Platform Architect

Vodafone; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone VOIS is seeking a Platform Architect to provide architectural leadership and domain expertise across telecom and digital platform domains. You’ll translate business needs into scalable, secure architectures, guiding multiple squads to deliver cloud-native, API-first capabilities.

The role requires extensive experience in solution/platform architecture and strong collaboration with product, engineering and governance teams to drive architectural consistency and modernisation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in solution or platform architecture.
• Experience delivering cloud-native, API-first distributed systems.
• Subject Matter Expert in at least one telecommunications or digital platform domain.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership across one or more platform domains.
• Support engineering squads with solution design and architecture guidance.
• Define solution architectures, domain models and API specifications.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure designs.
• Produce architecture artefacts and ensure alignment with governance.

Skills

Solution architecture

Platform architecture

Cloud-native

API-first

Distributed systems

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

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At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Who we are

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
#VOIS #BeUnrivalled #CreateTheFuture

About this Role

Location: Newbury or Paddington (hybrid)

We are seeking a Platform Architect to provide architectural leadership, domain expertise and solution guidance across one or more telecommunications or digital platform domains, including Product Catalogue, CRM, Order Management, Provisioning, Mediation, Billing, Charging, Partner Management, Identity or Customer Care.

This role works closely with Product Owners, Technical Leads, Lead AI Software Engineers, engineers and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure and reusable solution architectures. The successful candidate will act as the architecture authority within assigned domains, supporting multiple squads to deliver cloud-native, API-first and operationally effective platform capabilities whilst ensuring consistency with broader platform architecture principles and standards.

What you’ll do

Provide architectural leadership and domain expertise across one or more platform domains.

Support multiple engineering squads with solution design, architecture guidance and implementation decision-making.

Define solution architectures, domain models and architecture artefacts for assigned platform capabilities.

Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, maintainable and reusable solution designs.

Produce architecture artefacts including solution designs, integration designs, domain models, API specifications and technical documentation.

Define APIs, integration patterns and architecture specifications that support platform reuse and long-term sustainability.

Ensure delivery teams align with architecture principles, engineering standards, design patterns and governance requirements.

Support Technical Leads and engineering teams in resolving complex business, integration and technology challenges.

Contribute to platform modernisation initiatives, architecture roadmaps and technology evolution activities.Identify opportunities to simplify solutions, reduce technical debt and improve platform consistency.

Promote cloud-native, API-first and event-driven architecture approaches.

Participate in architecture governance forums, design reviews and technical assurance activities.Work closely with engineering teams to ensure architecture intent is effectively implemented.

Champion AI-native and specification-driven engineering practices through reusable architecture guidance and high-quality artefacts.

Who you are

• Significant experience, typically 8+ years, within solution architecture, platform architecture or complex software engineering environments.
• Proven experience designing and delivering cloud-native, API-first and distributed systems.
• Recognised Subject Matter Expert in at least one telecommunications or digital platform domain such as Product Catalogue, CRM, Customer Management, Order Management, Provisioning, Billing, Charging, Mediation, Partner Management, Identity, Customer Care or Service Fulfilment.
• Strong expertise in solution architecture with the ability to translate business requirements into secure, scalable and maintainable designs.
• Good understanding of platform operating models, domain-driven design, microservices, event-driven architectures and modern platform engineering practices.
• Experience creating architecture artefacts including solution designs, domain models, integration designs, API specifications and architecture documentation.
• Understanding of AI-native software delivery practices and specification-driven engineering approaches.
• Experience supporting agile, product-led and platform-focused delivery organisations.
• Knowledge of architecture governance frameworks, engineering standards and technology delivery practices.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate across business, product, engineering and architecture teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, platform modernisation and engineering effectiveness.

Not a perfect fit?

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

Vodafonerecognisesand celebrates the value of diversity in building a workforce that reflects the customers and communities it serves. No form of discrimination is tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on race,colour, age, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, ethnicity, disability, religion or belief, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, citizenship, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, neurodiversity, social origin, cultural background, marital or civil partnership status, or socio-economic background.

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.