Senior Solutions Architect

Senior Solutions Architect

Recruitment Agency Reference: 7042880
Location: Remote

Duration: 26 weeks

A position has arisen for a Senior Solutions Architect within a leading Telecoms provider, which will be sat in front of the marketing and technical teams to run a technical coordination function. The role includes assembling the IT and networking components within the product and to translate expectations between the engineering operations team and the product managers. The successful candidate will have product development and architecture experience within a service provider environment.

Duties will include:

• Working on business critical projects and undertaking the role of lead Architect in order to define and drive development of technical solutions for VMB’s product catalogue

• Involves elements of strategy, lifecycle, compliance and customer solution consultancy to ensure architectural service principles are addressed for in-life and future products as well as those currently in development

• Will encompass a broad mix of products across Data, Voice and Value Added Services (VAS) portfolios such as Internet, VPN (IP / Ethernet), SD-WAN, Managed Security, Voice and Unified Comms based on established and bleeding edge technologies

• Working on multiple New Product Development (NPD) projects in the B2B domain, translating product requirements into High Level Architectures and Solution Designs and helping to shape and drive projects through all stages from initial idea through to technical readiness

• Working closely with the VMB Product Management and Business Analysts to help define suitable, technically valid and feasible requirements based on technical and budget constraints

• Working with platform and system specialists to form an E2E product solution from customer premises through access, edge and core networks, centralised services platforms and key network systems and Operational Support Systems

• Defining and documenting solutions using templates and processes that enable delivery of the solution by downstream teams including Engineering, IT, Operations and Information Security

• Provide in-life management and consultancy for existing B2B product architectures through interaction with a range of technical and business stakeholders

The successful candidate should have:

• Strong understanding of data and voice networking with proven experience at senior technical level essential (CCNP/CCIE/CCDP/MEF-CECP DATA or equivalent beneficial)

• Experience of delivering VoIP (voice over IP) services and the challenges to ensuring good voice quality

• Ability to analyse potential security threats to service and propose mitigations

• Experience in a technical business services Architecture role

• Experience working in a Service Provider environment, such as through employment directly with a SP or with a Systems Integrator or SP-focused vendor

• Solid understanding of new and emerging technologies such as cloud, SDN / NFV, automation and a desire to keep abreast of industry developments and trends

• Strong ‘cloud voice’ credentials, having likely worked on Cloud SBCs or other similar platforms

• Understanding of key standards, regulatory and compliance organisations and considerations

• Experience using Cisco, HTS, Metaswitch, Ribbon, 8x8 and Broadsoft

To apply for this role, or to find out about other technology jobs, please contact Jodie Roxborough on the Reading Digital Recruitment team on 0118 207 1212 or jroxborough@venngroup.com.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.