Network Systems Solution Architect

Network Systems Solution Architect

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Eight or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience with overall IT architecture, design, systems development in Telecom Equipment build, Network build, Inventory & Topology domains.
• Understanding of Wireline and Wireless Access, Edge & Core Network technologies, respective Network build & management process.
• Knowledge on Layer 1, Layer 2 transport network device configuration & activation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with a diverse group of engineers, business owners, and industry experts to design and architect strategic solutions.
• Leading discussions with the business to determine the requirements and design of large-scale software systems and services that best meets the needs of the business.
• Providing technical leadership on the Network Inventory, Build, Decomm & Topology domains, drawing on your extensive knowledge of relevant processes, methodologies, and technologies.
• Leveraging your deep understanding of multi-tier application development frameworks to drive end-to-end architecture design.
• Guiding cross-functional teams in crafting innovative solutions, clearly communicating the impact on existing systems and processes.
• Championing industry best practices, incorporating emerging tools and technologies in the autonomous network domain.
• Defining and documenting business and architectural requirements, prepare project estimations, and propose innovative technical solutions.
• Participating in all phases of solution development, from initial planning and design to implementation and go-live, ensuring alignment with SOE/SRE standards.
• Designing and developing reusable, scalable data models that effectively meet business needs.
• Fostering a culture of technical excellence by advocating for best software engineering practices and actively participating in code and design reviews.
• Collaborating effectively with stakeholders, customers, and suppliers to establish and document high-level solution intent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes).
• Experience with object-oriented programming, SOA, modular code development, design patterns, multi-threading.
• Experience in distributed systems with data intensive applications and data ingestion/processing frameworks such as Apache Flink, Kafka, Airflow.
• Develop, test, and refine prototypes to demonstrate the feasibility of new ideas.
• Conduct thorough research and analysis to support the development of innovative solutions.
• Present findings and demonstrate prototypes to stakeholders, including executives and potential customers.
• Experience in system design and architecture, including feature definition and low-level design creation.
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., Oracle DB, PostgreSQL, Neo4J, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Passion for exploring new technologies and driving continuous improvement.
• Experience and solid understanding of the broad business goals and direction, delivering solutions to complex business/ordering problems.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams, including vendors and offshore resources.
• Able to organize around a problem and engage various teams to solve the challenge.
• Possess good communication skills to coordinate with stakeholders and report to management.