Solution Designer

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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

•    Lead and manage Sales Force Management & Lead Management products/solutions’ lifecycle, determine future opportunities for innovations/change/improvements and create communication channels in order to track user experience proactively

•    Lead and manage feasibility and technical design to deliver companywide technical solution with effective management of processes and in line with agreed budgets

•    Works with business stakeholders to understand their business strategy and develop IT strategies and architecture for significant areas of their business.

•    Leads large and complex initiatives and solutions (involving multiple departments, new/leading edge technology, integrating several technology types, high visibility and/or risk, resulting in significant organizational change)

•    As a member of the squad, solution designer is responsible for all the activities that lead the team to achieve their sprint goals & team KPIs.

•    Estimates size of backlog items

•    Provide technical and financial (CAPEX) information including effort estimation, constraints and dependencies; highlight potential risks and offer alternative solutions 

•    Delivers detailed functional and technical analysis against backlog items in line with solution designers in other squads; handshakes on the specifications of the integrations points. 

•    Together with Ops and Infrastructure teams, studies dimensioning for the systems in the domain based on the traffic forecast provided by the business unit

•    Works with product owner and solution developer define backlog items (epics, features, user stories, tasks) for the necessary cases

•    Supports testers for test case preparation; reviews test cases.

•    Provides design support for defects and issues raised by relevant stakeholders regarding the domain under the teams responsibility.

•    Execute RFP/RFQ/RFIs when it’s required in projects and evaluate vendor technical capabilities against business requirements to identify  products and/or services 

•    Reviews and approves vendor design documents; follow-ups vendor development.

•    Accountable for the technical vendor management based on the contract that is signed between Vodafone and the vendor.

Who you are

•    Bachelor's degree from Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or any equal to education,
•    Minimum 5+ years of solution analysis/design/development/engineering experience, 2+ years of working experience in Salesforce Management and Lead Management related projects. Further, the candidate should have at least 2+ years telecom experience.
•    Deep understanding of interrelated enterprise application and integration (such as ESB & API GW, Microservices etc.). 
•    Know-how and experience on software architecture, design and development technologies.
•    Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications. 
•    Ability to translate business needs into the productized solution fully integrated into the enterprise.
•    Broad knowledge and understanding of technical analysis and design patterns
•    In depth understanding of the full software development lifecycle
•    Broad knowledge of software technology and development processes, particularly Scrum, Kanban, Test Driven Development, disciplined agile delivery and lean development
•    Having experience in high scalability projects involving cloud-based infrastructure design and implementation
•    Having experience in creating\reviewing design documents such as CRD, HLD, LLD 
•    Eager to learn new technologies 
•    Should have communication skills sufficient to be able to work in a team of international diversity.
•    Customer focused, dependable solution oriented, hardworking, team focused
•    Ability to a systematic, disciplined and analytical approach to problem solving
•    Result oriented, strongly motivated leader with excellent interpersonal communication, presentation and negotiation skills
•    Eagerness for quality and continuous improvement of processes
•    Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
•    Very good level of English proficiency
 

Not a perfect fit?

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's in it for you

We like to keep them flexible:

 Vflexy: Flexible Benefits Program
 Hybrid working kit
 Ergonomic kit allowance
 Digital meal voucher
 Flexible transportation allowance 
 Employee assistance hotline & counselling
 Comprehensive and flexible private health insurance
 Discounted price deals for wide range of products & services

Plus, plenty more to enjoy!

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Who we are

You may have already heard of Vodafone - We're a leading Telecommunications company in Europe and Africa. But what you might not know is that we are continuously investing in new technologies to improve the lives of millions of customers, businesses and people around the world, creating a better future for everyone.

As part of our global family, whether that's Vodafone, Vodacom or _VOIS, you'll feel a sense of pride and purpose as you contribute to our culture of innovation. We pursue equality of opportunity and inclusion for all candidates through our employment policies and practices.

Together we can.