Software Solution Architect

Job description / Role

Software Solution Architect _VOIS

Roles and Responsibilities:
- Works in close cooperation with onshore Solution Designer and Systems Architect; contributes to the High-Level Design
- Interprets business requirements and translate them into solution design in line with the High Level Design
- Explains the solution design to the devops team and provides estimates for the user stories
- Coaches devops team during implementation (including pair programming) and does code reviews to ensure high quality
- Participates in the coding
- Prepare Low Level Design and document the implemented solution
- Adheres to technical constraints laid out by Architecture guidelines
- Together with the onshore Solution Designer builds the Architecture Runway

Requirements:
- 9+ years of working experience.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science and/or engineering or equivalent.

Must-Have Skills:
- Exposure on Java or Webservices and frontend development (HTML, CSS, React JS)
- Working experience in designing large distributed & scalable solutions
- Proven working experience in design, implementation, test, deployment of Micro-Services (or Self-Contained-Services)
- Very good working experience in design, implementation Security Principles, Privacy Principles
- Deep knowledge of designing services for public and private clouds, cloud conputing
- Familiar with Design patterns, Architecture Styles, SDLC, API Design
- Deep Working experience with CI and TDD
- Team player that is able to supervise a cross functional agile team
- Proven problem solving and innovation abilities
- Excellent communication skills (in an international distributed team) and capacity to learn and work independently.
- Fluent in UML.
- Good knowhow on Splunk

Good to Have Skills:
- Knowledge of frameworks: such as Spring & Spring Boot
- Familiar with development tools: Eclipse, GIT, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence
- SQL or NoSQL database
- Experience in working in multi-location international teams
- Exposure to work in DevOps or Agile (Scrum) delivery teams
- Domain-specific knowledge
- Telecom billing integration and charging.

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.

About the Company

At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.

We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.