Software Senior DevOps Technical Lead (VOIS)

Job Description

Who we are

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
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About this Role

We are seeking a highly skilled individual to lead the design, optimisation and governance of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows across multiple engineering teams. The role involves guiding developers, enhancing automation, ensuring secure and scalable infrastructure, and embedding robust monitoring practices to support the delivery of reliable applications at scale.

What you’ll do

• Develop and maintain advanced pipeline configurations to support development teams.
• Create, optimise and standardise user-friendly workflows and CI/CD pipeline.
• Build and enhance automated delivery pipelines incorporating code quality checks, security controls and full delivery automation.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, alerting and logging systems to strengthen application reliability.
• Guide project teams in developing applications that align with performance and reliability benchmarks.
• Track and analyse engineering performance metrics including code churn, coverage, deployment sizes, pull request sizes and deployment frequencies.
• Apply software engineering principles to infrastructure creation and management while ensuring security, scalability and compliance.
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, guidelines and governance for CI/CD operations and development teams.
• Onboard, train and support developers on source control practices, build automation, merge processes, testing and deployment frameworks.
• Facilitate DevOps activities by enabling smooth code movement between development, testing, staging and production environments.
• Troubleshoot CI/CD pipeline issues and continuously improve automation and maintainability across the software lifecycle.

Who you are

• Hold a degree in IT or a related discipline, with at least 5 years of DevOps experience including 2 years in CI/CD.
• Bring experience in CI/CD tools integration, operations, change management and maintenance.
• Skilled in automation using GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitLab and GitLab CI.
• Experienced with Docker, Apache, Node.js and Webpack.
• Proficient in scripting languages including Shell and Python.
• Possess strong understanding of monitoring, alerting and analytics systems.
• Have effective communication and documentation skills, with the ability to work independently and within teams.
• Experienced in Agile ways of working.
• Experience in TypeScript is considered an advantage.

Not a perfect fit?

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

What's in it for you

• Opportunities to lead and shape CI/CD strategy across multiple teams.
• Exposure to advanced automation, observability and DevOps tooling ecosystems.
• A collaborative and innovation-focused environment supporting continuous learning.
• The ability to influence engineering standards, governance models and delivery practices.
• Growth in leadership capabilities within high-performing engineering contexts.

What skills you will learn

• Advanced CI/CD architecture design and governance.
• Enhanced automation practices using modern DevOps toolsets.
• Leadership skills in guiding engineering teams through best practices.
• Improved observability, analytics and performance-measurement techniques.
• Strengthened scripting, infrastructure management and developer enablement capabilities.

Join Us

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 drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

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