Solution Architect Specialist

Job Req ID: 35893

Posting Date: 5 Jul 2024

Function: Architecture Solution and Design

Unit: Networks

Location:

Outer Ring Road, Bellandur, Bengaluru, India

Salary: competitive

Why this job matters

BT is at forefront of Digital Transformation and rapidly moving towards Autonomous Network (AN) Management. This role holder will define and drive network OSS solution architecture & roadmap which enables higher level network management automation, business agility & drive future innovations towards AN level 5.

Accountable for the solution architecture and support implementation of the next generation network OSS solutions & products.

The role holder meets business objectives, solves business problems, and furthers business success by applying industry, applications, and technical knowledge through the definition of OSS solution architecture.

What you’ll be doing

• Must have working experience of Network OSS Solution Architecture in one or more of Network OSS sub-domains like (1) Infrastructure Plan & Build, (2) Network Inventory Management, (3) Business Process & Workflow Management, (4) Network & Service Activation/Provisioning, (5) Service & Resource Orchestration/Fulfilment.

• Must have experience of Fixed networks (IP, Access, Transmission), network technologies and SDN & NFV based network technologies.

• Good to have knowledge of Mobile networks (4G, 5G – RAN, Transmission, Core) & network technologies.

• Knowledge of fixed network products & services like broadband, ethernet, optical, IP VPN etc.

• Good to have product owner experience in any one of the above-mentioned network OSS sub-domains.

• Will define OSS product feature, capabilities & wider integration architecture.

• Will define and lead on solution architecture (and solution design where applicable) for above mentioned network OSS sub-domains following TMF ODA architecture principles.

• Will work with enterprise architects, other BSS & OSS solution architects, solution designer, product manager, technical architect, software engineers, network users, and CFU stakeholders.

• Should have good experience of software engineering and latest technologies used to realise networks OSS solutions & products, including micro-services architecture & cloud technology.

• Will drive how OSS and BSS interwork to support digital transformation and transformation in the customer user experience.

• Will use & adopt Telecom Standards such as TM Forum eTOM, SID, ODA, NaaS, Open APIs; ETSI MANO, LSO and standards such as Netconf & IETF YANG in Network and OSS.

• Good to have knowledge of AI/ML technologies and its use in OSS solutions and systems (Network & Service Orchestration & Assurance).

• Good to have knowledge of Closed Loop and Autonomous Networks architecture, solutions, use-cases, and assets from wider telecom industry standard organizations like TM Forum, ETSI, ONAP, MEF etc.

• Please note this role is of Network OSS Solution Architect which requires deep knowledge & experience of networks, network technologies, network products & services and network OSS domains mentioned above, which is different from BSS solution architecture.

About us

BT is part of BT Group, along with EE, Openreach, and Plusnet.

Millions of people rely on us every day to help them live their lives, power their businesses, and keep their public services running. We connect friends to family, clients to colleagues, people to possibilities. We keep the wheels of business spinning, and the emergency services responding.

We value diversity and celebrate difference. ‘We embed diversity and inclusion into everything that we do. It’s fundamental to our purpose: we connect for good.’

We all stick to the same values: Personal, Simple, and Brilliant. From day one, you’ll get stuck in to tough challenges, pitch in with ideas, make things happen. But you won’t be alone: we’ll be there with help and support, learning and development.

This is your chance to make a real difference to the world: to be part of the digital transformation of countless lives and businesses. Grab it.

A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

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