Job Specifications
Company Description
Telefonica Tech (part of the Telefonica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities.
We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany.
The Telefonica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI, Enterprise Applications, Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking.
Values: Open, Bold, Trusted
Trusted Partners:
Microsoft: Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner
HPE: Platinum Partner - FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year
Palo Alto & Crowdstrike: part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio
Fortinet: Elite VIP Program - one of only 2 in the UK
AWS: Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program
Job Description
Senior Application Architect
As a Senior Application Architect you will help customers rapidly visualise, design and deploy applications into cloud-native architectures patterns. This is a hands-on and customer facing role helping organisations build cloud-native prototypes of applications or components and reimagine their application portfolio and SDLC for cloud.
This role sits inside our Strategic Cloud Consulting team who work at the start of the customer lifecycle, delivering rapid time to value projects via our unique delivery methodology, before we design and deliver long term consulting and managed service projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Collaborate and whiteboard with customers to understand application strategy, technical constraints and modernisation enabling mechanisms
Rapidly design and build cloud-native prototypes of customer applications onto with modern and automated toolchains, and new DevOps ways of working.
Lead software strategy across the full-stack to redesign the software architecture and embed modern software development lifecycle processes
Build and present an application demo portal, showcasing the latest and greatest in cloud and application architecture
Lead on AI driven approaches to application development and management, helping our customers embed AI, ML and automation into process flows
Collaborate with sales, pre-sales and cloud teams across the full customer lifecycle to be an expert on engineering modern applications
Work with our tooling partners to bring modern toolchains to our customers to rapidly visualise software applications
Skills / Experience
Full-stack software engineering experience, designing, building and operating modern applications
Hands-on expertise with a tech stack consisting of docker, containerisation, Terraform, Azure, IaaS, PaaS, microservices and API management
Proficiency in modern software development practices, including Agile methodologies, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines
Expert understanding of cloud technologies, including IaaS, PaaS, and FaaS, as well as cloud-native services such as containers, serverless computing, and microservices architecture.
Experience with enterprise applications and estates (preferred)
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Including a strong ability to create positive and professional business relationships with partners and customer stakeholders
Key Words:
Application Architect - Full Stack Engineer - Application Modernisation - AppMod - Application Engineer - Software Architect - Cloud - Azure - AWS - GCP - Application Architecture - Application Developer
Additional Information
We don't believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don't match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for a role, please get in touch.
We don't believe hiring is a tick box exercise, so if you feel that you don't match the job description 100%, but would still be a great fit for role, please get in touch.
About the Company
Telefonica Tech is a specialist provider of integrated technology solutions, with an end-to-end portfolio including Cyber Security, Cloud, Data & AI, Business Applications and Modern Workplace solutions.
We're not just a technology company. We're an extension of your business. We drive secure digital enablement and help solve our customers' most complex business challenges, accompanying them on their digital transformation journey as a trusted partner. We work together to create positive impact for businesses and the wider ...
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