VodafoneThree - IT Technical Design Authority

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Business Area:
Local Vodafone Business Unit

Posting Country:
United Kingdom

Full Time / Part Time:
Full Time

Contract Type:
Permanent

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

Location: Farnborough (Office - 5 days a week)
Salary: Excellent basic salary plus bonus and Vodafone benefits
Working hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday

We’re here to build a network the UK can count on – one that connects people, places and potential. Because no matter where you live, what your background is, or how you get online – we think everyone deserves the same chance to stay connected, and with Vodafone Three, that future’s being built – today.

We’re creating more than the UK’s best network. We’re helping close the digital divide, empower communities and drive meaningful progress.

We believe that everyone should feel they belong. Whoever you are and whatever your story, there’s space for you here. We’re building a workplace where different perspectives are welcomed, voices are heard, and everyone feels safe to show up as themselves.

You’ll join a team that genuinely cares – about each other, about our customers, and about the future we’re building. From day one, you’ll be welcomed, valued and encouraged to bring your whole self to work.

Join us and you’ll be at the heart of change. That means building responsibly, investing sustainably and creating opportunities that last.

We’re not just expanding connectivity; we’re reimagining what a connected nation looks like. With £11bn invested in 5G and digital infrastructure, your work will directly power businesses, services, and communities across the country.

You’ll work on real challenges, with real impact, across every corner of the country. Wherever you join us, whatever your role, you’ll be helping to build a future that works better for everyone.

We move at pace, because what we’re building matters – and we’re learning as we go. We’re proud of the progress we’ve made, but we’re just getting started.

Join Vodafone Business Security Enhanced and strengthen the cyber security of the UK's Critical National Infrastructure and public sector organisations.

This role sits within the IT & Digital team in Vodafone Business Security Enhanced (VBSE) Platforms & Delivery and is responsible for the end-to-end technical integrity of secure customer solutions. You'll shape and assure complex, secure platforms supporting public sector and Critical National Infrastructure customers, influencing technical strategy and leading solution design from concept through to live service. Working across secure hosting, virtualisation, cloud-enabled platforms, collaboration technologies, messaging services, and mission-critical infrastructure, you'll partner with customers, vendors, engineering, testing, and service teams to ensure successful delivery and operational acceptance.

• Act as the Technical Design Authority for secure customer programmes, owning technical design decisions throughout the lifecycle.
• Create and assure High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs).
• Provide technical leadership across design, build, test and service transition activities.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers and key stakeholders.
• Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, operational and architectural standards.
• Support successful delivery by resolving technical issues and managing design changes.

• Proven experience in a Technical Design Authority, Technical Design, or Senior Systems Engineer role within complex IT or managed…