Cloud Services & Observability
* Experience designing for multi-cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments
* Skilled in cloud-native patterns (PaaS, SaaS, serverless, containers, orchestration)
* Cloud platforms (AWS or GCP): commonly used IaaS/PaaS services
* Proficient with observability frameworks (Prometheus, ElasticSearch, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) for metrics, logs and traces
Platform Technologies & BSS Vendor Platforms
* Open source workflow engines (Temporal)
* Stream/batch processing (Flink, Spark)
* Test automation: Robot Framework and BDD - can review BDD robot files
* BSS vendor platforms: Salesforce, Amdocs, Ciena
* BSS/OSS proficiency: awareness of Product Catalogue, CPQ, SOM, EPC and their interactions
* Telecom domain knowledge: basic knowledge of WAN, overlay and security products
Delivery & Governance
* Leads architectural decision-making and design transformation initiatives
* AI/Agentic: enthusiasm for AI-driven process automation
* DevOps/CI-CD pipelines
* Architecture governance: Design Authority, ACF, DRT participation
* Agile/SAFe delivery, Sprint 0 baselining
WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Deliver hands-on solution architecture working closely with IT Systems Architect on internal BSS modernisation: create E2E designs, write HLDs/LLDs, review BDD test automation, model distributed state across systems, drive product/data model refactoring, lead vendor rationalisation and application portfolio simplification. Participate in technical spikes and POCs, mentor engineers, contribute to platform modernisation.