Network Architect

Business Area: VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.

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.

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership :

• Responsible for High Level and Low Level Design engineering and network design optimization
• Drive increased quality of our network end to end
• Provide HLDs, LLDs, define templates, modularize, and industrialize configuration items and their implementation.
• Deploy the network fit for purpose including understanding of how our services/applications layer will run across the network (capacity, capability, utilisation)
• Implement Virtualisation and segregation concepts
• Conduct proof of concept (POC) validation
• Responsible for optimal implementation process that delivers ensured quality.
• Decrease the design and implementation costs and to achieve a harmonized & simplified network infrastructure
• Take control over CAPEX budget; forecast, planning, allocation, approval process, administration
• Deployment of the validated solution to its operational environment and deliver training
• Planning of Changes and support of Change Management Process
• Supervision of external supporters and 3rd parties
• Quality assurance in the design and implementation process
• Support, Test & Accept/Audit the deployed solution
• Hand over the accepted solution to Operations and Maintenance
• Manage and control the different existing test environments
• Define necessary test catalogues and test plans
• Document test & QA activities
• Drive knowledge transfer and technical skill development within Network Implementation team
• Responsible to ensure a network documentation
• Support the state‑of‑the‑art network documentation for the implemented solution that is aligned with Cyber Security architecture
• Ensure the quality of the documentation
• Support the data population and accuracy of the Asset- and Change Management - Databases
• Responsible to ensure network harmonisation and standardization across the Region / the local market
• Harmonize Office LAN network environments and services
• Drive network standards across Local markets
• Drive + Support Network innovations as SDN
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Alignment with other engineering, implementation, and operations teams in Vodafone
• Development of harmonized solutions within Regions and Cyber Security
• Share expertise with other network teams across Vodafone

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

Business skills:

• Strong team player and appreciate working in a project organization
  considerable drive and interest in taking on new tasks and challenges thorough experience in collaboration with the Office IT, Data centre, service management and ITIL processes
• In-depth knowledge in the following areas:
• Detailed Knowledge in passive network infrastructure
• Expert Knowledge in networks (TCP/IP, Protocols, Structures, Hardware, Security)
• Expert Knowledge in the area of the installation and configuration of network components (Routers, Switches, VPN Gateways, Firewalls, Proxies and others)
• Expert Knowledge in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, VRF, VLAN, STP, HSRP), VOIP technology, WLAN technology, DHCP, DNS, AD
• Expert Knowledge in network management and network…