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Cloud Computing
Data Cloud Tech Architect+

Goals:

Advance in the design and development of new Data Clouds and Cloud Storage infrastructure technologies and products that contribute to the creation of new opportunities for the Grupo Telefonica and help the operator benefit from the impact that telecommunications companies can have in this new, emerging business.

Responsibilities:

Job functions fall within the framework of the IaaS initiatives activities in Telefonica to create differential Cloud products leveraging the unique Telco Operator assets.

  • Identification, specification and technical design of Data Cloud tech gaps not covered in the market.

Leadership:

We are looking for deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of innovative Data Cloud products, including Data Storage and massively parallel data computation, in the market.

We value recognized prestige and international technological leadership in the area of Data computing and Cloud Storage.

Global vision of state of the art and technological innovation trends in the field of data cloud computing and cloud storage infrastructures, as well as their application to ICT business and the telecommunications operator business in particular.

Position contacts:

Internal:

  • Dialogue with product leaders at Telefonica I+D to work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development of the operator's Data Cloud and Cloud Storage capabilities and differential products
  • Dialogue with technological specialists in the cloud computing area to collaborate on the development of new cloud technologies and their application. Likewise, contact with experts for collaboration on technology outreach activities and projects, as well as in leading national and international forums.

External:

  • Contact with technological leaders in the industry, within the partnership relationships established with sector R&D leaders for joint collaboration on innovation activities in the cloud computing field.

Requirements:

Knowledge and expertise on Big Data: distributed file systems, Hadoop/Map Reduce and MongoDB.

Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of:

  • Data analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Massively parallel computation
  • Key-value databases, document oriented databases
  • Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of innovative Cloud Storage products
  • Knowledge of state of the art cloud storage services as Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, etc.
  • Deep expertise on the technologies that enable this kind of services (specifically Distributed Object Storage Systems as OpenStack Object Storage or Atmos)
  • Knowledge on the APIs offered by these systems for service creation
  • Expertise in SAN and NAS systems for the use in cloud computing environments
  • Expertise in service creation using these technologies would be valuable
  • Expertise in the integration of services using these technologies into ICT business and telecommunication operator business in particular would be valuable
  • State-of-the-art cloud computing solutions industry knowledge.
  • Vmware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solutions
  • SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Enterprise Storage Arrays, Data Replication, HSM
  • Cloud Service Providers such as Terremark, Rackspace, Amazon, Savvis

Tech Leader+

Location: Any TID site, preferably Madrid

Job Description


Do you want to have impact in the Cloud computing era?  Have a vision about the future of the Cloud Platforms and technologies? Which technologies are going to make the difference in cloud computing next generation services?   We are looking for a passionate and skilled technical leader to work in our Cloud area, with a clear vision about opportunities, innovative services and technologies that will power the best cloud products made in by Telefonica.



The ideal candidate shows excellent knowledge of relevant technologies and products in the market (e.g. startups, open source projects), and has a natural inclination to compare alternatives before building. He or she will understand the reality of Telefonica businesses regarding the technological environment for deployments.  You will be working in developing new products and services from their conception to its production deployment.  Part of your job will consist in analyzing state of the art and emerging technologies in cloud computing space such as mobile virtualization or clouds federation to technically decide which one is the best option. We expect from you answer what should be Telefonica strategic positioning respect to different Cloud technologies and services such as development PaaS or how to leverage network core assets for differentiating our Cloud offering.



Area Tech Leads (ATL) belongs to Architecture transversal function that is part of the Tech Strategy & SW Engineering. As an ATL you are going to work full time assigned to our Cloud Area as a technical peer of the Area Manager, sharing with them the same products delivery mission and leading both technical decisions and hands on contributions to make our products the best.



As an ATL you will be responsible of the area technical strategy and area technical implementation. You will be appraised by your technical leadership and hands on contribution to the initiatives. Most of your time you will be working assigned to the top priority initiatives or in transversal developments across different initiatives, being and active part and reference contributor to the development teams. You should be a technical visionary able to combine technical judgment, leadership and outstanding technical hands on contribution to the area products while keeping product deliveries on time with the right quality.



As an ATL you will represent technically your area engineering teams at different company government levels. You will participate in strategic debates bringing your technical knowledge, transversal view of the area technologies and development status. 

Responsibilities



  • Represent technically your product area at different company government levels, providing technical knowledge, vision and strategic insight.  

  • Work closely hand by hand with Product Management in making the best products, but also with QA, EPG, other areas and Telefonica units, managing dependencies and working towards a common goal.

  • Lead area transversal technical decisions affecting area initiatives, assuring deliverables are met and differential technology is created. 

  • Contribute hands on to the most priority initiatives and support area initiatives in taking the best technical decisions balancing delivery constrains.

  • Lead area technology plan definition and its implementation strategy across the products, ensuring the best possible technical decisions are always taken.

  • Lead “make” versus “buy” decisions from a technical point of view concerning technology relevant for the products

  • Evangelize new technologies in the businesses of Telefonica through understandable, simple and convincing communication

  • Pursue the generation of

Cloud Storage (IaaS) Tech Architect+

Goals:

Advance in the design and development of new Data Clouds and Cloud Storage infrastructure technologies and products that contribute to the creation of new opportunities for the Grupo Telef¿nica and help the operator benefit from the impact that telecommunications companies can have in this new, emerging business.

Responsibilities:

Job functions fall within the framework of the IaaS initiatives activities in Telef¿nica to create differential Cloud products leveraging the unique Telco Operator assets.

Identification, specification and technical design of Data Cloud tech gaps not covered in the market.

Leadership:

We are looking for deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of innovative Data Cloud products, including Data Storage and massively parallel data computation, in the market.

We value recognized prestige and international technological leadership in the area of Data computing and Cloud Storage.

Global vision of state of the art and technological innovation trends in the field of data cloud computing and cloud storage infrastructures, as well as their application to ICT business and the telecommunications operator business in particular.

Position contacts:

Internal:

Dialogue with product leaders at Telef¿nica I+D to work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development of the operator¿s Data Cloud and Cloud Storage capabilities and differential products

Dialogue with technological specialists in the cloud computing area to collaborate on the development of new cloud technologies and their application. Likewise, contact with experts for collaboration on technology outreach activities and projects, as well as in leading national and international forums.

External:

Contact with technological leaders in the industry, within the partnership relationships established with sector R&D leaders for joint collaboration on innovation activities in the cloud computing field.

Requirements:

  • Knowledge and expertise on Big Data: distributed file systems, Hadoop/Map Reduce and MongoDB.
  • Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of:
  • Data analytics
  • Business Intelligence
  • Massively parallel computation
  • Key-value databases, document oriented databases
  • Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of innovative Cloud Storage products
  • Knowledge of state of the art cloud storage services as Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, etc.
  • Deep expertise on the technologies that enable this kind of services (specifically Distributed Object Storage Systems as OpenStack Object Storage or Atmos)
  • Knowledge on the APIs offered by these systems for service creation
  • Expertise in SAN and NAS systems for the use in cloud computing environments
  • Expertise in service creation using these technologies would be valuable
  • Expertise in the integration of services using these technologies into ICT business and telecommunication operator business in particular would be valuable
  • State-of-the-art cloud computing solutions industry knowledge.
  • Vmware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solutions
  • SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Enterprise Storage Arrays, Data Replication, HSM
  • Cloud Service Providers such as Terremark, Rackspace, Amazon, Savvis
  • Data Cloud Tech Architect

Deployment
Video Deployment Manager+

Goals:
The goal is progress in the implementation of infrastructure technologies and products to offer new video services that contribute to creating new opportunities for the Telefonica Group and help the deployment to all operators of the group to join this business.

Responsibilities:
The main features include:

  • Manage the resources allocation (infrastructure, connectivity, etc)  for the deployment of  Global Video Services
  • Develop and follow the detailed deployment plan for project activities related to video services
  • Deployment Design of the services (hosting / housing, CPD design, IP Plan, etc)
  • Coordinate all the ecosystem  for the successful execution of all deployment tasks  needed  (vendors, OBs, TIWS, deployment  experts , etc)
  • Work closely to Telefónica OBs in Latam and Europe for the deployment of the service



Leadership:
The Deployment Manager must have extensive experience in the implementation of activities related to infrastructure and products deployments as well as all activities related to engineering.
 
Value in the technology industry knowledge related to video services. In addition to an overview of the state of the art and trends of technological innovation in the field of video services, and their application to ICT companies and the telecom operator business in particular.

Position contacts:
Internal:
Dialogue with the leaders of product video services to work together in the architecture design, capacity environments (production, preproduction and certification) required.

Closely with the engineering departments of the OBs to monitor local deployments in line with the planning.

External:
Dialogue with third parties to establish projects in the housing need, third-party connectivity and integration of other platforms.

Requirements:

* Knowledge and expertise on Engineering Task.
* Knowledge of Project Management Tools and Service Delivery Processes
* Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the networking design,

  • IP technologies (IPv4 and IPv6),
  • Connectivity solutions (Internet, MPLS networks, …)
  • Security
  • Expertise in SAN and NAS systems for the use in cloud computing environments
  • Expertise in service creation using these technologies would be valuable
  • Expertise in the integration of services using these technologies  into ICT business and telecommunication operator business in particular would be valuable

* State-of-the-art cloud computing solutions industry knowledge.

  • Vmware and  Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solutions
  • SAN, NAS, iSCSI, Fiber Channel, Enterprise Storage Arrays, Data Replication, HSM

* State-of-the-art Video Solutions Services

  • Video Linear TV and Vod content technologies.
  • Video platforms: i.e Mediaroom, MiviewTV
  • Expertise in video technology: Video, Audio, Containers codecs (i.e. Mpeg2, Mpeg4, Smooth streaming, HLS, etc.)
  • Expertise in DRM technology: PlayReady, Widevine, etc.

 

Service Delivery Expert+

 

Role description 

Telefónica Digital is launching Global Platforms able to provide Global Services and Products for all Operating Businesses (OBs) all over the whole world were Telefónica Group is present. Global Operations & Deployment is the unit inside Telefónica Digital responsible of produce services and its maintenance, based on global platforms and applications.

The role of this position is leading the services deployment for specific customers (global accounts). The scope of the position is:

Lead all the technical activities necessary to customize an existing TD product on a specific customer

Understand the solution sold and translate it to technical requirement.

Coordinate different actors within Telefónica to arrive to fulfil the compromises acquired on each specific contract.

REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE CANDIDATE

Academic qualifications (degree, major courses, certificates, etc.)

Telecommunication, Computer Science (or similar degree or experience) with several years of experience in project management and team management.

Preferably with international experience.

Technical Competencies

Technical background and experience in mobile networks and intelligent network. Architecture, elements and protocols.

Technical background on IP networks.

Several years of IT &  digital services/product related experience, good communication skills, oral and written, work with little supervision and have the ability to coordinate other teams of people.

Relationships with external providers

Production of both technical and professional services specifications

General Knowledge of Telefonica units. How to request for info, how to reach to agreements, who is who in the major units.

IT knowledge

Powerpoint, Visio, Excel, project plan tools

Languages skills 

English: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

Spanish: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Minimum required years of experience (in each of the areas independently but not in whole) Expertise/Functional Area

3 Project management and team management in IT related projects

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Availability to travel

 

OB Coordinator. (London)+

 

 

Role Description

 

 

 

 

MISSION: To coordinate and manage the needs, support and activities for the Telefonica Digital Product & Development Area within UK. 

FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION

 

  • Share Telefonica Digital roadmap, technical/operational evolutions and strategy to gather feedback and non detected needs within OB UK
  • Ensure adequate training and knowledge of OB UK about Telefonica Digital deliverables and strategy.
  • Coordinate each OB through Initiative and Deployment Leaders for each service, feature or device definition and testing
  • Manage the relation with the OB as unique point of contact for receiving and structuring the technical needs for support (new services and CPE) and for developing technical solutions in order to fullfil local requirements or ecosystem evolution projects (platforms, networks, CPEs, OSS and BSS, operations tools,...)
  • Support  OB in deployment and maintenance phases for Telefonica Digital Services
  • Coordinate and share best practises between countries
  • Maintain and coordinate local planning deployment of Telefonica Digital Services

REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE CANDIDATE

 

 

  • Academic qualifications (degree, major courses, certificates, etc.)

    • Telecommunications engineer or equivalent
    • MBA plays in the candidates favour

  • Technical Competencies

    • Good understanding of the Telecoms Industry
    • Good knowledge of the Telefonica’s OBs technical processes
    • Good knowledge of the global initiatives inside Telefonica
    • Leadership of the local activities in the deployment to assure the product roll out for full operational use.

 

IT knowledge

 

  • Powerpoint, Visio, Excel, project plan tools• Office, especially:

    • Powerpoint- Needs to have demonstrated outstanding skills
    • Excel- Needs to have demonstrated outstanding skills

  • Project management- Needs to have demonstrated outstanding skills

 

Languages skills:

English: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

Spanish: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

 

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Expertise/Functional Area

 

  • Technical project management
  • Experience in global projects inside Telefonica
  • Products and services technical development
  • UK Telefonica Operations

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • High level of strategic thinking and strong analytical skills
  • Highly regarded Manager/ Project leader with strong experience and good reputation within Telefónica
  • A rounded management approach in order to be able to deal with different cultures and business environments- good presence and empathy
  • Used to work in high pressure situation
  • Good team player, used to manage multiregional and multi objective teams
  • Focus on delivery
  • Enthusiastic, self-starter, proactive, self-responsible, good presence and empathy
  • Loving new challenges
  • Hard worker
  • Strong presentation and communications skills (both verbal and written)
  • Networking abilities and established relationships with European OBs
  • Availability to travel frequently through Europe

 

 

 

 

Deployment Manager+

Telefónica Digital is launching Global Platforms able to provide Global Services and Products for all Operating Businesses (OBs) all over the whole world were Telefónica Group is present. Global Operations & Deployment is the unit inside Telefónica Digital responsible for producing services and their maintenance, based on global platforms and applications.

The role of this position is to lead the deployment of services regarding Products & Services areas. The scope of the position is:

* This position will require an experienced manager in software product deployment and engineering, preferably with strong technical background and experience in deployment of digital products in a Telco environment.

* Senior management skills , will be required in order to connect with Telefonica OBs and different departments within Telefonica Digital.

  • Excellent communication skills, spoken and written
  • Work with little to no supervision
  • Have the ability to meet strict deadlines
  • Responsibility for achieving shared commitments

* Key to success in this position is the ability to work within an international organization at all levels utilizing a very “hands on” approach to assure the successful deployment of our products in a complex environment.

* The candidate will be part of a high performance team in deployments in Products & Services areas: Future Communications, Video Platform & Services, eHealth, Machine-to-machine and Financial Services. So the candidate must have interest & knowledge in key technologies of these areas.

REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED BY THE CANDIDATE

Academic qualifications (degree, major courses, certificates, etc.)

• Computer Science (or similar degree) with at least 2 years of experience in product deployment.

• Preferably with international experience

Technical Competencies

• Deep understanding in deployment of CPDs, platforms , product & services

• Deep understanding in connectivity solutions for CPDs

• Deep understanding of the service architechture of a telco (SDP, OCS, etc..) and OSS/BSS systems.

• Deep understanding of Mobile Core Networks architecture (HLR, GGSN, IN, SMSC, etc)

• Technical Project Management

• To manage the infrastructure demand, capacity planning and deployment plan to meet the deadlines.

• Relationships with external providers

IT knowledge

• Powerpoint, Visio, Excel, project plan tools

Languages skills

English:

• Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level

both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

Spanish:

• Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level

both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

M2M Deployment Manager+

Goals: 

 

In  charge of the deployment of MVNO (Germany company belong to Telefonica Digital).

 

Responsibilities: 

 

 Support in defining new business processes for the new company Germany MVNO.

 Tracking of the M2M Global Platform integration planning for Germany MVNO.

 Supervision and support on the technical integration and process definition.

 Product support in technical questions about integration with Germany MVNO.

 Weekly conference with Germany MVNO.

 Identify the local OBs requirements, customer insights and market opportunities

 Push the product development ensuring time, quality and cost

 

Leadership: 

 

We are looking for deep expertise in the deployment of platforms and design of tech solutions around M2M product.

 

We value recognized prestige and international technological leadership in the area of M2M. 

Global vision of state of the art and technological trends in the field of  M2M . 

 

Position contacts: 

Internal: 

 

Dialogue with the internal deployment team who are integrating another OBs like MVNO in Germany.

Work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development with the different M2M team.

 

Likewise, contact with experts for collaboration on technology outreach activities and projects, as well as in leading national and international forums. 

 

External: 

 

Contact with technological leaders in the MVNO (new company belong to Telefónica Digital)  and O2 Germany.

 

Requirements: 

 

 Specific knowledge about IT Service technologies, solutions, latest trends. 

 Skills of ICT Technologies (IP Networks, Mobile Networks, Internet Services).

 Strong knowledge of process definition.

 Mandatory: Advanced English language communication skills, both spoken and written.

 Good understanding of the Telecoms & Mobile Industry

 Strong knowledge of mobile networks & platforms architecture

 Mobile Value Added Services strong knowledge

 Engineering Telecommunications experience

 Good understanding of the Machine To Machine (M2M)

 Good knowledge of the Telefonica OBs technical processes

Deployment Manager (London, UK)+

We are looking for someone with extensive technical experience in deploying services over Next Generations Intelligent Networks in a Telco environment and deploying communications services in general to join the Global Operations and Development team. We are looking for people who are looking for a challenge and feel comfortable in projects involving several providers and clients in different countries in a multinational organization.

Highlight specific responsibilities:

Deploy innovative communications services

Design the deployment scenarios.

Have the ability to meet strict deadlines

Desirable Skills/Attributes

  • 3-5 years of experience developing communication services over new generation intelligent networks and Voice over IP
  • Experience in real voice platform development (as Jajah plt or similar) makes a difference
  • Experience rolling out different digital products in Products & Services areas in a distributed environment in different countries/regions.
  • Experience performing the technical tasks related with the integration of the product with an operating business (OB) of Telefonica, to allow the development teams to start the software integration according to the plan and to assure that everything (connectivity, hardware and base software deployment, environment configuration, etc.) is properly set up for the product deployment in live.
  • Experience defining the deployment architecture of our products and managing the roll out of the product according to the deployment architecture.
  • Deep understanding of the service architecture of a telco (SDP, OCS, etc..) and OSS/BSS systems. Experience in databases (Oracle and MySQL)
  • Use to work in a multicultural team
  • Advanced English level, being able to work daily in a English-speaking environment
  • Advanced Spanish level, being able to work with Spanish-speaking people
  • Hands-on experience is a must, the candidate should be able to prove working knowledge of the required skills

Development
Mobile senior developer+

Goals:
Advance in the design and development of new advanced iOS APP, contributing to the creation of new opportunities for the Grupo Telefónica and help the operator benefit from the impact that telecommunications companies can have in this new, emerging business.

Responsibilities:
Job functions fall within the framework of the mobile developments in Telefónica to create differential Video Services products.

  • Identification, specification and technical design of iOS mobile video applications
  • Develop the application ensuring high quality and best practices in coding.
  • Deliver the final release to the market.
  • Collaborate hand to hand with the UX team to ensure the best iOS experience.


Leadership:
We are looking for deep expertise in the design of iOS solutions for the development of innovative Video Services products, including OTT VoD and real time OTT streaming.

Global vision of state of the art and technological innovation trends in the field of data cloud computing and cloud storage infrastructures, as well as their application to ICT business and the telecommunications operator business in particular.

Position contacts:
Internal:
Dialogue with product leaders at Telefónica Digital to work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development of the Video Application.

Dialogue with technological specialists in the mobile development area to collaborate on the development of new iOS technologies and their application.


External:

Contact with technological leaders in the industry, within the partnership relationships established with sector R&D leaders for joint collaboration on innovation activities in the video field.

Requirements:

* Knowledge and expertise on Video technologies services/applications.
* Proven hands on in the development of iOS applications (iPAD and iPhone needed)
* Deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for the development of:
    • iOS/Android environment
    • Native application developed in Objective-C/Xcode 4
    • Back end integration using REST (JSON/XML)
    • Experience in Agile methodologies
    • Experience in Android Market and Apple Store management.
* Experience in video technologies and services will be valuable:
    • DRM, content encoding…

Enablers & Technology
CDN Technical Release Cycle Manager +

Goals:
Head the technical definition of the Telefonica CDN product and track the fulfillment of the defined requirements.

Telefonica Global Delivery Services is a new brand product deployed last year and in continuous growth for offering a competitive solution to Telefonica customers in the sector of content providers.

The Telefonica CDN developed by Telefonica Digital and offered to all Telefonica OBs is one of the main opportunities to contribute to the creation of new services and business for the Grupo Telefónica. The CDN is a great driver to exploit the advantages of the wide Telefonica network presence around the world.

The position of the CDN Technical Release Cycle Manager is key to achieve the challenging objectives of Telefonica Digital.

Responsibilities:
Job functions fall within the framework of the CDN Technical initiative in Telefonica to create differential CDN products leveraging the unique Telco Operator assets, over the basis of the current Telefonica CDN deployed in the last year.

  • Analysis of marketing needs and functionalities offered by competitors.
  • Interface with Digital Services product managers, to collaborate in the priorization of requirements depending on the ROI and risks of every feature.
  • Evaluation of specified solutions for defined requirements, in collaboration to PDI and HP architects.
  • Tracking of requirements in the whole release cycle, coordinating the activities of Integration mgr and Certification mgr.


Leadership:
We are looking for deep expertise in the technical definition of CDN  features, specially in the area of webcaching and the current evolution to Dynamic Site Accelerationa and Application Acceleration technologies.

A global vision of the video content delivery and storage solution is required, but also supported by other collegues in the company.

A proactive contribution when interfacing with Digital Services (commercial and marketing departments) is a must to agree the most profitable features in each realease. The commitment to track the fulfillment of each release is needed to control the complete roadmap cycle.


Position contacts:

Internal:
Dialogue with product leaders at CDN Digital Services to work together on the needs conceptualization, requirements definition and roadmap priorization.
Dialogue with DPI and HP architects, to collaborate on the definition of requirements based on the customer descriptions or funcionaties offered by other competitors.
Reported by Integration and Certification managers about the tracking of requirements in the whole roadmap life cycle.

External:
Dialogue with commercial, marketing and technological leaders of Telefonica OBs to gather their needs and abstract the functionality of the global CDN.
 
Contact with technological leaders in the industry, within the partnership relationships established with sector R&D leaders for joint collaboration on innovation activities in the CDN field.

Requirements:

• Experience in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) architectures:
• In depth understanding of Webcaching Tecnhologies.
• Experience in Video Delivery technologies over the internet (IPTV, H.264, RTMP, RTSP, MPEG-2 TS, HLS).
• Experience in Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) / SSL deployments.
• Good understanding of Internet core technologies: BGP, IP, DNS, HTTP.
• State-of-the-art DSA and Application Acceleration knowledge.
• Deep knowledge in main functionalities offered by CDN competitors and future evolution of CDN business.
• Experience translating customer requirements into product features for the engineering team.

Enabling Plattforms
Device Creation Expert. (London/Madrid)+

Do you want to work in the development of a device fully based in HTML5? Would you like to be involved in a joint development done together by Mozilla and Telefónica Digital? Fancy working in a distributed team with people working all around the world? If you are passionate about the Web and Product Development, please read on, this is your opportunity!

Early 2011 we envisioned a device in which any developer could create the entire UX through HTML/CSS/JS and we named it Open Web Device. The OWD was made a reality during 2011 by a small team of TEF Digital and Mozilla engineers. 2012 is going to be year of the commercial launch of a device based on this technology, and for doing so we are hiring a Device Creation Expert.

REQUIRED SKILLS
What you NEED for this position:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Experience in mobile device creation process
  • Experience in launching commercial products to end customers
  • Experience in system integration
  • Passionate about Software Quality
  • Ability to work with a geographically distributed development team


The following skills would be A PLUS:

  • Background in a mobile device manufacturer
  • HTML5, Javascript, CSS Development
  • Android internals and application development
  • Experience in Open Source projects


WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Coordinate all the activities of the development teams to ensure a timely deliver
  • Responsible of the integration of the final product
  • Responsible to cooperate with the QA department to ensure the quality of the final product
  • Cooperate with all the players required to launch the OWD


WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

  • Create one of the first TEF Digital global products
  • Establish relationship with leading companies in the mobile industry
  • Work in a team composed by great people from different companies, countries and backgrounds
  • London or Madrid Based

 

Web Ecosystem Expert. (London/Madrid)+

Do you want to work in the development of a device fully based in HTML5? Would you like to be involved in a joint development done together by Mozilla and Telef¿nica Digital? Fancy working in a distributed team with people working all around the world? If you are passionate about the Web and Product Development, please read on, this is your opportunity!

Early 2011 we envisioned a device in which any developer could create the entire UX through HTML/CSS/JS and we named it Open Web Device. The OWD was made a reality during 2011 by a small team of TEF Digital and Mozilla engineers. 2012 is going to be year of the commercial launch of a device based on this technology, and for doing so we are hiring a Web Ecosystem Expert.

REQUIRED SKILLS

What you NEED for this position:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of developer needs
  • Experience in standardisation activities
  • Experience in partnership programs
  • Communication and leadership skills
  • Capable of presenting technical details to both technical and non-technical audience
  • Experience in the mobile application lifecycle through AppStores: deployment, discovery,

    monetization...

The following skills would be A PLUS:

  • Experience in HTML5 Development
  • Experience in mobile native development (e.g. iPhone, Android)

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Foster a developer community around HTML5 and the OWD
  • Participate/Lead developer events
  • Lead the relationship with other partners interested in the HTML5 Ecosystem and identify new potential partners
  • Ensure alignment of the activities done by the development teams and the relevant SDOs (e.g W3C)
  • Have an active dialog with the development teams to ensure a complete alignment
  • Define AppStore strategy for the OWD

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

  • Create one of the first TEF Digital global products
  • Become an HTML5 reference point for the mobile industry
  • Work in a team composed by great people from different companies, countries and backgrounds
  • London or Madrid Based

JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 Senior Developer. (London/Madrid)+

Do you want to work in the development of a device fully based in HTML5? Would you like to be involved in a joint development done together by Mozilla and Telefónica Digital? Fancy working in a distributed team with people working all around the world? If you are passionate about the Web and Product Development, please read on, this is your opportunity!

Early 2011 we envisioned a device in which any developer could create the entire UX through HTML/CSS/JS and we named it Open Web Device. The OWD was made a reality during 2011 by a small team of TEF Digital and Mozilla engineers. 2012 is going to be year of the commercial launch of a device based on this technology, and for doing so we are hiring JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS3 Developers.


REQUIRED SKILLS

What you NEED for this position:

  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 5 years of experience in developing complex consumer web applications
  • Strong experience developing in JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5, with special focus on UI
  • Experience building web applications for mobile devices cross-platform
  • Ability to work with a geographically distributed development team

The following skills would be A PLUS:

  • Experience in working with Agile Methodologies (e.g. Scrum)
  • Experience with one or more JavaScript TDD/BDD frameworks (e.g. Jasmine)
  • Mobile application development using mobile JavaScript frameworks


WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

  • Cooperate with the UX team in the definition of the OWD UX
  • Drive the development of the basic UX components: homescreens, notification bars, keyboard…
  • Build cutting-edge applications that deliver value to the OWD users
  • Cooperate with the Platform team to iterate on the APIs design
  • Assess, evaluate and improve the HTML5 Apps performance


WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU

  • Create one of the first TEF Digital global products
  • Become a key part of the first fully Web based and Open Mobile Device
  • Work in a team composed by great people from different companies, countries and backgrounds
  • London or Madrid based

Future Communications
.NET Experienced Desktop Developer (London, UK)+

 

Goals:

The area of Future Communications at Telefonica Digital is in charge of creating new applications for unprecedented voice and video communication experiences for Telefonica users. Your goal would be to contribute to the development of a desktop client for PC, which integrates with existing C/C++ native libraries.

 Responsibilities:

 Your responsibilities would include:

• Lead the PC client development for Windows 7 OS

• Architect the client to ensure modularly to guarantee further reusability when running on MetroUI and easy porting to Windows 8.

• Integrate with existing real-time communication native libraries.

 Leadership:

We are looking for senior developer with proven experience in Desktop Application development for Windows OS.

 Requirements:

  • Several years of experience in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
  • A solid foundation of object oriented programming and software design patterns for client apps (MVVM)
  • Proven capabilities to write well structured code
  • Familiarity with Extreme Programming practices, Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration
  • Significant experience with .NET oriented to desktop applications development (C#/WPF/Silverlight/XAML)
  • Experience working with desktop application building tools like Microsoft Expression Blend.
  • Experience programming in C/C++, including the integration in .NET apps and the access to native Windows APIs
  • Backend services communication REST/JSON (WCF, HTTP)
  • Database access, specially with embedded solutions like SQLite or Microsoft Sql Server CE (LINQ, EF)
  • Experience creating Windows Installer packages 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zend Framework Web Developer. Front End+

Goals:
Create new web-based sites in an open and agile development environment. The candidate will be responsible of implementing the online sites and collaborating in the technical design of high demand Mobile Virtual Network Operators and their Customer Service applications.

Responsibilities:
Design and develop efficient high-availability web sites. Share and spread best practices in development, testing and quality assurance of the code in an Agile environment.
Plan and implement future releases, assuring backwards compatibility with current services and functionality.

Requirements:

  • Deep expertise in PHP, with a strong specialization in Zend Framework.
  • Deep expertise in Javascript and jQuery frameworks. Real experience adding dynamic behavior and assuring the best user experience using AJAX and other state-of-art client-server paradigms.
  • Deep expertise in CSS, templates and other state-of-art web design technologies to implement user-friendly sites.
  • Expertise in Apache web Server.
  • Expertise in Memcached.
  • Experience optimizing web server performance.
  • Familiarity with Unit and User Acceptance Testing, as well as Continuous Integration systems.
  • Test Driven Development experience is desirable.
  • Experience working in a collaborative team environment using Issue Trackers (Jira, Trac) and Distributed Version Control Software (Git, Mercurial).
  • Real life practice with Scrum and self-organizing teams.
  • Knowledge of ecommerce platforms (Zen Cart, OpenCart) would be valuable.
  • Knowledge of SQL language and query optimization. Previous experience with Oracle Database would be valuable.

Connect NGIN expert +

Goals:
Expert on New Generation Intelligent Network (NGIN) technology to help Telefónica Digital benefit from the impact that telecommunications companies can have in this new business.

Responsibilities:
Job functions fall within the framework of the Future Communications initiative activities in Telefónica Digital to create differential NGIN related products.
* Identification, specification and technical support to the NGIN solution for Telefonica Digital, collaborate in defining the future architecture of the Intelligent Network, as well as technical support to the new NGIN’ based products.

Leadership:
We are looking for deep expertise of IN standards as well as strong knowledge on IN/IMS based services. Analysis of technical documentation, architectural knowledge, technical meetings with experts of Telefónica OBs to get the needed information to define NGIN solutions.
Live environment knowledge, call tracing analysis, requirements definition and activity tracking certification to define new specifications.
Team working skills, sharing information and knowledge.
Other initiatives or projects coordination

Position contacts:
Internal:
Dialogue with product leaders at Telefónica Digital to work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development of  Digital’s products

Dialogue with technological specialists in the Future Communications area to collaborate on the development of new NGIN applications. Likewise, contact with experts for collaboration on technology outreach activities and projects, as well as in leading national and international meetings.

External:

Contact with technological leaders in the industry, within the partnership relationships established with sector R&D leaders for joint collaboration on innovation activities in the NGIN technology field.

Requirements:

Knowledge and expertise on:

  • Global Architecture of core network (PLMN elements, Fixed network elements), intelligent network, and access network
  • Operator live environment for IN services and platforms.
  • GSM architecture, signaling protocols (SS7, INAP, MAP, CAP, ISUP, …)
  • NGN, NGIN and IMS architectures

 

iPhone expert developer. London+

Goals:

Take on responsibility for building native iOS applications and deliver high quality software.

Responsibilities:

  • Produce, modify and update native iOS applications.
  • Responsible for writing architecture and software specification documents.

Leadership:

  • We are looking for top talented iOS developers for our Future Communications products.
  • Proven success with some applications published at the application store is a must.
  • The candidate must have a profound knowledge of iOS application development, integration with widely used social networks and communication protocols.

Position contacts:

Internal:

Become a reference iOS developer within Telefonica I+D. Participate in our knowledge sharing sessions to help others to better understand iOS development paradigm, limitations and best practices. Dialogue with technological specialists mainly in the future comms area, as well as other areas of interest, to collaborate on the conception, definition and development of new products.

External:

Stay up to date with iOS SDK releases, participate actively in development conferences and in order to share the acquired knowledge with the developer community and internally. Help the company to identify talent.

Requirements:

  • Strong C, Objective C and C++ skills
  • Experience using XCode4+
  • Ability to build native applications written in Objective C with user interfaces both constructed with IB and programmatically.
  • Ability to develop against a variety of web architectures and services such as SOAP, REST, XML RPC...
  • Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, pair programming and code review and experience on Agile (Scrum) development methodologies Ability to work with minimal supervision Provide accurate timing estimates for work based on verbal and written specifications and use time effectively and meet commitments for quantity and quality of work.
  • Ability to work with product managers to clarify and prune requirements.
  • Actively contribute to discussions and brainstorming sessions Ability to lead projects working with team of developers is required Maintain a high awareness of industry issues and trends. Disseminate this to the wider team Improve existing skills and acquire new knowledge through self-education, research and development
  • Location: London

Spring Framework Developer. Back End+

Goals:
Create new REST-based backend services in an open and agile development environment. The candidate will be responsible of designing, implementing and scaling up the high availability and high demand Web Services of several Mobile Virtual Network Operators online sites and Customer Service applications.

Responsibilities:
Design and develop secure REST-based APIs for several websites. Share and spread best practices in development, testing and quality assurance of the code in an Agile environment.
Collaborate in the technical design and planning of future releases, assuring backwards compatibility with current services and functionality.

Requirements:

  • Deep expertise in Java, with a strong specialization in Spring Framework version 3.x.
  • Knowledge of JMS messaging patterns. Previous experience in ActiveMQ 5.x would be valuable.
  • Knowledge of SQL language and query optimization. Previous experience with Oracle Database would be valuable.
  • Knowledge of CXF Framework would be valuable.
  • Experience optimizing application server performance.
  • Expertise in Unit and Integration Testing, as well as Continuous Integration systems.
  • Test Driven Development experience is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of Python language is desirable.
  • Knowledge of Groovy language would be valuable.
  • Experience with Maven is highly desirable.
  • Experience working in a collaborative team environment using Issue Trackers (Jira, Trac) and Distributed Version Control Software (Git, Mercurial).
  • Real life practice with Scrum and self-organizing teams.
  • Knowledge of technical and architectural solutions for:
  • Scaling Web Services.
  • Requesting, caching and replicating data from several sources.
  • Experience in development and deployment of Web Services across several Tomcat instances for high availability and high demand services.
  • Experience with authorization and authentication schemes for REST API securization is desirable.
  • Familiarity with jBPM and Enterprise Integration Patterns is desirable.

KNOWLEDGE GROUPS
Development Discipline Manager+

Description

Are you willing to help our development engineers to fully develop their potential? Would you like to transfer all your technical experience to our development teams? Are you a passionate of both people management and technology? Would you like to push for a cultural change to make our technical staff outperform in their job at the same time they grow as professionals in this company? Have you technical background in one of our product areas: User Modelling, Enabling Platforms (previously named SLA), Cloud Computing, Security, Video Services, Content Delivery Networks, Machine to Machine, Communications, eHealth and Financial Services?

If you have answered YES to the questions above, we want you in our team! We are seeking for a passionate team manager with strong people management and sound technical skills.

Goals

As development discipline manager you will have a cross-PDI position, taking responsibility for managing developers and technologists in their assignments. You will be the people manager of various development teams within a PDI product area. You will work closely within development teams day to day in both people and technical management tasks, requiring sound background in software development and product technologies. You should have sound technical knowledge to understand what engineers do, and desirably contribute in specific technical items depending on your experience. Caring about technical people, inspiring and supporting them will be your day to day mantra while you are involved in technical coordination activities across your area of work.

Responsibilities

People Management:

Individual Objectives

Performance Evaluation (SGD)

Individual Development Plans

Discipline Management

Assure professional level in discipline

Best Practices, Coaching

Responsible for Discipline-specific decisions in initiatives (¿How to do it¿)

Area Overview and Support of AM (dashboards, etc.)

Validation of Team Structure

Coordinate technical risk management.

Follow up of development practices, tools and practices adoption.

Evangelize new way of working and development standards.

Leadership:

We are looking for experienced candidates capable of managing medium scale development teams.

Highly motivated and ability to transmit motivation to the team.

Position contacts:

Internal:

We need people for this type of managers belongs to Development department.

Coordination with QA and Productivity departments in rolling out best practices and tools.

Contact with others departments of Development¿s unit

High communication capabilities, being able to explain to technically and non-technically minded company team regarding solutions and technologies.

Qualifications

BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related degree or equivalent work experience in software development. 6+ years of total industry experience.

Previous experience in people management and team leadership: Scrum Master, Project Manager or similar. Minimum 3 years as a manager leading medium teams of engineers (around 10 people).

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Strong orientation to people, always thinking about others before thinking in themselves.

Sound understanding of software development, programming languages and technologies

Deep knowledge of development management processes, practices and tools is a plus

Good command of English is a plus

Location: Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid, Granada, Huesca

Deadline for Application: February 07, 2012

Program Discipline Manager+

Description
Are you willing to help our Program Managers and Agile Project Managers to fully develop their potential? Would you like to transfer all your experience in Program Management to our development teams? Are you a passionate of both project and people management? Would you like to push for a cultural change to make our project management staffs outperform in their job at the same time they grow as professionals in this company?
If you have answered YES to the questions above, we want you in our team!

Mission
Within Telefónica Digital in the Product Development and Innovation direction (PDI former Telefónica I+D):

We are launching a new activity track around Program Management which mission is:

  • Define, share, disseminate and improve best practices in project & program management disciplines (including Agile methodologies)
  • Ensure that all defined practices are followed in all projects in order to be predictive in project planning, and expectations of all stakeholders are fulfilled
  • Program Managers, Agile Project Managers people development, so Program Management performance is improved in PDI


Responsibilities
We are looking for Program Discipline Manager, which will have a project pool assigned to them, and will drive their responsibilities as follows:

  • Monitor in all projects address approaches, techniques and appropriate tools to manage the projects planning
  • Oversee projects planning are done with objective criteria, are predictive, contingency plans are included and meet the Customer’s expectations
  • Provide a point of escalation to the Customer Project/Program Manager when expectations are not met
  • Provide part time direct support to Program Managers in those projects whose complexity or inexperience in Project Management discipline may be problematic, and anticipate potential problems in managing Customer’s expectations and project deadlines
  • Program Managers and Agile Program Managers people management and development: coaching, collaboration in setting up and tracking professional development plans, training and performance appraisal


Qualifications

  • Computer Science, Telecommunication Engineering or similar degree with at least 10 years of experience in Program Management.
  • Program Management certificates is a plus
  • Executive MBA will be appreciated


Technical Competencies

  • Around 10 years of direct work experience in Program/Project Management activities, including monitoring, planning and control aspects of product development projects in the industry
  • Proven experience in managing people, motivation, performance, individual development
  • Flexibility and adaptation to change, able to Evangelize new way of working and project management standards
  • Written and oral communication skills both Spanish and English
  • Leadership, highly motivated and ability to transmit motivation to the team
  • Diplomacy: Team and Customer Management
  • Conflict and stress management
  • Knowledge of project management tools, metrics and methodologies


Location: Madrid, Barcelona, Valladolid.
Deadline for Application:  March 30, 2012

M2M
Smart Buildings Technical Expert+

Description

The Technical Expert job will be working with the Smart Building initiative leader to assess and develop energy efficiency products for medium and large sized enterprises. He/she will also be responsible for working closely with the development team to ensure that our products will be the best.

The ideal candidate shows excellent knowledge of relevant technologies and products in the market (e.g. startups, open source projects). He or she will be working in developing new products and services from their conception to its production deployment.  Part of his/her job will consist in analyzing state of the art and emerging technologies in smart buildings space to technically decide which one is the best option. He or she will understand the reality of Telefonica businesses regarding the technological environment for deployments.

Responsibilities

  • To identify and assess competitive products in the market.
  • Decide “make” versus “buy” from a technical point of view concerning technology relevant for the products
  • To investigate different technologies and consider how they might be applied to solve market problems that have been identified.
  • Work closely hand by hand with Product Management and the development team in making the best products, but also with QA, Global Operations & Deployment and other areas and Telefonica units, managing dependencies and working towards a common goal.
  • Bring innovation to the products and pursue the generation of differential technology

Desirable Skills/Attributes

  • You should be an engineer who enjoys hands-on work, working on a cross-functional team, and who is experienced in:
  • Leading teams of developers
  • Profile with technical degree (telecommunication engineer, computer science, etc.). 
  • Good analytical and design skills. Ability to understand the big picture and translate product/business requirements into technology
  • Good skills designing, implementing and deploying of complex enterprise architectures, taking into account scalability, security and performance criteria
  • Communication skills
  • Knowledge of English is required; Spanish will be positively considered.

Specific Requirements:

  • Specific knowledge about Building Management technologies, solutions, latest trends and vendor portfolios.
  • Specific knowledge about automation/control protocols: KNX, Lonworks, Z-wave, Zigbee, …
  • Deep Knowledge of the utilities sector and electrical concepts.
  • Experience in Home/Building automation projects/products.
  • Knowledge of the PDI customer driven innovation methodology  
  • Knowledge of development environments and QA services
  • Driving agile methodology

A little more about us

We are the M2M Group within the Product Development & Innovation area of TEF Digital. We build and maintain everything around devices talking to devices talking to people including our M2M Platform and a series of vertical applications (for consumer electronics, connected cities, smart utilities transport and more). The M2M area embraces projects where millions of heterogeneous devices connect to our platform, powering the Internet Of Things (IoT). And it goes without saying (but it bears repeating) in such an environment successfully managing data from sensors and other sources is key to the value that will drive our efforts.

Leadership capabilities: Know, Connect, Prepare, Lead, Grow, Deliver

Smart Transport (automotive) Technical Expert. (London)+

 

 

Description

Automotive is considered as one of the biggest opportunities in the M2M domain for the next years. Insurance telematics, fleet management, asset tracking, connected car, infotainment systems are just small examples of a new wave of services that will explode in the forthcoming years. Telefonica Digital, as one of the key M2M service providers, is willing to play an important role in driving new M2M transport solutions to our costumers.

Responsibilities

Highlight specific responsibilities:

The candidate will be working in the M2M area of the Product Development and Innovation (PDI) unit of Telefonica Digital. More concretely, it will be part of a team working in Smart Transport solutions.

The main responsibilities will be:

  • Provide the know-how of the automotive industry sector.
  • Identify potential areas where new innovative solutions can be offered.
  • Maintains a well-designed innovation funnel that generates new product ideas and concepts on an ongoing basis. 
  • Technically analyse the state-of-the art technologies in the smart transport area, finding the limitations, needs and potential areas of improvement.
  • Help in the definition of the Telefonica products.
  • Keep track of the main Smart Transport activities.
  • Analyse solutions, proposals, potential partners, etc.

 

Desirable Skills/Attributes

  • Broad experience (at least 5 years) in the automotive industry, more concretely in infotainment, connected car, Human-Machine-Interaction systems, telematics, etc.
  • Experience in innovating and launching products.
  • Deep technical knowledge in infotainment, connected car, Human-Machine-Interaction, car-to-car communications, telematics, driver support systems, etc.
  • Deep technical expertise in the automation standards and technologies.
  • An everyday visionary that dares to predict the future.
  • Deep interest in the underlying customer needs.
  • Good communication skills. 
  • Standardization experience is a plus.
  • Perfect domain of English.

 

A little more about us

We are the M2M Group within the Product Development & Innovation area of TEF Digital. We build and maintain everything around devices talking to devices talking to people including our M2M Platform and a series of vertical applications (for consumer electronics, connected cities, smart utilities transport and more). The M2M area embraces projects where millions of heterogeneous devices connect to our platform, powering the Internet Of Things (IoT). And it goes without saying (but it bears repeating) in such an environment successfully managing data from sensors and other sources is key to the value that will drive our efforts.

 

Leadership capabilities: 

Know, Connect, Prepare, Lead, Grow, Deliver

M2M Web Apps Tech Lead. (London)+

Description

Do you believe that a web app should run as smoothly, react as responsively, and interact as engagingly as a native application? Do you have the technical know-how and experience to make that happen? And mostly, are you just determine to shape the web into something beautiful to use? 

We are looking for a M2M Web Apps Tech Lead to help us:

• Lead a team of front-end developers to extend the framework, enhance existing components and build new ones for our core M2M Web App.

• Strengthen and build up a fast web 2.0 application for displaying and managing large numbers of SIMs, Devices and Sensor Data.

 

Responsibilities

Highlight specific responsibilities:

You (and your team) will be responsible for the front-end experience of the M2M web applications for desktop, tablets and mobile devices. You need to develop in framework that allows quickly adding new data sources and functionality. The app must incorporate continuous integration, be very fast, fault-tolerant and have an industry-leading user experience.

 

Desirable Skills/Attributes

You should be an engineer who enjoys hands-on work, working on a cross-functional team, and who is experienced in:

• Leading teams of developers

• Developing web application for desktop and mobile

• Understanding sensors and the data that they produce

 

Skills or knowledge is expected in:

• HMTL5/CSS/Javascript

• Continuous Integration/unit testing

• Enthusiasm and knowledge of web2.0 products and technologies

• 8-10 years of experience developing web applications

• Hands-on experience is a must, the candidate should be able to prove working knowledge of the required skills

• Having an entrepreneur and creative spirit

• English fluency mid to high level is required.

 

A little more about us:

We are the M2M Group within the Product Development & Innovation area of TEF Digital. We build and maintain everything around devices talking to devices talking to people including our M2M Platform and a series of vertical applications (for consumer electronics, connected cities, smart utilities transport and more). The M2M area embraces projects where millions of heterogeneous devices connect to our platform, powering the Internet Of Things (IoT). And it goes without saying (but it bears repeating) in such an environment successfully managing data from sensors and other sources is key to the value that will drive our efforts.

Leadership capabilities: 

Know, Connect, Prepare, Lead, Grow, Deliver

 

 

Data Scientist and Visualizer. (London)+

 

 

Description

Do you see patterns where others see chaos? Do you have the technical expertise to turn mountains of data into a meaningful story? And mostly, are you just plain curious about how a world of connected devices will bring us a new understanding of the world? 

We are looking for a Data Scientist to help us:

  • Implement solutions that allows semi-structured and flexible data collected from remote devices to be analyzed in real time
  • Extract meaning from data streams in many ways: aggregations, tendencies, predictions and patterns to name a few
  • Prepare data visualization and reporting that makes data streams relevant, valuable and insightful

Responsibilities

Highlight specific responsibilities:

You’ll be in charge of data analysis, forecasting, data patterns extraction, data visualization and reporting. You’ll lead the design of solutions on the data related aspects of our platform and work hands-on in the prototyping and implementation of those solutions. Additionally, you’ll lead our UX team in the visualization of data and the creation of tools to manipulate those visualizations.

 

Desirable Skills/Attributes

You should be an engineer who enjoys hands-on work, working on a cross-functional team, and who is experienced in data-related projects:

  • Data Analytics—Business Intelligence, Data Tendencies analysis, Data related Algorithms, Reports design etc.
  • Data Visualization—Design data visualization components 
  • Data Modeling
  • BigData

 

Our technical architecture will be one of the first items that you help to determine, but skills or knowledge is expected in (some):

  • MongoDb or other NoSql Databases.
  • SQL
  • Datawarehouse and Business Intelligence
  • Hadoop, Hive, etc.
  • Lucene, Solr, ElasticSearch, etc.
  • HMTL5/CSS/Javascript
  • English fluency mid to high level is required.

A little more about us

We are the M2M Group within the Product Development & Innovation area of TEF Digital. We build and maintain everything around devices talking to devices talking to people including our M2M Platform and a series of vertical applications (for consumer electronics, connected cities, smart utilities transport and more). The M2M area embraces projects where millions of heterogeneous devices connect to our platform, powering the Internet Of Things (IoT). And it goes without saying (but it bears repeating) in such an environment successfully managing data from sensors and other sources is key to the value that will drive our efforts.

Leadership capabilities 

Know, Connect, Prepare, Lead, Grow, Deliver.

Web Apps developer. (London)+

 

 

Description

We are looking for someone with extensive experience in web applications development, both Frontend and Backend to join the M2M Web Apps team. 

We are looking for people who are looking for a challenge and comfortable in environments with very little formal structure. 

The perfect candidate would be somebody that could  say “I’m working, in my free time, on some personal projects using a sensor-based web applications that I developed”

 

Responsibilities

  • Create interesting stuff
  • Transform technological ideas into  compelling applications/services for the users

Desirable Skills/Attributes

  • 3-4 years of experience developing web applications
  • Hands-on experience is a must, the candidate should be able to prove working knowledge of the required skills
  • Expertise in one or more of: PHP, Python, Ruby
  • Expertise In CSS, Javascript and HTML5
  • Proficient in MVC frameworks as CakePHP, Zend Framework and Ruby on Rails
  • Enthusiasm and knowledge of web2.0 products and technologies
  • The candidate must understand all the tasks involved in developing a successful, innovative application, including development, QA, testing, User Experience, 
  • Use to work in a multicultural team
  • Having an entrepreneur and creative spirit 
  • Advanced English level, being able to work daily in a english-speaking environment

A little more about us

We are the M2M Group within the Product Development & Innovation area of TEF Digital. We build and maintain everything around devices talking to devices talking to people including our M2M Platform and a series of vertical applications (for consumer electronics, connected cities, smart utilities transport and more). The M2M area embraces projects where millions of heterogeneous devices connect to our platform, powering the Internet Of Things (IoT). And it goes without saying (but it bears repeating) in such an environment successfully managing data from sensors and other sources is key to the value that will drive our efforts.

 

Leadership capabilities: 

Know, Connect, Prepare, Lead, Grow, Deliver

Operations
Services Operation Expert+

Role Description

Telecommunication, Computer Science (or similar degree or experience) with at least one year of experience in product operation.

It will be highly considered an eTOM, ITIL or similar certificate.

Preferably with international experience.

Technical Competencies

Technical background and experience in operation and support of digital products in a Telco environment.

At least one year of some IT &  digital services/ product related experience, good communication skills, oral and written, work with little supervision and have the ability to supervises operation teams.

Relationships with external providers

Production of professional services specifications

Knowledge of operational process and methodologies

IT knowledge

Powerpoint, Visio, Excel, project plan tools

Languages skills 

English: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

Spanish: Strong skills, spoken and written on a business level both writing and speaking in this language will be conducted on an ongoing basis

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Minimum required years of experience: 1 IT &  digital services/product Operation and Managment

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Availability to travel

User Experience
Senior Visual Designer+

We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior Visual Designer/Creative Director to join the team of Interaction Designers, Visual Designers and Researchers in Telefonica I+D (Madrid, Spain).
Designers and researchers work in collaborative teams with project leads, strategists, engineers and domain experts to generate innovative concepts and solutions for multiple screens: TV, PC, mobile and more.
The Senior Visual Designer/Creative Director will collaborate with researchers on generating insights, leading ideation sessions with interdisciplinary teams, and articulate product concepts, user scenarios and story boards, as well as the vision for the user experience.
The individual will need to be able to illustrate concepts in real time using narrative, sketches, prototypes, as well as generate multiple visual and experimental directions that bring brand values and attributes to live.
Responsibilities

  • Deliver superior & industry leading visual design for specific projects and initiatives.
  • Collaborate with researchers and interaction designers or service design leads on generating customer insights.
  • Create an evolving, global visual and experiential language that works across platforms and takes country-specific variances into consideration.
  • Work with other visual designers in the team to create cohesive, world-class products and services.
  • Communicate, document, and represent product concepts, user scenarios and visual designs to team members, senior management and key stakeholders.
  • Expertly craft documentation to represent the team's vision around user experience, including: storyboards, visual designs, style guides, movies, PPTs and prototypes.
  • Work closely with engineering teams in an Agile framework to bring implement optimally performing graphics across multiple screens.
  • Establish visual and experimental tool kit that can be shared with partners, developers, third parties.
  • Partner closely with Product and Initiative leaders and engineers to ensure delivery of quality solution that meets all requirements and provides a coherent, quality experience.
  • Work with the rest of the Research, Visual and Interaction design team to articulate methods and best practices, and share them with the larger TID community.
  • Support multiple projects in parallel; organize and manage assignments in a dynamic environment.
    Experience
  • Experience designing for different input technologies and user environments, including key three screens: Mobile, PC, TV.
  • Excellent command of: user experience methods, design principles, visual design trends.
  • Excellent ability to deliver visual designs, temporal experiences, concept sketches, UI components.
  • Flash and knowledge of other media/animation/sound tools a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability to articulate a vision for design and deliver on it.
  • Experience working in a rapid application development environment using appropriate tools and techniques. Experience with agile development is a plus.
    Others
  • Master's in design, media communications or related fields desired.
  • Minimum BA/BS degree in Communication Design or Media Communications with extensive work experience.
  • Portfolio review required.

  • Head Services Design+

    We are looking for an experienced Senior Head of Service Design (one of two area groups) who brings inspiration, strategic vision, leadership and passion for creating distinctive and relevant products and services to the Telefónica Digital. As Senior Head of Service Design you will be responsible for the Service Design and UX direction of products and services in 3-4 different topical areas, ranging from Future Communications and Video/Media services to Financial Services, eHealth, Cloud, M2M and more.

    As the Senior Head of Service Design, you will bring fresh perspectives, strategic thinking, and technical know-how to a variety of different areas. You will partner with the PDi Directors and Area Managers to ensure that the user experience and service design strategy meets our best practices and user experience metrics. You will apply Customer Driven methods to initiatives that range from innovation to product concepting and implementation. 

    Within the PDi organization, the Sr. Head of Service design partners closely with the Creative Director – to develop overall user experience strategy for priority products and services. You will lead area and product focused teams in the exploration and execution of innovation and user experience best practices, incorporating our Customer Driven Innovation and Design methods. 

    As senior leader in the UX team, you wlil need to evangelize UX by engaging Executives and leadership teams throughout the organization about design excellence, service design, and creating end2end experiences that make a difference in the market place. You´ll be working with many stakeholders across different parts of the Telefónica digital organization to ensure that customer centricity and vision of quality of experience is understood, embraced and supported. 

     

    Specific Responsibilities 

    • Set strategic service design direction for Telefonica Digital products and services in 3-5 specific areas
    • Close collaboration with the Creative Director on the overall user experience expression
    • Provide direction and leadership to UX Area leads, Area Managers and product Managers different areas and projects
    • Establish processes, protocols and best practices for UX across the organization that pragmatically support the CDI process during product development and implementation
    • Drive user experience and design excellence throughout the PDi organization
    • Develop strong relationships with partners and stakeholders throughout PDi and Telefonica Digital – become a strategic go-to partner for product and service excellence
    • Evangelize Quality of User Experience, Service Design and design excellence with leadership teams across different parts of the organization
    • Collaborate with Creative Director on Global product ux guidelines
    • Evangelize user experience across the organization and in leading Telefonica countries
    • Contribute to building the customer centric culture across Telefonica
    • Represent Telefonica Digital UX internally and externally to ensure our products are viewed as innovative, customer centric and high quality
    • Continue to build our technical awareness for delivering top quality solutions 
    • Manages team of UX Area leads; mentors and coaches talent to learn and excel in all areas of product design, service design including user experience
    • Recruiting top talent to the organization

    Experience

    • 12+ years of experience delivering first class web, mobile and ideally TV experiences
    • 4+ years working inside of corporations, building successful partnerships and leadership across complex organizational structures
    • Experience leading interdisciplinary teams from concepting through implementation
    • Deep knowledge of designing experiences for different input technologies and user environments, including key three screens: Mobile, PC, and TV – ability to think big and small.
    • Deep knowledge of end to end frameworks and issues, including understanding of global and local issues
    • Expert knowledge of emerging technologies, tools, platform constraints
    • Ability to lead worksessions with interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders around complex product and design topics – can build bridges internally to build identity of the group and ensure delivery across different parts of the organization
    • Excellent publish speaking and presentation skills
    • Team player and leader – collaborative, supportive, authoritative and inclusive
    • Established member of the international design community
    • MA degree in Communication Design, Product Design, Architecture, or equivalent.

     

    Portfolio review required

    Creative Director+

    Telefónica Digital was created in September 2011 with the mission to create the power for Telefónica to outperform in the digital world and to establish Telefónica as a growth company.

    Bringing together the very best of existing global talent under one new business, these people will drive Telefónica Digital forward to exploit the new digital world in products, services and value, by creating growth opportunities through investment in and acquisition of new digital businesses. They will build formidable relationships with partners to exploit “over the top” routes to market.

    Telefónica Digital includes Product Development & Innovation (formerly Telefónica Research & Development), Tuenti the highly successful social network, Jajah the VOIP business acquired by Telefónica in 2010, Terra the internet contents and portals company, and teams from the new businesses associated with the Telefónica Corporation.

    The mission of Product Development & Innovation (PDi) is to develop and deliver the best digital products, and maximize their benefit to Telefónica. The team builds on the breakthrough work of the R&D organization under the leadership of @carlosdomingo.

    The User Experience Team provides senior leadership on product and innovation practices. The team has established Customer Driven Innovation (CDI) practices as well as Customer Driven Design (CDD) practices. The team is made of researchers, interaction and visual designers, prototypers and writers. It participates at all stages of innovation and product definition – from initial ideation to final production and launch support. The team supports a variety of different product areas – from communications and media services, to eHealth, Cloud or M2M initiatives. We believe in collaboration and work closely with product marketing, engineering, and stakeholders across different parts of Telefónica Digital and the larger Telefónica Group.

    THE OPPORTUNITY

    We are looking for an experienced Creative Director who brings inspiration, creative vision, leadership and passion for creating delightful experiences to the Telefonica Digital. As Creative Director you will be responsible for the look&feel of the Global Products and Services, incorporating the needs of four brands, and multiple platforms and devices.

    In the Creative capacity, you will bring fresh perspectives, rigorous systems thinking, and technical know-how in the converging media space, knowledge of trends, and Global sensitivities to the User Experience team and all our collaborators and partners.

    Within the PDi organization, the Creative Director partners closely with the UX Service Design leadership – focused on specific product areas – to develop overall user experience and look&feel strategy for priority products and services. You will lead teams in the exploration and execution of creative briefs, providing feedback, best practices and thought-leadership at all stages in the product development cycles.

    As senior leader in the UX team, you wlil need to evangelize UX by engaging Executives and leadership teams throughout the organization about design, look&feel and embodying brand parameters. You´ll be interfacing with global and local branding organizations and building the Global product experience look&feel, encapsulating principles and best practices in global UX guidelines.

    Specific Responsibilities

    Set strategic creative direction for Telefonica Digital products and services, with focus on look&feel

    Closely collaborate with the UX Service Design leadership for different ares on the overall user experience expression

    Provide creative direction and reviews with visual design teams across a number of different areas and projects

    Establish processes, protocols and best practices across the organization; establish a critique friendly design culture within the UX team and PDi

    Drive creative & visual excellence throughout the PDi organization

    Develop strong relationships with partners and stakeholders throughout PDi and Telefonica Digital – become a strategic go-to partner for product excellence

    Evangelize Quality of User Experience, Look&Feel and design excellence with leadership teams across different parts of the organization

    Interface with Global and local branding organizations, and external branding agency, to establish Global User Experience Product guidelines

    Evangelize guidelines and collaborate with marketing and branding teams in leading Telefonica countries

    Contribute to building the customer centric culture across Telefonica

    Represent Telefonica Digital UX internally and externally to ensure our products are viewed as innovative, customer centric and high quality

    Continue to build our technical awareness for delivering top quality solutions

    Manages team of visual designers and global guidelines experts; mentors and coaches talent to learn and excel in all areas of product design including look&feel

    Recruiting top talent to the organization

    Experience



    •     12+ years of experience delivering first class web, mobile and ideally TV experiences

    •     4+ years working inside of corporations, building successful partnerships and leadership across complex organizational structures

    •     Experience leading interdisciplinary teams from concepting through implementation

    •     Management experience, leading teams of at least 10 people or more

    •     Deep knowledge of designing for different input technologies and user environments, including key three screens: Mobile, PC, and TV – ability to think big and small.

    •     Expert knowledge of emerging technologies, tools, platform constraints

    •     Ability to lead worksessions with interdisciplinary teams and stakeholders around complex product and design topics – can build bridges internally to build identity of the group and ensure delivery across different parts of the organization

    •     Excellent public speaking and presentation skills

    •     Team player and leader – collaborative, supportive, authoritative and inclusive

    •     Established member of the international design community

    •     MA degree in Communication Design, Product Design, Architecture, or equivalent.

    •     Portfolio review required


     

    Senior Interaction Desginer+

    We are looking for a highly motivated and talented Senior Interaction Designer to join the team of Interaction Designers, Visual Designers and Researchers.
    Designers and researchers work in collaborative teams with project leads, strategists, engineers and domain experts to generate innovative concepts and solutions for multiple screens: TV, PC, mobile and more.
    The Senior Interaction Designer will collaborate with researchers on generating insights, leading ideation sessions with interdisciplinary teams, and articulate product concepts, interaction philosophy and models, as well as use cases and benefits of ideas.
    The individual will need to work conceptually using models and story boards, as well as pragmatically through detailed interaction flows and specifications.

    Responsibilities

  • Deliver superior & industry leading product design for specific projects and initiatives.
  • Collaborate with researchers on generating customer insights.
  • Communicate, document, and represent product concepts, user scenarios and designs to team members, senior management and key stakeholders.
  • Expertly craft documentation to represent the team's vision around user experience, including: storyboards, schematics, style guides, movies, PPTs and prototypes.
  • Develop information architecture, interaction design, wire frames and software UI, that meet user needs, user tasks, marketing requirements and business objectives.
  • Create interaction design guidelines and principles to be applied across global product solutions.
  • Partner closely with Product and Initiative leaders and engineers to ensure delivery of quality solution that meets all requirements and provides a consistent product design approach.
  • Work with the rest of the Research, Visual and Interaction design team to articulate methods and best practices, and share them with the larger TID community.
  • Support multiple projects in parallel; organize and manage assignments in a dynamic environment.

    Experience
  • Experience designing for different input technologies and user environments, including key three screens: Mobile, PC, TV.
  • Excellent command of: user experience methods, design principles, problem-framing skills and research methods.
  • Excellent ability to deliver mental models, concept sketches, workflows, information architecture and UI components.
  • Strong visual design sense, along with prototyping skills on interactive visualization technologies such as Adobe Suite, Flash, DHTML, CSS, AJAX, etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to articulate a vision for design and deliver on it.
  • Experience working in a rapid application development environment using appropriate tools and techniques. Experience with agile development is a plus.

  • User modeling
    Big Data engineer+

    Goals:
    Engineer products that analyse massive amounts of data to create user insights

    Responsibilities:

    • Working with a team of highly skilled data analysts and engineers to develop products that can reach hundreds of millions of users.

    • Having continuous interaction with other engineers and the team and data analysts to transform new, innovative analytical models into scalable products that are ready to be deployed across the Telefonica footprint.

    • Developing products aligned with the company technological strategy and using the Hadoop ecosystem, but with curiosity for trying new things.

    • Liaising with other product teams.


    Position contacts:
    Open communication with the team, technical lead, scrum master and product owner.

    Requirements:
    • Excellent understanding of Big Data and the technologies involved.

    • Strong experience using the Map&Reduce paradigm

    • Hands-on experience with Hadoop, Hive, Pig and other parts of the Hadoop ecosystem.

    • Knowledge of No-SQL and New-SQL databases, especially Mongo DB, is a plus.

    • Experience with relational databases.

    • Knowledge of data mining and experience working with data scientists and analysts is a big plus.

    • Creative and open mindset to face new challenges and identify new opportunities.

    • Good communication skills.

    Video Services
    Video Middleware Tech Expert+

    Goals:
    Define the roadmap and ensure the quality deliveries for middleware partners that contribute to the creation of the best in class video services in Telefonica Set Top  Boxes, both in the IP and broadcasting domains (satellite, cable, DTT).

    Responsibilities:

    Job functions fall within the framework of the Video Services activities in Telefónica to create differential services based on broadcasting and leverage the Telefonica Global Video Platform.

    • Identification and specification of the requirements for middleware layer
    • Guarantee quality deliveries to meet expected Time To Market


    Leadership:

    We are looking for deep expertise in the design of tech solutions for embedded systems, regarding the development of Set Top Boxes, including IP and broadcasting solutions.
    We value recognized prestige and experience in embedded devices programming, so as Digital Rights Management and Conditional Access Systems.
    Global vision of state of the art and technological innovation trends in the field of chipset technology and other critical components in the hardware architecture, as well as leading development teams working on STB design and manufacturing  business and the telecommunications operator business in particular.

    Position contacts:

    Internal:
    Dialogue with marketing and product leaders at Telefónica Digital to work together on the conceptualization, architecture design and development of the middleware layer capabilities and differential services.

    Dialogue with technological specialists in the Video Services area to collaborate on the development of new video technologies and their application. Likewise, contact with experts for collaboration on technology outreach activities and projects, as well as in leading national and international forums.


    External:
    Deal with Telefonica middleware partners for joint collaboration and development of the features and capabilities on video products and services for Set Top Box development.

    Requirements:

    Knowledge and expertise on STB hardware:
     • Chipsets: Architecture, processing power, accelerators, HAL.
     • Main components, such as memory, communication buses, tuners.

    Deep expertise on embedded systems
     • Embedded development Platforms
     • Real Time Operating Systems
     • STB Embedded browsers

    Integration of Content Security
    • Conditional Access Systems, specially Nagravision
    • DRMs for VoD and LiveOTT

    Excellent understanding of Broadcasting Standards
    • DVB Digital Terrestrial TV
    • DVB Satellite
    • DVB Cable
    • ISDB-T
    • Version upgrade systems and mechanisms

    Vision and expertise on software architecture to build video services
    • Mediaplayers
    • HTML
    • Java/JavaScript
    • SVG

    Certification and Homologation of software and devices.