomes that matter
to our business:
Simplicity
We make things simple for our customers,
partners and colleagues:
Trust
We are reliable and transparent to deal with.
We deliver for others and trust others to do
likewise: