CDH Lead System Architect K2View (m/w/d)
Job-ID: 284746

At Vodafone, we work every day to build a better future. For a world that is better connected, more inclusive and more sustainable. Because for us, technology is only as strong as the people who use it. Be part of it and let's shape the world of tomorrow together.

The Agile Release Train of the Customer Data Hub (CDH) is responsible for the development and operation of converged customer data provided in real time across all IT stacks. Based on modern technologies such as K2View Fabric, Kafka, and cloud-native architectures in AWS, we enable millions of API calls and event triggers every day – driving key digital customer experiences at Vodafone.

As CDH Lead System Architect K2View, you take on a central technical leadership role in this environment. You are responsible for the end-to-end architecture of the CDH and ensure that innovative, scalable, and stable solutions are designed and delivered to support business requirements efficiently and sustainably. A key focus of your role is solving critical production and system issues (L3/escalations): you analyze complex problems, develop sustainable solutions, and ensure fast recovery as well as long-term platform stability together with the teams.

You will work in a highly dynamic, international environment following SAFe principles and actively shape the technological evolution of a business-critical platform.

What to Expect:

• You take end-to-end responsibility for the architecture of the Customer Data Hub (CDH), ensuring stability, scalability, and future readiness.
• You design robust, production-ready solution architectures that efficiently support business requirements in high-volume real-time environments.
• You act as the technical authority for critical production and incident topics (L3), performing root cause analysis and driving sustainable resolution and stabilization.
• You lead architectural decision-making and steer solution designs across multiple agile teams, including external partners and shared service centers.
• You define and own the architectural runway, technical standards, and best practices for development, integration, and operations.
• You ensure a consistent integration architecture across BSS, OSS, and other IT systems.
• You provide technical guidance to Product Owners and business stakeholders, translating requirements into implementable architecture.
• You drive the continuous evolution of the CDH platform, including technology roadmap, innovation initiatives, and automation.
• You act as a mentor for developers and architects, fostering the growth of the technical community.
• You ensure performance, data consistency, and system availability under production load at all times.

What Sets You Apart:

• Several years of hands-on experience and deep expertise in K2View, data-driven architectures, and real-time data processing (e.g., Kafka, CDC, event-driven systems).
• Advanced certifications in K2View and event streaming technologies.
• At least 5–7 years of experience as a responsible system or solution architect in complex IT landscapes, ideally in a CDH context.
• Strong experience with MS SQL, Java, REST services, microservices, normalized data models, ETL, Kafka, Cassandra, and change data capture technologies.
• Proven track record in operating and stabilizing highly critical production systems, including structured incident and escalation management.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures (AWS), microservices, APIs, and scalable integration patterns.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes with Docker/containerization (cluster setup, scaling, networking, troubleshooting).
• Expertise in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and automation
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Strong capabilities in end-to-end solution design, including data modeling, system integration, Security and performance optimization.
• Experience in leading multiple teams and/or vendors, with the ability to manage and prioritize complex initiatives.
• Solid experience in agile environments (SAFe) and the ability to pragmatically translate architecture into delivery.
• Strong analytical skills, quick decision-making ability, and confidence in handling critical situations.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical topics clearly to business, IT, and management stakeholders.
• High level of ownership, quality awareness, and sense of responsibility for production systems.

This position can be full-time or part-time (at least 30 hours).

Your strengths and experience count. Diversity and equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from people with disabilities. And give them special consideration if they are equally suitable.

We are filling this position at Düsseldorf for the Vodafone GmbH.

What we offer you:

• Individual flexibility: In consultation with your manager, you can work in our Full Flex Office wherever you are most comfortable. Also up to 20 days per year from other EU countries and an increasing number of non-EU countries.
• Attractive remuneration and pension scheme: As an employee covered by collective agreements, you will receive a holiday and Christmas bonus or a 13th salary, depending on the remuneration model. And with our pension plan, we also offer a company pension scheme.
• Further training: You decide which of our learning and training programmes you want to use to promote your individual development.
• Work-life balance: Whether it's daycare, health & mindfulness programmes or a gym: you have the flexibility to shape your job and your private life. We support you. Even when caring for relatives.
• Discounts and additional benefits: As an employee, you get special offers on all our mobile, landline, internet and TV products.

Who we are:
Vodafone celebrates and promotes diversity and inclusion. We are as diverse as our customers and our society. Whether ethnic origin, skin colour, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, health status, social background or cultural background: there is no room for discrimination at Vodafone.
Together we can.