Job Description :
Solution Architect Summary
On behalf of Procom Services, our client is seeking a high caliber senior architect with excellent technical skills. The Solution Architect is expected to work directly with customers, and the ideal candidate will possess an analytical mind, excellent communication skills, superior presentation experience, and a successful track record in a similar role. The candidate must have the desire and determination to expand the definition and delivery of our client’s solutions, and be able to position high-value solutions that enable our customers to solve business problems and maximize their return on investment.
Solution Architect Responsibilities
This individual will be responsible for the translation of our customer’s Service Assurance requirements across physical and virtual network topologies into specific product or service solutions. They must be able to identify, analyze, and resolve system design issues up front. This individual will need to establish a collaborative process to identify and document business needs to operate and grow successfully in a Micro-services virtualized service assurance environment. This also includes the deployment of micro-services along with owning the implementation aspects of Micro-services, and regulating DevOps deliverables, including translating requirements into Sprints, Epics, and Stories within a clients development system.
Solution Architects applying for this position should have a strong combination of virtual software, Micro-services and technical architecture knowledge, business/ROI value realization, and presentation skills.
Identify and capture customer requirements and identify new sales opportunities
Work with clients to enter stories and align sprints for solution rollout
Integrate within multiple client organizations to establish virtual service assurance infrastructure planning across telecom operations groups
Establish, integrate and automate architecture blueprint designs around virtual infrastructure and DevOps.
Work in an agile environment
Participate/Lead in design discussions & client meetings
Foster relationships and collaboration with customers to establish our client’s leadership in meeting complex customer service assurance requirements, using virtualized, Micro-services based solutions
Support the business through collaboration with product management on proposals, statement of work and other key documentation
Work closely with clients and internal teams to define, analyze, and design appropriate business and technical solutions to meet the customer's business and financial objectives
Work closely with clients, partners, other architects and project managers to deliver scalable, re-usable, and well-documented solutions
Provide input on roadmap deliverables to the product management team.
Position will require 75% business travel to client locations
Solution Architect Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in technical focus or in data and telecommunications.
Master’s degree with a technology focus is a plus
Minimum of 5 years of experience in telecommunications support systems design or deployment
Minimum of 3 years’ experience designing or implementing telecommunication support solutions using micro-services
Diverse knowledge with Micro-services systems and architectures
Extensive hands-on DevOps experience, Containers/Dockers, Continuous Integration and delivery
Strong Agile development process experience
Extensive experience working with Tier 1 and 2 carriers and MSO’s implementing large scale service assurance solutions
Strong networking background, specifically in carrier networks and services
Knowledge of java, JavaScript, jQuery, RESTful, JSON and related technologies
Protocols and Standards: Ethernet, SDN Technologies and Principles, OSPF, BGP, RTP, RTCP, Netconf-Yang
Networking: WAN, LAN, MAN, Data Center
Software: Linux
Data Model Knowledge – YANG
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
Preferred Qualifications
Working understanding of the Agile Development Process desired
Contributor in open source, user groups and conferences a plus
Solution Architect Contract Length
12 Months (contract to hire)
Solution Architect Start Date
Immediate