System Architect

System Architect Contracting

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a diverse group of engineers, business owners, and industry experts to design and architect strategic solutions.
• Lead 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.
• Provide technical leadership on Network service provisioning/turn up, dispatch, troubleshooting, and service assurance, drawing on extensive knowledge of relevant processes, methodologies, and technologies.
• Leverage a deep understanding of multi-tier application development frameworks to drive end-to-end architecture design.
• Guide cross-functional teams in crafting innovative solutions, clearly communicating the impact on existing systems and processes.
• Champion industry best practices, incorporating emerging tools and technologies in the autonomous network domain.
• Define and document business and architectural requirements, prepare project estimations, and propose innovative technical solutions.
• Participate in all phases of solution development, from initial planning and design to implementation and go-live, ensuring alignment with SOE/SRE standards.
• Design and develop reusable, scalable data models that effectively meet business needs.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence by advocating for best software engineering practices and actively participating in code and design reviews.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders, customers, and suppliers to establish and document high-level solution intent.
• Mentor younger engineers in the team.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work experience, or specialized training.
• Extensive working experience with overall IT architecture, design, systems development in Telecom Equipment build, Network build, Inventory & Topology domains.
• Extensive understanding of Wireline Access, Edge & Core Network technologies, respective Network build & management process.
• Extensive knowledge on Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3 provisioning.
• Experience in distributed systems with data intensive applications and data ingestion/processing frameworks.
• Strong skills 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).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes).
• Experience with telecom tools, including Ericsson and Oracle suite of systems such as TIRKS, WFA, SOAC, MARCH, and M6.
• Experience and solid understanding of the broad business goals and direction, delivering solutions to complex business/ordering problems.
• Quickly able to organize around a problem and engage various teams to solve the challenge.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with stakeholders and report to management.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global teams, including vendors and offshore resources.

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