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About this Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced System Architect – rApps to drive the end-to-end architecture of multiple rApps within the CNS portfolio. You will be responsible for defining scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud-native solutions while ensuring alignment with CSE architecture principles and rApps portfolio standards.
As a key technical leader, you will collaborate with Product, System Owners, S&T, NDO experts, SRE, and DevOps teams, providing architectural direction, managing technical risks, and driving long-term platform evolution.

What You Will Do

Architecture Ownership & Design
• Own and evolve the architecture of assigned rApps, including data flows, interfaces, deployment models, and integrations.
• Lead technical studies, opportunity assessments, and architecture decisions across the entire product lifecycle.
• Define and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and design guidelines aligned with SAN rApps architecture.
• Ensure effective integration with EIC/EIAP platform capabilities, including APIs, security, observability, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Define and drive non-functional requirements such as scalability, reliability, performance, security, privacy, and maintainability.
• Support High-Level and Low-Level Design activities and provide architectural guidance to development teams.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and technical debt while driving mitigation plans.
• Translate RAN automation use cases into scalable and production-ready software architectures.
Technical Leadership
• Mentor and guide DevOps teams on architecture strategy, standards, and best practices.
• Lead technical studies, evaluate design trade-offs, and support architectural decision-making.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews to ensure quality and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with SRE teams to address complex technical issues and improve operational excellence.
• Represent development teams in architecture forums and governance boards.

What You Will Bring

Education
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, or a related field. “All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.”
Experience
• 13+ years of experience in software or system development, including significant experience in cloud-native and distributed system architecture.
• Experience in Telecom, RAN, O-RAN, SMO, network automation, or related domains.
• Proven success in Agile DevOps environments, including CI/CD, automated testing, and observability practices.
• Experience driving architecture governance, technical debt management, and cross-functional collaboration.
Technical Skills
• Strong expertise in cloud-native technologies including Kubernetes, containers, microservices, service mesh, and API management.
• Hands-on experience with Python and React development.
• Understanding of RAN automation, Non-RT RIC concepts, and rApps ecosystems.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable, observable, and secure systems.
• Strong knowledge of security and privacy-by-design principles.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven applications and data-centric architectures is an advantage.

Behavioral & Leadership Skills
• Technical leadership ability and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent analytical, decision making and communication skills.