Job Description : Enterprise (Solutions) Architect – BSS focused (18+ yrs)

Job Title:  Enterprise Architect

Role Purpose:

The Enterprise Architect (BSS focussed) creates the E2E architecture principles, architecture assurance framework and guides the E2E Solutions team on a project.

Experience:  18+ Years including 5+ years in Enterprise wide Architecture design, 10+ years in E2E Solutions Architecture & Design, in Telecom BSS domain – especially three or more of Marketing Management, Channels- Lead to Order, Order to Activate, Billing and Charging, Trouble to resolve.

Skills required:

MUST:

1. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to present/communicate the E2E Architecture benefits/issues to business and technical CxOs
2. 5+ years of Enterprise Architecture designing engagements for Telecom Service Providers on transformations programmes comprising large IT estates.
3. 18+ Years of development/design experience with Telco (Wireless/Wireline) B2B/B2C business – BSS domain
4. Good understanding of wireless prepaid / postpaid business, BSS functions and Operations
5. Enterprise Architecture certifications like TOGAF necessary
6. 10+ years of strong experience in delivering E2E Solutions Architecture/ Solutions Design for Telco BSS - liasing with business analysts and platform architects/ designers, with at least one project delivering omni channel experience.
7. Ability to guide and manage E2e solutions team.
8. Should be able to review and assess corporate goals, strategies and assets along with everyday processes and procedures and compare those to available information technology resources
9. Ability to work with CIO and other technical managers to oversee the strategic development of the e2e IT estate
10. Ability to identify areas where cost reduction opportunities may be available and work towards reducing cost by introducing new systems, rationalizing existing systems or improved processes
11. Share review findings and recommendations to executives and stakeholders, along with reports showing the progress in implementing new strategies
12. Good to have certifications like - TM Forum Frameworks: eTOM, TAM, SID and Integration Framework (TNA) and CMM/CMMI.
13. Ability to compare/analyze COTS products and the ability to recommend a particular product based on the strategic IT goals
14. Exposure to multiple and diverse technologies and environments. A good understanding of open source based technologies, micro services, event driven architecture.
15. Also able to explain complex issues to a wider business audience.
16. Ability to build strong and trusted relationships with other teams, vendors and service partners.

Optional :

1. German Language Proficiency.

Job description:

Key Responsibilities

·       As a senior leader in the Architecture team, Leads the E2E Solutions team for the Digital BSS programme for a Telco operator

·       Creates the E2E architecture principles, architecture assurance framework and guides the E2E Solutions team on the project.

·       Liase with CxO level business & technical stakeholders representing the enterprise wide architecture

·       Ensuring maximum re-use of IT assets and services giving value for money, consistency of service, and reducing the costs of future changes.

·       Drive and lead the reduced complexity in the current IT estate – through identifying opportunities for decommissioning, consolidation of components, applications, integration technologies, data and hardware

·       Define the principles and design patterns that guide technology decisions for the enterprise, meeting our commitments around rationalisation and consolidation

·       Guide and support the E2E solutions team, including the business analysts/process teams, during the entire SDLC

1. Being able to Collaborate across the design function and product ownership to shape the roadmap
2. Understand the feature and epic level breakdown to inform the product backlog
3. Strong understanding of BDD principles and working methodology.
4. Writing stories using INVEST principles.
5. Coordinate with SI partners, third-party providers, and offshore teams
6. Good functional understanding of FiServe and WSO2 Identify server
7. Good understanding of API specification documentation, full-stack architecture, and mobile apps developed using BFF design pattern
8. Familiar with Flutter environment and automation testing
9. Working with Abstract, invisionapp
10. Work with Proxy product owners to plan sprints, assist in writing effective user stories and prioritize the backlog
11. Gather functional, non-functional, and technical requirements, being able to translate these into meaningful user stories complete with acceptance criteria
12. Be comfortable working in a typical ‘feature-epic-story’ hierarchy
13. Be the champion of ‘Refinement’ and responsible for ensuring stories adhere to the Client's definition of Ready (DoR)
14. Proven track record as an Agile Business Analyst within a digital Mobile App development space.