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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.

What You'll Do

Lead the Solution Architecture function for Vodafone Financial Services, acting as the technology authority across fintech products including Payments, Cards, Tokenization, Soft POS, BNPL, Savings, Insurance, and Settlement & Reconciliation. Responsible for defining architecture strategy, leading a team of solution architects, designing scalable microservices-based solutions, aligning technology roadmaps with business and Vodafone Group objectives, governing architecture standards, and ensuring successful delivery of secure, resilient, and innovative fintech platforms.

Who You Are

Role:

Managing a group of architects in Financial Services domain
Act as architecture and design authority across fintech products in IT organization
Leading Solution architect team for all Vodafone financial services
Responsible of designing full-edged solutions for the below Services:

Cards, Tokenization, Soft POS, Payments, Settlement & Recon, BNPL, Savings & Insurance.

Responsible of aligning Fintech and IT roadmaps with group strategy and guidelines
In charge of resolving Technology disagreements among different IT teams
Responsible of auditing/review IT processes and solution.
Instruct/follow up on delivery teams to modify them according to IT strategy
Lead design for major business and technology projects across IT/Fintech in a way that directly impact revenue, cost saving initiatives and NPS
Translate the business requirements in to technology requirements
Lead Vodafone Group activities that require cooperation with Group Architecture Team(s) and adapting Vodafone Group Products & Services related architecture initiatives within Vodafone Egypt in a way that suit local targets and strategies
Manage business requirements planning to make sure they are reflected into technology enablers to be implemented by delivery teams to make sure overall business objectives will be realized
Authorized to take necessary decisions to resolve technical conflicts among different delivery functions
Lead technical stakeholders to produce system roadmaps that meet architecture guidelines and business requirements
Develops detailed programming instructions to solve business problems through automation support
Craft the code standards for our products
Use modern software architecture techniques and technologies to design , develop distributed, fault-tolerant solutions
Create and maintain the architecture documents
Provide technical guidance to development teams.
Building FinTech platform and make use of microservices architecture

Not a perfect fit

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's In It For You

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

Engineering or computer science Bachelor degree
Engineering master degree is a plus
At least 7+ years technical experience in IT
Fintech and Payments experience
Hands-on knowledge of Microservices, big data technologies, containers, API designing and implementation
Software engineering and Design-Patterns
Microservices architecture & distributed systems
Proven Business acumen/Solid business analysis skills
Must have worked in at least 2 different Technology areas before
Vendor background is a plus
Solid development/database knowledge

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

Strong decision making/leadership capabilities
Strong problem-solving skills
Helicopter view identifying key information and patterns
Innovativeness and ability to generate viable alternatives out of challenging situations
Proven ability to work in virtual teams

Who We Are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

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Together we can.

FS Architecture & Design, Assoc. Manager