Senior Solutions Architect

Job Description:

Job Description:

•Responsible and accountable for conceptual and functional design of OSS solutions for customer implementation. These solutions cross a range of broadband services including: VoIP, High Speed Data, Wireless, Video services and any new product development.
•Participates in and drives design sessions with customers and with internal resources.
•Creates and maintains the Use Cases, Interface Specifications, and Functional Requirements Document
•Drives the technical resolution of issues arising from changes to scope, requirements, design, etc.
•Reviews the Technical Architecture documents to ensure all required functionality is implemented
•Works with Quality Assurance to transfer knowledge and develop the test strategy and validate the test plan
•Works with Documentation to ensure accurate representation of design and capability within technical publications
•Provides knowledge and thought leadership in the domain, including:
oUnderstanding the technologies involved in the delivery of broadband services such as VOIP, and how they relate to the Solution Suite
oTransferring this domain and product knowledge both internally and externally, via white papers or speaking engagements
oProviding company’s representation to industry groups and standards bodies such as CableLabs, TMF, etc.
•Works with Product Management, Marketing and Sales to:
oUnderstand industry trends
oProvide the point of contact with third party vendors (e.g. billing system vendors, call management server vendors) where interfaces need to be built to these systems
oAssist in the preparation of RFI/RFP responses
oPerform technical and functional presentations to prospective customers
•Works with Platform Engineering and the Solution organization to:
oEstablish effective knowledge transfer, training and adoption of suite functionality in customer implementations
oProvide Technology Bridge between professional services with Solutions and Platform Engineering.
oProvide industry and domain consulting services to customers in the area of Video, HSD, Voice and Voice over IP service management
•Provides input on features and functionality of Core platform releases, in conjunction with Product Management


Must Have Skills:


Qualifications:

•Minimum 8 years of progressive work experience, with a minimum of 5 years spent in software development
•Minimum 5 years experience in the telecommunications sector
•Proven experience working with external clients in a consulting role, driving requirements capture and documentation using a Use Case oriented approach
•Outstanding problem-solving skills
•Strong business & technical knowledge of the Telephony, CLEC and VOIP industries
•Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to achieve successful results working closely with customer and internal resources
•Strong communication skills - verbal, written and listening
•Proven ability to achieve challenging goals and objectives.
•Must be pro-active, able to take the initiative and operate independently.
•Must be able to prioritize multiple tasks to make effective use of time
•Must be able to work with UML modeling language
•Must be able to provide business collaboration
•Must have experience with Use case driven development and use case modeling
•Must work in complex delivery in a cluster environment.
•Able to travel approximately 50% of the time (internationally)
•Fluent English


Assets:

•Knowledge of the cable broadband industry or demonstrated expertise in a particular area (DOCSIS, VOIP, etc.) is an asset
•Knowledge and demonstrated experience with inter-carrier processes such as: E911, LSR, CARE, Directory Listing,
•Familiarity with modern development languages and environments including J2EE, Java, Oracle, UNIX.
•OSS Solution integration experience, in the service provisioning field
•Extensive Telco or broadband service provider background
•Telco/Broadband Consulting integration experience
•Understanding of ZACHMAN or other architecture methodology
•Understanding solutions architecture best practices.
•Good understanding of enterprise architecture practices.
•Second language (Portuguese or Japanese preferred)

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