Public Cloud Technical Authority

Vodafone Group; Newbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international telecommunications company seeks a Public Cloud Technical Authority to design and maintain cloud blueprints, assess new technologies, and ensure adherence to security best practices. The role involves consulting on cloud services and influencing product development for AWS and GCP.

Benefits

Discretionary yearly bonus

Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays

Charity days: 5 days/year

Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks

Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid

Private pension

Access to private medical and dental

Discounts on retail and gym

Qualifications

• Proven experience assessing customer workloads for cloud transformation.
• Experience deploying infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud architecture blueprints and templates.
• Drive adoption of best practices for cloud connectivity and security.

Skills

Cloud Transformation

DevSecOps

Automation

Security Compliance

Business Requirements Translation

Education

Degree in Computer Science

AWS or GCP Architecture Certification

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Git

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Job description

Join Us

Role title: Public Cloud Technical Authority
Function: Vodafone Cloud & Infrastructure (VCI)
Band: G12
Department: Public Cloud Services (PCS)
Reports to: Principal Public Cloud Manager
Location: UK - Newbury or Paddington

Role purpose:

The role focuses on designing and maintaining public cloud blueprints to deliver standardised reusable patterns. It involves assessing new technologies and influencing the internal product development roadmap to introduce new services for AWS and GCP. The role includes consulting on security and connectivity best practices, supporting internal forums, and ensuring adherence to best practice principles.

What you’ll do

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

1. Design, develop, and maintain cloud architecture blueprints, patterns, and templates.
2. Promote and champion the use of reusable code/modules and API capabilities to drive automation.
3. Provide technical design, guidance, and consultancy to support transformation of existing on-premises services to public cloud.
4. Drive adoption and implement best practices for cloud connectivity and security standards.
5. Ensure resiliency best practices are applied to all architectural solutions and designs.

Who you are

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

1. Proven experience assessing customer workloads and the technology landscape for cloud transformation.
2. Proven knowledge of AWS and GCP platforms and tools.
3. Familiarity with DevSecOps concepts and security compliance requirements.
4. Experience deploying infrastructure using CI/CD pipelines and IaC with tools like HashiCorp Stack (Terraform, Packer), Jenkins, and Docker.
5. Knowledge of serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions.
6. Experience designing scalable cloud solutions leveraging latest capabilities.
7. Ability to translate business requirements into technology solutions.
8. Experience working in global organizations focused on large programs.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

1. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
2. Certification in AWS or GCP architecture.
3. Strong knowledge of Jira/Confluence, Git, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Swarm, Microservice architecture, Python, Ansible.

Not a perfect fit?

Worried about not meeting all criteria? At Vodafone, we value diverse backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement. You might be the right fit for this or other roles.

What's in it for you

• Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks (fully paid first 13 weeks, then half pay for 26 weeks, plus 6 months part-time)
• Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Private pension: Up to 5% contribution with Vodafone match up to 10%
• Access to private medical, dental, health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts on retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season tickets

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco serving millions. We believe connectivity is a force for good, empowering people and protecting the planet. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and making Vodafone a safe, valued place for everyone.

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