Solutions Architect – Contract Position
Duration: 13 Weeks
Recruitment Agency Reference: 7025710
Location: Remote
Venn Group are currently working alongside a global Telecommunications company to recruit a Solutions Architect to join the B2B Global Technology team responsible for developing, documenting and acting as design authority for the key B2B Services and Edge architectures. You will be liaising with suppliers and monitoring their roadmaps to ensure the platforms continue to align with business and product objectives. Successful candidates must have experience working for a Service provider or within Telecommunications.
Main Duties:
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Provide technical leadership for B2B developments, design & document End to End designs in line with the development process
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Develop, document and maintain End to End architectures & solutions throughout the platform and product lifecycle, considering product, operations, planning and engineering requirements and impacts on IT, system integration and test teams, also Service Assurance, OSS & Activation
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Identify, critically evaluate and champion opportunities for long term improvement in the networks; including:
- Simplification and standardisation
- Introduction of new technologies capabilities and enhanced scale
- Network optimisations such as topology changes
- Identification of synergies, and cost effective removal of obsolete platforms
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Provide architectural inputs and support to the product development processes
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Ensure that all operational requirements have been considered in the process of developing network architectures and Product designs
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Support project teams and the assessment consultants in the process of developing and evaluating business
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Support of major bids by business to ensure best fit with the network and alignment with roadmaps
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Provide the architecture economics team with periodic guidance on architectural changes that could improve the economics of delivering products and services
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Establish and maintain good relationships with all key stakeholders including peer groups, internal customers, corporate groups and vendors
Essential Skills:
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Cisco Meraki(devices, Dashboard and APIs)
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xDSL (ADSL, VDSL, G.SHDSL) – particularly interested in the use of these technologies in conjunction with tunnelling technologies (L2TP / LNS) and session authentication (RADIUS)
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Ability to drive architectural direction, and substantiate balanced recommendations that reflect a broader business perspective in addition to a technology perspective
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Deep understanding of Ethernet protocols and associated standards
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Good overall knowledge/familiarity with telecommunications technologies, including transmission and IP Voice applications
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A good understanding of network economics and able to support unit economic analysis
To apply for this role or to find out about our other technology roles, please contact Renay Demoore on 0118 207 1212 or rdemoore@venngroup.com
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