Applications Developer - Vodafone

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drives us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Role Purpose

Responsible for leading the development team in analyzing, designing, developing, packaging and implementing of new or modified software products or projects. Providing cost-effective business software solutions in line with Global/Local business and technical requirements for internal and external customers.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for championing software technology adoption, enhancement, and usage within the Digital ICT team.
• Lead analysis with the architect to identify software solution opportunities for systems improvement using in-house resources, cost effective tools and industry best practices.
• Identify gaps in the existing software solutions and processes so as to advise the Operational team appropriately and engage for an in-house fix or escalate to appropriate IT/Business unit or vendor to fix.
• Be the go-to developer in identifying new business requirements with the Business Analysts and engage all stakeholders to deliver as per requirements and set time lines and budget using the onboarding process, as well as automate manual processes in the software space.
• Work with the DevOps specialist, Business Operations Support, Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure that all dependencies are considered and mitigations applied prior to testing and live deployment of software solutions.
• Lead all changes that impact the software applications space. Ensure the team delivers appropriate software documentation pertaining to completed deployments.
• Lead development projects, SIT, UAT and production deployment of assigned software solutions and upgrades.
• Assist in the development of business cases and support the realization /upgrade/changes of software solutions implementation, defining test criteria, acceptance of testing and user training

Technical / Professional Competencies

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic, Computer Science, Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent.
• At least 6 years experience in developing software solutions in a Telecoms or equivalent IP/IT environment.
• In-depth knowledge of telecoms and the subscriber interaction processes is highly desired.
• The specialist knowledge of key software development languages as Java EE, PHP, and Javascript variants like JSON, Nodejs, Reactjs, Angularjs etc. Should be able to build microservices and expose/consume both SOAP and Restful APIs. He should be strong in the use of SQL.
• Advanced knowledge in RPA tools (like UiPath, Intellibot etc), and development frameworks (like Laravel, spring, struts, JSF etc). Should be able to use containerization concepts (Kubernettes, dockers etc).
• Effective coordination and experience of developing under tight timelines and requirements with strict adherence to the Software Development Life Cycle principles.