Remote Senior Application Architect

• Collaborate and whiteboard with customers to understand application strategy, technical constraints and modernisation enabling mechanisms
• Rapidly design and build cloud-native prototypes of customer applications onto with modern and automated toolchains, and new DevOps ways of working.
• Lead software strategy across the full-stack to redesign the software architecture and embed modern software development lifecycle processes
• Build and present an application demo portal, showcasing the latest and greatest in cloud and application architecture
• Lead on AI driven approaches to application development and management, helping our customers embed AI, ML and automation into process flows
• Collaborate with sales, pre-sales and cloud teams across the full customer lifecycle to be an expert on engineering modern applications
• Work with our tooling partners to bring modern toolchains to our customers to rapidly visualise software applications

• Full-stack software engineering experience, designing, building and operating modern applications
• Hands-on expertise with a tech stack consisting of docker, containerisation, Terraform, Azure, IaaS, PaaS, microservices and API management
• Proficiency in modern software development practices, including Agile methodologies, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines
• Expert understanding of cloud technologies, including IaaS, PaaS, and FaaS, as well as cloud-native services such as containers, serverless computing, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with enterprise applications and estates (preferred)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Including a strong ability to create positive and professional business relationships with partners and customer stakeholders

Telefónica Tech (part of the Telefónica Group) is a leading NextGen Tech solutions provider with a highly diversified team of over 6,000 exceptionally skilled employees and +60 nationalities. We serve more than 5.5m customers every day in over 175 countries, with a global ecosystem of market-leading partners. Global strategic hubs: Spain, Brazil, the UK, Germany. The Telefónica Tech UK&I hub has an end- to-end portfolio of market leading services and develops integrated technology solutions to accelerate digital transformation through: Cloud, Data & AI, Enterprise Applications, Workplace Services and Cyber Security & Networking. Values: Open, Bold, Trusted Trusted Partners: * Microsoft: Top 3 Service Providers, Azure Expert Status, Fastrack & Inner Circle Partner * HPE: Platinum Partner - FY23 UK&I Solution Provider of the Year * Palo Alto & Crowdstrike: part of our NextDefense Cyber Security Portfolio * Fortinet: Elite VIP Program - one of only 2 in the UK * AWS: Advanced Solution & Managed Service Provider Program