R&d - Solution Architect

R&D Architecture (RDA) comprises capturing of business, operational, technical, and / or non functional requirements from the stakeholders and the delivery of an architecture to meet the defined needs and constraints. Contains processing of use case and feature requirements into conceptual models, operational scenarios, technical requirements, and functional descriptions. RDA has a broad system and product architecture competence and ecosystem understanding.

**Key Roles & Responsibilities**
- Defining **architectural **standards and best practices to ensure **high-quality software design **.
- Preparing High-level and Low-level designs **(HLD/LLD).**:

- Responding to **RFPs **from customers and translating to proposals.
- Conducting **technical discussions **with customers and translating them to actionable plans.
- Mentoring and supporting developers to foster a culture of **continuous improvement.**:

- Keeping up with industry trends and **emerging technologies **to inform **architectural decisions.**

**Mandatory Skillset**
- **Telecom Domain is a must, including in-depth understanding of 2G/3G/4G/5G/VoIP/VoWi-fi core network Architecture, related call flows **and **protocols **. Location services (LCS) and related call flows knowledge is a plus.
- Good working experience in **C/C++, Java with focus on **Multithreading, Inter Process Communication (IPC), Client-server based communication model.
- Good understanding of **3GPP (E-UTRAN, NG-RAN, IMS etc.), OMA, ATIS, NENA and related standards for LCS.**:

- Working Knowledge with **SS7, Diameter, SIP, HTTP2.**:

- Working knowledge with **TCP/IP, TLS.**:

- **In-depth understanding of at least one SQL (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL) and one NoSQL DBMS (e.g. Cassandra, Redis etc.,)**:

- Experience in **LDAP, SOAP, XML, JSON.**:

- Familiar with the **positioning **methods ex**:CID/ECID, TDOA, AGNSS **etc.
- Good in-depth Knowledge of Linux particularly **RHEL/Rocky Linux **concepts.
- Good understanding of **Cloud-native and traditional BareMetal and Virtualized **solutions. Understanding of OpenStack, Red hat OpenShift is a plus
- Good working experience with container runtime like **Docker/Podman **and helm for k8s package management.
- Solid system level troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Working knowledge of **GitHub/Gerrit (GIT) **, **JIRA.**:

- Good Soft skills - Interaction with Customer/market teams for Requirement Gathering and design discussions.

**Good to have**
- RestFul API design ( **using HTTP and/or HTTP2 **).
- **Golang/Lua/JavaScript/Python/Shell **development **knowledge good to have.**:

- Experience in DevOps - Writing CI/CD Pipelines and use of tools like **Jenkins **and **Ansible **for Build Automation & Deployment/Configuration.
- Agile and Iterative S/W Architecture/development experience is a plus.

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