Technical Solution Architect

Overview:

Vf requires a technical Solution Architect (Data & Cloud) for EDF Account

Responsibilities:

Key deliverables for the Programme that this role will support are:

• Completion of the on-premise datacentre regulated environment
• Technical and regulatory approval of associated designs
• Monitoring and Management capability incorporating new and existing management capabilities
• Application migration from source to the new target regulated on-premise hosting solution
• Acceptance into live service
• Drive enhancements/improvements through proactive and pre-emptive activity across the delivery

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

• Establish a "trusted advisor" relationship with the delivery team and the customer as the "end-to-end" Technical Authority.
• Collaborate with customer stakeholders, internal teams, third parties, and the programme team to provide thought leadership throughout the delivery.
• Identify and manage key technical dependencies between Vodafone teams and third parties from datacentre build to application migration.
• Partner with technical leads in hosting, network, and customer technical teams.
• Serve as a technical link between the programme team, technical teams, and the customer.

Requirements:

Must have BPSS and SC Eligible

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:

• Ability to design, deploy, and manage robust network architectures that support high availability and performance
• Proficiency in deploying and managing hypervisors (e.g., VMware, Hyper-V) to create and maintain virtual machines and environments
• Expertise in implementing and managing network security measures, such as firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection/prevention systems
• Understanding of monitoring solutions to ensure system health, performance, and availability
• Awareness of application migration and hosting best practices

Must be able to demonstrate technical experience of the following:

• Regulatory requirements and best practices to ensure alignment to necessary compliance standards.
• Proficiency in implementing security measures to protect the data centre from physical and cyber threats (for example Fortinet Virtualized Firewalls)
• Security Cleared
• Skills in installing and configuring servers, storage systems, and networking equipment
• Knowledge of integrating on-premise datacentres with public or private cloud environments to create a hybrid infrastructure.