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VodafoneThree - IT Digital Architect
Senior Digital Solutions Architect (Cyber Security - VBSE) - Vodafone
Location & Contract
- Farnborough – Office-based, 5 days per week
- Salary: Competitive basic salary with bonus and full Vodafone benefits
- Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours/week), Monday to Friday
- Security: Must hold UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance or be eligible/willing to obtain it
About Vodafone & The Role
We’re changing how the UK stays connected—closing the digital divide, empowering communities, and delivering UNPARALLELED NETWORK PERFORMANCE to support businesses, services, and everyday people.
Here, you’ll thrive in a culture that values diversity, collaboration, and impact. Whether you’re an architect, developer, or innovator, your work will help shape a more connected, secure future for the UK’s critical national infrastructure and public sector organisations.
Join Vodafone and become part of a mission that matters.
Why Vodafone ?
- Meaningful impact: Your work will directly influence £11bn of 5G and digital investment across the country, driving progress in sustainability, responsible growth, and digital inclusion.
- Pace and opportunity: We move quickly to solve real-world challenges while fostering continuous learning. You’ll contribute to designing future-proof solutions for enterprise cybersecurity and more.
- Belonging culture: Align your talents with our core values—inclusion, curiosity, and teamwork. We celebrate unique stories and whole selves at work.
Connecting starts here.
The Role: Digital Solutions Architect (VBSE)
You’ll lead **end-to-end architecture for Vodafone’s Business Secure Enterprise, ensuring everything we build is scalable, secure, and aligned with Vodafone’s strategic goals. Working across the sell-build-run lifecycle, your expertise will shape customer-centric, high-performance solutions tailored to the UK’s largest organisations.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own architecture for Vodafone Business Secure Enterprise, producing high- and low-level architectural designs (HLDs, LLDs) and overseeing governance throughout the lifecycle.
- Lead and maintain a digital reference architecture, including:
- Identity & authentication frameworks (e.g., OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0).
- Integration strategies using TM Forum APIs.
- Event-driven architecture for seamless system connectivity.
- System observability for enhanced monitoring and resilience.
- Embed security-by-design: Ensure solutions meet VBSE security standards while aligning with enterprise authorisation/multi-factor access policies.
- Coordinate architecture reviews with Product, Delivery, Engineering, Cyber Security, and Operations teams, balancing reuse of existing assets with tailored, high-impact solutions.
- Bridge non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, scalability) into clear architectural constraints, handing over well-documented design artefacts to engineering teams.
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Key Requirements
- Proven expertise in:
- Digital and cloud architecture (scalability, APIs, microservices).
- Cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS.
- Mobile and web technologies.
- Security clearance: Currently hold UK Developed Vetting, or are eligible/willing to obtain it.
- Technical credibility:
- Design modelling and technical documentation skills.
- Deep knowledge of security architecture:
- Zero trust models.
- OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect.
- Secrets management and cross-domain (air-gapped) architectures.
- Stakeholder management and communication:
- Ability to engage technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills.
- Optional but valued:
- Certification in The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF or similar.
If We Think You Can Excel (Yes, Really)
We celebrate diverse identities, backgrounds, and non-linear career paths. If you’ve already shown:
- The ability to design secure, mission-critical systems.
- A knack for balancing complexity with customer impact.
- A passion for digital equality and tech for good…
Let’s explore how your experience fits into this or another role. Our recruitment team’s ready to help you discover where you belong.
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What We Offer Our People
- At your core: A base salary + competitive bonus + London weighting (where applicable).
- Work-life balance: 28 days (All In) holiday + bank leave, plus care leave flexibility.
- Tailored benefits: Choose perks for you—mobile phone plans, child-care passes, or wellness rewards.
- Flexible financial support: Quality pension scheme, EBsW benefits, and savings opportunities.
- Career development:
- Access to world-class training programs.
- Support for earning certifications to shape your future.
- Access to our global training platform, Orange Academy.
- Contribute: Paid time off to take part in charitable work that matters to you.
- Partnerships: Discounts and offers on tech, fashion, lifestyle, and travel (*options may vary).
Need to Know
- This is a regulated role by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority: All apps are subject to:
- Financial and criminal background checks (DBS).
- Proflammatory compliance and security vetting.
- Reasonable adjustments: If you need support as part of the recruitment process (e.g., disability access, flexible assessment times, a sign-language interpreter), visit Vodafone’s Reasonable Adjustments Guide for help.
Your Authentic Story
We’re open about how we use AI in hiring, such as tweaking CVs. But what drives us is your genuine potential.
During interviews, we won’t expect you to rely on machine-optimised responses—we want the REAL you. Share:
- Your personal and professional passions.
- Unique problem-solving approaches.
- Examples of collaborative success stories.
At Vodafone, we’re looking for authenticity. Let’s get to know the full, original you.
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