Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect

Job description

• Design and own the end-to-end architecture of a telecom lifecycle platform covering onboarding, orchestration, assurance, and decommissioning. • Translate business and operational requirements into scalable, resilient platform solutions and roadmaps. • Define platform integration patterns and APIs for OSS/BSS, RAN, Core, cloud, and third-party systems. • Lead platform development decisions: microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. • Ensure platform security, compliance, data governance, and multi-tenant isolation across environments. • Drive observability: logging, metrics, tracing, automated alerting, and SRE-led runbooks. • Mentor engineering teams, set architecture standards, and enforce best practices (DevSecOps, testing, code reviews). • Collaborate with product, operations, and customers to prioritize features, SLAs, and lifecycle automation. • Optimize cost, performance, and scalability across cloud/on-prem deployments and hybrid topologies. • Evaluate emerging telecom technologies (AI/ML, intent-based, TM Forum standards) and incorporate into platform roadmap. • TN Forum alignment **Telecom Domain Skills** • Deep understanding of telecom architecture: RAN, PS Core, CS Core, IP, transport • Familiarity with OSS/BSS, network orchestration, and lifecycle management • Knowledge of TM Forum standards (e.g., Open APIs, eTOM, SID) • Understanding of intent-based networks, AI/ML in telecom, and automation **Architecture Design** • Enterprise architecture and solution design (microservices, event-driven, cloud-native) • API design and integration patterns (REST, gRPC, Kafka, messaging queues) • Multi-cloud and hybrid architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem) • Scalability, resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery design **Development DevOps** • Strong programming: Python, Java, Go, or similar • Containerization orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm • CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) • Software testing, debugging, and automated deployment strategies **Security Compliance** • Network and application security, zero-trust architecture • Data governance, encryption, identity access management • Compliance with telecom regulations and security standards **Observability Operations** • Logging, monitoring, tracing: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry • SRE practices, SLI/SLO definition, incident management • Automated alerting, runbooks, and operational excellence **Leadership Soft Skills** • Technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture governance • Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration • Strategic thinking, roadmap planning, and prioritization • Strong communication (written and verbal) to technical and non-technical audiences