Network Architect

**Join Us**:
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**:
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:

- Responsible for High Level and Low Level Design engineering and network design optimization
- Drive increased quality of our network end to end
- Provide HLDs, LLDs, define templates, modularize, and industrialize configuration items and their implementation.
- Implement Virtualisation and segregation concepts
- Conduct proof of concept (POC) validation
- Responsible for optimal implementation process that delivers ensured quality.
- Decrease the design and implementation costs and to achieve a harmonized & simplified network infrastructure
- Take control over CAPEX budget; forecast, planning, allocation, approval process, administration
- Deployment of the validated solution to its operational environment and deliver training
- Planning of Changes and support of Change Management Process
- Supervision of external supporters and 3rd parties
- Quality assurance in the design and implementation process
- Support, Test & Accept/Audit the deployed solution
- Hand over the accepted solution to Operations and Maintenance
- Manage and control the different existing test environments
- Define necessary test catalogues and test plans
- Document test & QA activities
- Drive knowledge transfer and technical skill development within Network Implementation team
- Responsible to ensure a network documentation
- Support the state-of-the art network documentation for the implemented solution that is aligned with Cyber Security architecture
- Ensure the quality of the documentation
- Support the data population and accuracy of the Asset
- and Change Management - Databases
- Responsible to ensure network harmonisation and standardization across the Region / the local market
- Harmonize Office LAN network environments and services
- Drive network standards across Local markets
- Drive + Support Network innovations as SDN
- Collaboration and Teamwork
- Alignment with other engineering, implementation, and operations teams in Vodafone
- Development of harmonized solutions within Regions and Cyber Security
- Share expertise with other network teams across Vodafone

**Who you are**:
Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
Business skills:

- Strong team player and appreciate working in a project organization
considerable drive and interest in taking on new tasks and challenges thorough experience in collaboration with the Office IT, Data centre, service management and ITIL processes
- In-depth knowledge in the following areas:

- Detailed Knowledge in passive network infrastructure
- Expert Knowledge in networks (TCP/IP, Protocols, Structures, Hardware, Security)
- Expert Knowledge in the area of the installation and configuration of network components (Routers, Switches, VPN Gateways, Firewalls, Proxies and others)
- Expert Knowledge in routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, VRF, VLAN, STP, HSRP), VOIP technology, WLAN technology, DHCP, DNS, AD
- Expert Knowledge in network management and network analysis. Ability to design and implement network segregation and segmentation solutions.

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

- An academic degree and/or at least 5 years work experience in an IT organization supporting large heterogeneous IT infrastructures.
- Experiences in project management
- R&S CCNA or CCNP and Fortinet NSE 6 or FCSS SD-wan Certifications strongly recommended. Professional certifications are essential for advanced office LAN management. These certifications demonstrate specific skills in designing and maintaining secure, segmented, and reliable networks, with a focus on perimeter protection, traffic control, and network infrastructure resilience.
- You are goal-oriented and enjoy taking initiative as well as responsibility
- Fluent English oral and written
- Italian language will be added adavantage

**Not a perfect fit?**:
**What's in it for you**:
**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 an