Salary
💰 $75 - $78 per hour
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformJ2EEJavaKubernetesMicroservicesNoSQL
About the role
- Lead the solutioning and design of end-state systems for the entire customer circuit lifecycle, including Service Qualification, Service Design, Activation, Test and Turnup, Dispatch, and Service Assurance.
- Provide architectural expertise for telecom products including Broadband, Ethernet, WAVE, PIP, and IDS.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into robust, scalable, and secure architectural designs.
- Evaluate existing systems and processes; identify gaps and opportunities for modernization and optimization within the service lifecycle.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural principles and best practices.
- Define and document architectural requirements, system specifications, interface definitions, and data models.
- Conduct architectural reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and strategic objectives.
- Research and recommend new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance telecom service delivery.
- Ensure solutions are designed with scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability in mind.
- Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders; facilitate workshops and gather requirements.
- Act as liaison between business units, IT development teams, and external vendors.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Eight (8) or more years of progressive experience in IT architecture, system design, and software development, with a significant focus on the telecommunications sector.
- Proven experience as a Solution Architect, specifically in designing end-to-end systems for telecom service lifecycles.
- Primary Skills: Solutions Architecture - Java / J2EE, Solution/Technical Architecture.
- Extensive understanding and hands-on experience with the full lifecycle of customer circuits: Service Qualification, Design, Activation, Test and Turnup, Dispatch, and Service Assurance.
- Deep technical knowledge of telecom products: Broadband (DSL, FTTH), Ethernet Services (EPL, EVPL, ELAN), WAVE (Wavelength Services), PIP (Private IP), IDS (Dedicated Internet Service).
- Strong understanding of telecommunications network architectures and technologies (access, metro, core; Layer 1, 2, 3 protocols; optical networks).
- Familiarity with industry standards and frameworks relevant to telecom operations (TM Forum eTOM, SID, TAM).
- Experience with OSS/BSS systems (inventory, provisioning, fault management, performance management platforms).
- Proficiency in designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and API-driven solutions.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong understanding of database technologies (relational and NoSQL) and data modeling.
- Ability to create high-level and low-level design documents, including architectural diagrams (UML, C4 model).
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to influence and drive architectural decisions within an organization.