VodafoneThree - Solution Architect

Overview

In this Digital Architecture role, you will shape scalable, cloud-native digital solutions for customer-facing platforms. You’ll collaborate with product, UX and engineering teams to design end-to-end architectures that balance security, performance and cost. Working within a SAFe environment, you’ll drive innovation across microservices, APIs and event-driven systems to improve customer experiences and business value. This role sits at the heart of VodafoneThree’s digital transformation and its mission to connect people and communities.

Pay / Benefits

• bonuses
• up to 28 days off plus bank holidays
• pension plan
• learning tools
• parental leave policies
• discounts and vouchers

• Design and document end-to-end architectures for digital solutions across web and mobile channels
• Define functional and non-functional requirements including security, performance, resilience and maintainability
• Shape customer-journey focused solutions within a microservices, API-driven ecosystem
• Assess new initiatives with ROM estimates and high-level solution options
• Ensure architectures align with AWS Well-Architected principles and optimize for security, scalability and cost
• Collaborate with Product Owners, UX, architects and engineers to refine delivery and establish architecture guardrails
• Support investigation of complex technical challenges to improve service reliability and customer experience
• Contribute innovative architectural approaches to speed delivery and value creation
• Participate actively in SAFe Agile delivery with cross-functional teams

• Experience designing enterprise-scale digital solutions for B2C and/or B2B platforms
• Strong knowledge of modern architecture approaches (microservices, micro-frontends, distributed systems)
• Cloud-native development experience (serverless, containers, managed data platforms, auto-scaling)
• Proficiency in documenting solution designs and non-functional requirements (security, performance, resilience)
• Strong REST API knowledge and API design best practices
• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and related design principles
• Ability to communicate complex concepts using UML, C4 Model or similar
• Balance of customer needs, technical excellence and commercial considerations
• Collaborative, inclusive mindset with strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe)

• Collaborative
• Stakeholder management
• Clear communication
• Microservices
• Micro-frontends
• Distributed systems