Automation and DevOps Engineer

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Join UsAt 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 doBy connecting people, places, and things, Vodafone IoT enables organisations to thrive in the digital world. Leveraging our expertise in connectivity, our advanced IoT platform, and our extensive global reach, we deliver the results necessary for our customers' progress and success. We support businesses of all sizes and sectors in their efforts to connect for a better future.The Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) suite of products and services is specifically designed to meet the demands of emerging business verticals. Our connection base has experienced a 20% year-over-year growth, reaching over 200 million connections by the end of the financial year 2025. Vodafone IoT maintains its leadership as a ten-time consecutive leader in the IoT Connectivity Gartner Magic Quadrant. To address the technological needs of IoT, Vodafone has developed an industry-leading IoT Connectivity Management Platform, targeting key strategic growth opportunities to meet the global requirements of IoT customers.Vodafone has also carved out the IoT Connectivity business to secure additional external investment and maintain our leading position in the industry through the following

Continue accelerating and enhancing our Platform as a Service for Vodafone customers on footprint
Introduce service propositions in markets beyond Vodafone's current footprint (US and France)
Address long tail lower volume segment through digital self-service platform globally

We seek an Automation & DevOps Engineer to be focused on the Observability journey for our IoT Platform Engineering team. This role reports to the IoT DevOps Team Lead and includes the following responsibilities:

Develop and maintain the IoT observability and monitoring strategy across systems, services, and applications to ensure real-time visibility and operational resilience
Collaborate with cross-functional teams-including Development, Operations, and Security-to define observability requirements across CI/CD pipelines, microservices, and IoT platforms
Foster a proactive monitoring culture by enabling teams with the right tools, practices, and automation to detect and prevent incidents before they impact users
Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reporting frameworks that provide actionable insights into system health, availability, and performance trends.
Embed DevSecOps principles into observability workflows to enhance security without compromising delivery speed or quality
Ensure all automation, CI/CD, and monitoring solutions align with Vodafone's security and compliance standards
Support the design and ongoing refinement of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) plans, ensuring IoT systems are resilient and recoverable in the event of disruptions
Engineering excellence - we deliver new capabilities and services in an efficient way, making sure our IoT platform is secure, scalable, future-proof and cost effective
Delivery focus - we deliver the expected customer experience, results for the business and hit our financial metrics
Stakeholder management - we are collaborating with our business partners as one from delivery, communication and day-to-day relationship view point
Improve the Connectivity service delivered to Vodafone IoT customers
Assure the proper dimensioning for the owned IoT platforms, guaranteeing capacity is used efficiently
Guarantee owned IoT Connectivity platforms can cope with new products being delivered to IoT customers
Manage stakeholders and vendors as required for the technical delivery and report project progress & activities

Who you are

Degree in Software Engineering or related discipline with Computer Science
Proven Experience working with system monitoring toolchains including metrics instrumentation and monitoring in distributed systems - valued direct operational experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and Tempo
Good understanding of DevOps methodology mindset, CI/CD best practices and agile principles
Understanding of OpenTelemetry concepts, traces, logs and metrics; direct experience is highly valued
Comfortable working in a Kubernetes and Docker containerized environment
Proven experience with git and version control workflows
Comfortable with scripting using bash, python, groovy
Experience with Jenkins or any other CI/CD tool
Valued experience with integration with other DevOps stack tools
Industry experience with Software Platforms on Linux, on-premises and cloud Server technologies
Strong grasp of DevOps principles and best practices, with the ability to work across development and operations functions
Hands-on experience in Observability practices, strategy and tooling
Experience with CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI
Proven ability to design, build, and maintain effective alerting and reporting dashboards
Understanding of security principles, practices and standards and how they translate into real-world technical solutions
Able to work well within a multinational, multicultural environment
Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies, especially SAFe, desirable
Experience in complex international programmes: the role holder will need to be able to work laterally with technical (engineering and operations) and business functions (line of business, finance) within Vodafone
Good understanding of information security
Consultative, customer-focused design mind-set
Strong presentation and communication skills, to technical, business and senior management audience
Strong work planning and time management skills
Willing to learn and a strong sense of ownsership and autonomy

Not a perfect fit?Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.What's in it for you

Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders
Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products
Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors
Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products
Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing and Skillsoft)
Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles

Who we areWe 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 and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to for guidance.Together we can.Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.

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