Public Cloud Technical Authority

What you'll do

As the Public Cloud Technical Authority, your main responsibility will be to design and maintain public cloud blueprints to deliver standardised reusable patterns. You will assess new technologies and influence the internal product development roadmap to introduce new services for AWS, GCP, Azure & Oracle Cloud. Furthermore, you will be responsible to consult on security and connectivity best practises along with supporting internal Consultancy and Technical design forums, ensuring best practise principals are followed.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain cloud architecture blueprints, patterns, and templates


• Promote and champion use of reusable code/modules and API capabilities to drive automation


• Provide technical design, guidance, and consultancy to support transformation of existing on-prem services to public cloud


• Drive adoption and implement best practice for cloud connectivity and security standards


• Ensure HA / DR / Resiliency best practices are applied to all architectural solutions and designs


Who you are

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience assessing customer workloads and technology landscape for Cloud transformation


• Proven knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure & OCI platform and tools


• Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts and security compliance requirements


• Experience in deploying infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and IaC using DevOps tools such as HashiCorp Stack (Terraform, Packer), Jenkins and Docker


• Knowledge of serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Function


• Experience in designing scalable cloud solutions leveraging latest capabilities


• Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions


• Experience working in global organisations focused on delivering large programmes


Technical knowledge/qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent


• Certification on AWS, GCP, Azure architecture


• Strong technical knowledge of Jira/Confluence, Git, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Swarm, Microservice architecture, Python, Ansible


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 want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you. There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave. You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.

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. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.


• Proven experience assessing customer workloads and technology landscape for Cloud transformation


• Proven knowledge of AWS, GCP, Azure & OCI platform and tools


• Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts and security compliance requirements


• Experience in deploying infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and IaC using DevOps tools such as HashiCorp Stack (Terraform, Packer), Jenkins and Docker


• Knowledge of serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Function


• Experience in designing scalable cloud solutions leveraging latest capabilities


• Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions


• Experience working in global organisations focused on delivering large programmes


Technical knowledge/qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent


• Certification on AWS, GCP, Azure architecture


• Strong technical knowledge of Jira/Confluence, Git, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Swarm, Microservice architecture, Python, Ansible
  
  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. We recognise and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workspace and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social, or marital status.

Together we can.