Tribe Architect

The Architecture & Solution Design Chapter has ownership of our current and target Architecture, ensuring we are maximising the use of existing platforms and ensuring our architecture is fit for purpose now and in the future.  

This includes governance of our Architecture & Designs across the business and Architecture Guild including the 4 corners of Architecture: Technical, Business, Software and Data.  

As a Tribe Architect, you will be a technology leader, working with the Tribe Leads as part of the Tribe technology leadership team, to lead the formulation and evolution of our technology and data strategy, with accountability for the current and target architecture of the Tribe, aligned to the Tesco Mobile business strategy, delivering a forward thinking architecture that is fit for our future. 

This role has a wide technical footprint from day-to-day data architecture support for the tribe through to leading on strategic key technology programmes. 

We’re all about the little helps. That’s why we give our wonderful colleagues bags of benefits. Including wellbeing services, an award-winning pension scheme and much, much more, our colleague reward package keeps on giving. And helps make every day a little better for you and your family. These include but are not limited to:

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Buy holiday salary sacrifice scheme (for salaried roles)
• Private medical insurance
• Retirement savings plan - save between 4% and 7.5% and Tesco will match your contribution
• Life Assurance - 5 x contractual pay
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• The right to request flexible working from your first day with us
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
• A Colleague Clubcard for you & a family member (after 3 months of service), giving you access to lots of discounts in-store & online
• Great colleague deals and discounts, saving you money on everyday purchases, eating out and utility bills for the home
• Access to our colleague networks providing a space for colleagues to come together from a range of backgrounds. For more information about our colleague networks please click here
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and award-winning training, to help you achieve the job and career you want

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Working within our Architecture Community and working closely with Tribe Technology Leads, you will define and own our Technology and Data Architecture strategy, championing the changes needed to drive us towards our Target Architecture. 

Work with squads within the tribe and our Architecture & Solution Design Chapter to ensure we design flexible, efficient and secure solutions aligned with our Architecture Guiderails and frameworks 

Take ownership to ensure that our Architecture documentation is updated and maintained. 

Own our Architecture principles, patterns and other standards to enforce alignment and consistency across all of our solutions. 

Act as the approver for design decisions within your tribe/area of influence 

As required, provide support for initiatives with technical, data and/or architectural challenges  

Support the RFI/P/Q process offering end-to-end architecture & design considerations as early as possible

Skills / Experience 

You should be a subject matter expert in your field and have experience of developing and implementing methods and standards in Enterprise Architecture, with a proven track record of successful project deliveries and transformational programmes. 

You must have broad enterprise architecture knowledge based on practical experience gained working in a systems development environment, working on high profile, large scale applications both on-prem and in the cloud. 

• Extensive experience in an architectural, design and/or Enterprise architecture role within the Telco or Retail industries 

• Broad experience of systems including OSS/BSS, eCommerce, CRM, APIs, Real Time Charging, Mobile Networks, retail and supply chain 

• Experience of Data oriented architecture and associated platforms 

• Confident and concise communicator – comfortable discussing complex issues with technical and non-technical audiences alike, able to influence key decision makers 

• Proven track record of embedding Architecture principles and shaping technology and/or data strategy strategy 

• Mindset and behaviours; collaborative, innovative based on experimenting and data driven decisions, embraces change and agile values and principles, willingness to roll up your sleeves and work outside your comfort zone

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A 50-50 joint venture between Tesco and VMO2 that was established back in 2003, Tesco Mobile has gone from strength to strength as we’ve launched into new services and markets. With more than 5 million customers, we’re the largest mobile virtual network operator in the UK. We’re proud to have an inclusive culture that’s uniquely Tesco Mobile, with a strong sense of community, plus all the benefits of working for one of the shareholders.

We care for human connection and we keep our customers at the heart of everything we do, which is why we’ve embraced the Agile way of working. Agile is more than just a methodology – it’s a liberating journey that puts customers and purpose first. It empowers us to self-organise, collaborate, co-create and rapidly inspect and adapt everything we do – allowing us to respond at pace to our customers’ needs. It encourages variety of thought and enables us to thrive, both individually and collectively.

We are proud to have an inclusive culture at Tesco where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. At Tesco, we not only celebrate diversity, but recognise the value and opportunity it brings. We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued, and make sure that all colleagues are given the same opportunities. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern - combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.  If you are applying internally, please speak to the Hiring Manager about how this can work for you - Everyone is welcome at Tesco.