Vodafone

OSM Architect

Vodafone

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: India

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About the role

  • Produce in‑year and long-term (2–5 year) system roadmaps guiding technical upgrades, capacity planning, decommissioning and platform evolution.
  • Participate in design reviews to ensure alignment with domain capabilities, technical strategy, system roadmaps, and architecture principles across the development lifecycle.
  • Evaluate and challenge upstream requirements to achieve a balanced approach to functional and non‑functional needs, ensuring simplicity, performance and cost-effectiveness.
  • Lead and assure all Low-Level Designs (LLDs) and key technical artefacts including migration designs, implementation approaches, test frameworks and operational handover documents.
  • Maintain and monitor platform performance and capacity measures to ensure compliance with business SLAs and long-term technical alignment.
  • Act as Technical Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the domain, providing expertise across applications and infrastructure landscapes.
  • Support major incidents, planned releases, and urgent patching needs in partnership with operations and supplier teams.
  • Support the Domain Lead in evaluating supplier estimates, validating technical scope and ensuring alignment with agreed estimation models.
  • Collaborate closely with delivery partners, product vendors, internal teams, and senior stakeholders to align technical roadmaps and influence product evolution.
  • Coordinate with Programme and Project teams, Architecture groups, Operations, Testing, Technology partners and Supply Chain to deliver high-quality technical outcomes.

Requirements

  • 12–15 years of experience as a Siebel or OSM Technical Architect within telecom or related industries.
  • Strong awareness of telecom architecture, telecom processes and end‑to‑end OSS/BSS flows.
  • Understanding of TM Forum (TMF) frameworks.
  • Excellent capability in MS Excel, Power BI, MS Teams and strong presentation skills.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and problem‑solving abilities.
  • Familiarity with the SAFe framework, Agile methodologies and broad ADM concepts.
  • Proven experience in producing system roadmaps, governing technical designs, and leading architectural initiatives.
  • Demonstrated ability to challenge constructively, think logically and deliver solutions collaboratively.
Benefits
  • Opportunity to lead architectural strategy for critical OSS/BSS platforms within a global organisation.
  • Exposure to large-scale digital transformation initiatives and cutting-edge Telco technology stacks.
  • Collaboration with senior leaders, global technology teams, and strategic partners such as Accenture.
  • A workplace that embraces VOIS EVP pillars — making an impact, belonging, growth, and transforming the future.
  • A culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SiebelOSMtelecom architectureOSS/BSS flowsTM Forum frameworkssystem roadmapstechnical designsarchitectural initiativesAgile methodologiesSAFe framework
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingcollaborationlogical thinkingconstructive challengingpresentation skills