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Java Solution Architect Lead_VOIS

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Technology _VOIS
Posting Country:  Egypt
Date Posted:  20 Apr 2024
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. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role Purpose

You will be joining a Digital Architecture team responsible for owning and shaping customer journey oriented full stack Digital solutions for various business demands using modern software architecture patterns. You will also support Technical Architects & engineering teams with incrementally evolving our stack to continuously improve the user experience, resiliency, re-usability, scalability and cost management of the components that make up our Digital stack.

We are looking for a Mid-Level (preferably having 8-10 years of IT experience) enthusiastic and outstanding individual to join us. As a member of the team, you will be instrumental in understanding and analysing requirements together with Business & portfolio management stakeholders, Product Owners, UX designers & IT solution architects. As well as defining e2e Digital solutions designs and associated NFRs, you will provide support to the full delivery lifecycle as required.

Accountabilities

  • Impact asses new business Demands & Change Requests to provide a ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) estimates based on a set of documented requirement and solution approach assumptions.
  • Work with Product Owners, UX, IT architects etc. to identify key e2e functional requirements & NFRs (Non-Functional Requirements) and support shaping of the e2e Digital & IT solution approach.
  • Work with Product Owners & UX to refine the Digital solution requirements and NFRs, and lead on defining the e2e Digital solution design with appropriate input from peers with relevant SME.
  • Ensure designs respect the principles of the AWS Well Architected Framework with respect to security assurance, resiliency & scalability, solution maintainability etc.
  • Protect the integrity & reusability of the solution throughout the lifecycle, keeping it simple where possible.
  • Closely collaborate with Technical Architects to define architecture guardrails, UX Teams for UX designs, Product Owners & engineering team for refinement of Features, and engineering teams and project managers for high level delivery planning.
  • Support RCA (Route Cause Analysis) & identifying solution options for complex issues found during delivery or on live service.

Competencies

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge and experience designing and delivering micro-service-based API services for an Enterprise scale business to customer services available on the Internet. 
  • Extensive knowledge and experience designing and delivering applications for the cloud (serverless & containerised and compute services, managed data services etc.).
  • Demonstrable knowledge and experience of REST API standards and API design.
  • Demonstrable ability to convey solution designs using industry standard design frameworks such as UML (Unified Modelling Language) or C4 (Context, Containers, Components & Code).
  • Can demonstrate creativity & a drive to identify & make case for new innovative architecture patterns and technologies that could improve delivery efficiency, operational quality etc. 
  • A good understanding of the AWS or equivalent Well Architected Framework pillars and guidelines, particularly regarding application security, performance & scalability, solution maintainability & cost management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to cross-functional audience.
  • A working knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies such as LEAN, Scrum & Kanban. 

Competencies

  • Experience in working for large enterprises which has a Digital Footprint.
  • Experienced working in SAFe and having a clear view of Value Stream aligned delivery.
  • Experience designing and building TM Forum compliant APIs. 

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