Job Title : Infrastructure leadLocation : Dublin, County DublinCompany : VodafoneSalary : Open Date : 2023-01-08Close Date : 2023-05-08Why work for us:
Vodafone are revolutionizing how customers use technology and connectivity, ensuring they are ready for today and the digital innovation of tomorrow. We are heavily embedded in providing world-class Solutions and we strive to keep ourselves ahead of the game, which will give you the opportunity to lead the way in Telecommunications and work with the latest technologies.
Role Purpose:
This role is required to lead and manage the Vodafone Ireland IT infrastructure landscape .
They are the escalation point for the whole IT organization towards the Infrastructure teams and the global infrastructure related requests/projects. Provides a coordination function among vertical infrastructure and local IT related teams, projects, processes. Overviewing and managing all IT related OPEX/CAPEX cost, SLAs and KPIs of the area. Delivers regular KPI and Budget reports and improvement plans.. This role is managing the area from security, resilience, geo resilience and performance point of view. Participation in projects, support of the developers, testers and test environments on infrastructure level. Responsible for lifecycle management of the IT infrastructure estate.
Evaluates, designs, documents, and managing in operation converged, multi-platform infrastructure that best fit to availability, security requirements and capacity demands for new and existing IT services to minimise service outages, ensure excellent customer experience and maximize Return on Investment (ROI)
Manages and reports on Vodafone Ireland KPI’s – Lifecycle management (including decommissioning) , Cloud and Geo Resilience
Manages overall Infra budget including cloud, while ensuring right sizing and cost optimisation is always in place.
Manages and maintains all local development environments.
Works closely with Infrastructure/cloud architects to ensure proper infrastructure preparation including communication between components to reach timely delivery of these for the projects.
Works closely with Cyber security programme to ensure our IT estate is compliant to the security policies.
Knows and managing all the processes and relevant teams to provide the best infrastructure service for both BAU and projects
Managing the performance, capacity, resilience, patching/vulnerability activities on infrastructure level
Plans, researches, evaluates and recommends new solutions, processes aligned with IT strategy.
Key Geo Resilience Spoc in IT . Develop and manage Geo Resilience plan for IT
Develop and execute contingency plans for infrastructure related software/hardware failures including isolated and major outages.
Works with infrastructure, application operations, delivery and service management teams to satisfy day to day issues and requests.
Actively and effectively cooperates with your internal (local, regional, global) and external contacts and stakeholders
Maintain good working relationship with all parties throughout various level of the organization
Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
Keeps all company policies and procedures
Working with Architects to define and implement lifecycle management and ensuring EOL plans are fed into the overall IT delivery plan.
Lead and drive Cloud Adoption to ensure meet local market KPI.
Providing consultation and technical guidance both internally in the team and external teams.
Minimum BSc Qualification
Azure, AWS, and GCP certifications preferred.
5 years demonstrated working experience in infrastructure management and technical/ infrastructure project management
Technical awareness and ability to quickly understand new technologies
Experience in building Geo resilient plans
Highly motivated, autonomous individual with strong methodological background and focus on business needs
Analytical skills, thoroughness and attention to details
Strong Budget management. Forecasting and Management of Budget upto 5m yearly
Experience in infrastructure operations/development, application development, application operations and connectivity is an advantage
Experience in dealing with an international, multi-cultural and distributed team with complex reporting lines
Presentation and communication skills will be required
Understanding of cloud-based solutions, data modelling and Data analysis would be important
Extensive vendor management experience
Strong analytical and reporting skills
Excellent communicating skills with the ability to articulate complex technical issues in simple terms
People skill, especially diplomacy and advocacy skills
Strong leadership skills
Troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Vodafone is pioneering Ireland's gigabit society. We are Ireland's leading total communications provider offering products and services make a real impact in the lives and communities of our customers. As part of Vodafone Group, we are part of the world's largest mobile community with a presence across all five continents.
We’re at the forefront of innovation in Ireland. From delivering Gigabit speeds which offers the fastest game play for gamers, or helping people work from anywhere in the country, the work we do is at the cutting edge of technology and is constantly evolving.
Our purpose is to connect for a better future, and this is made possible by our people. No matter what your background, career stage or interests, we have opportunities across all areas of the business, which will help you explore and unlock your full potential. You will get to work in a fantastic environment where diversity and difference is valued, flexible working is the norm and you’ll get to play a role in delivering Ireland’s Gigabit Society!
Our people are at the centre of everything we do. We employ approximately 1,300 people in Dublin and across our network of retail stores in Ireland. Our aim is to ensure each employee has the opportunity to innovate, to be challenged and to be rewarded. We are dynamic in everything we do, including our approach to training, development, performance management and flexible benefits.
Vodafone is committed to support LGBT+ people at work.
We are an equal opportunities employer where our people can be at their best.
When you join the Vodafone Team, you will have the chance to grow your career while also experiencing some serious benefits!
Some of the benefits that you will receive along the way are:
Competitive Salary
Flexible working (times and location) is part of our culture where your hours can facilitate your personal work-life balance
Generous Employer Pension contribution
Free Phone Bill – When you join the team, your phone bill is on us! You will also receive mobile phone purchasing discounts
Learning and Development – We provide extensive training to all of our employees so they can progress in their careers! There is also the Vodafone University where our employees can gain incredible skills!
Exclusive Family and Friends Discounts – Receive additional discounts for you, your Family and Friends on Vodafone Products!
23 days annual leave and 3 charity days off – PLUS a dedicated day off for your birthday
Free Parking
Access to our Wellness centre including free access to our Gym, health and wellness centre and external practitioners
We are passionate about our employees! Here at Vodafone, we want you to bring your whole self to work and we enable this with our progressive workplace policies. We are proud supporters of the LGBTQ+ community and Vodafone is committed to support all of their employees at work. We are an equal opportunities employer where our people can be at their best.
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