Vodafone

Senior Digital & OSS E2E Solution Design Authority

Vodafone

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Portugal

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About the role

  • Own the end-to-end Digital & OSS strategy and roadmap, with focus on enabling Autonomous Networks, including intent-based operations, policy-driven orchestration, and agentic decision automation
  • Partner with business stakeholders, OSS management and technology teams to understand objectives and challenges, translate business requirements into clear end‑to‑end solution to shape scalable, reusable, and cost-efficient solutions.
  • Ensure common ground of design principles related to the specific domains’ interworking capabilities.
  • Drive the OSS technology evolution roadmap towards cloud-native, event-driven and AI-enabled platforms, in alignment to the Architecture recommendation
  • Ensure strong design governance and strategic alignment, guiding technology choices and adoption of emerging OSS, automation and AI capabilities.

Requirements

  • Engineering / Technology / Math’s/ Data Science Degree
  • Deep expertise in OSS and Digital architecture, cloud-native systems and APIs.
  • Experience with data-centric and AI-enabled architectures, including analytics, ML and agent-based frameworks.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across markets and cultures.
  • System-level thinking balancing creativity /innovation, reuse, cost and operational stability.
  • Proven ability to translate business strategy and requirements into end-to-end architectures, solution designs and roadmaps.
  • Architecture frameworks: TOGAF, COBIT, TM Forum Frameworks (SID, eTOM).
  • Cloud platforms, containers, microservices and event-driven architectures.
  • Familiar / certified TM Forum Autonomous Networks Framework
  • Agile and scaled agile methodologies (e.g. SAFe).
  • Very good written skills to outline technical design documents.
Benefits
  • Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders
  • Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products
  • Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors
  • Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products
  • Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing and Skillsoft)
  • Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
OSS architecturecloud-native systemsAPIsdata-centric architecturesAI-enabled architecturesanalyticsmachine learningagent-based frameworksarchitecture frameworksevent-driven architectures
Soft Skills
stakeholder managementinfluencing skillssystem-level thinkingcreativityinnovationoperational stabilitybusiness strategy translationsolution designroadmap developmentwritten communication