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

    •    Understand E2E business req. from stakeholders and design the most suitable technical solution aligned with speed, quality, and cost expectations.
    •    Lead feasibility assessments and technical design activities within the domain, ensuring alignment with target architecture and agreed budget constraints.
    •    As a squad member, take ownership of technical activities required to achieve sprint goals and team KPIs.
    •    Work closely with the Product Owner and developers to define and refine backlog items (epics, features, user stories, tasks).
    •    Translate backlog items into high-level engineering designs and logical units of work.
    •    Estimate the size and effort of backlog items; provide technical and financial (CAPEX) insights including effort estimation, constraints, dependencies, risks, and alternative solutions.
    •    Support ideation and scoping processes through feasibility analysis, complexity assessment, and solution scoring.
    •    Produce detailed functional and technical analyses for backlog items, ensuring alignment with solution designers in other squads and clear integration specifications.
    •    Deliver end-to-end solutions within the agreed scope, in line with Group principles and TR IT target architecture and strategy.
    •    Prepare and present solution designs to the IT Architecture Board when required.
    •    Collaborate with Operations and Infrastructure teams to ensure proper system dimensioning based on business traffic forecasts.
    •    Support test case preparation and review testing scenarios to ensure solution quality.
    •    Provide design guidance for defects and issues raised within the responsible domain.
    •    Execute RFP/RFQ/RFI processes when required; evaluate vendor tech. capabilities and ensure selected solutions meet business and architectural reqs.
    •    Review and approve vendor design documents; follow up on vendor development activities within assigned responsibilities.
    •    When assigned as Lead Solution Designer, drive E2E design activities and ensure delivery quality standards are met.
    •    Contribute to maintaining product roadmaps and target architecture in collaboration with other architects and relevant stakeholders.
    •    Foster collaboration with Group stakeholders; support knowledge sharing, alignment with Group IT recommendations, and joint initiatives.
    •    Stay up to date with emerging technologies to continuously improve solution quality and team effectiveness.
    •    Ensure compliance with information security policies, standards, and procedures.

Who you are

•    Bachelor's degree from Computer Engineering, Information Systems Engineering, Mathematics Engineering and other related departments,
•    5+ years of software analysis/design/development/engineering experience.
•    Broad knowledge of software technology and development processes, particularly Scrum, TDD or BDD, disciplined agile delivery and lean development
•    Must possess a complete understanding of all aspects of test automation, continuous integration and continuous deployment concept
•    High level knowledge of cloud technologies and micro service architecture
•    Experiences on any unit testing tool
•    Knowledge of technology structures: networks, database, communications,
•    Knowledge on Java.
•    Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL and No-SQL open source databases like Mongo etc. 
•    Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Git, Jenkins
•    Knowledge of event-driven architecture and messaging systems (preferably Apache Kafka)
•    Familiarity with TMForum standarts
•    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 and negotiation skills
•    Eagerness for quality and continuous improvement of processes
•    Familiar with working in an international environment
•    Strong Presentation skills
•    Very good level of English proficiency
Preferred Qualifications:
•    Hands-on expertise with TMForum Oriented CRM tools&systems
•    Experience with Kafka topics, partitions, consumer groups and stream processing concepts
•    Ability to design and optimize in house platforms
•    Have development background and experiences

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.