Cms - Telecom Network Automation Architect

CMS - Telecom Network Automation Architect

This role has been designated as ‘Edge’, which means you will primarily work outside of an HPE office.

**Who We Are**:
Our** Communication Technology Group is a** business with 30+ years of digital transformation expertise. We are on a mission to be HPE's transformation catalyst for the 5G economy, driving innovation from the edge to the cloud through secure, open solution stacks, delivered as a service.

By 2030, more than 100 billion things will be connected via 5G networks. These networks will need to be highly available and agile to deliver personalized experiences.

For more than three decades, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has been delivering technology services to the biggest Telco carriers on the planet. We support more than 300 Telcos in 160 countries, serving over 850 million subscribers, with 96% of the Top 25 Telcos using HPE infrastructure.

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your skills and imagination to enable this Telco evolution? Are you looking for an inclusive, flexible work environment, where everyone’s uniqueness is appreciated? Do you want to be challenged, have the freedom to innovate, continuously learn and grow, while being supported by a team of other innovators ready push beyond the status quo? Then we have the right opportunity for you

**Job Description - **CMS Telecom Network Automation Solution Architect

You will engage closely with the customer key decision makers/influencers, partners and SI’s to broaden our market footprint in OSS, Orchestration and Network Automation space. You will work closely with product managers and other solution architects to continuously develop own understanding of the products and provide feedback to enhance capability of those products.

You will support the presales activities and support proactively the bid manager in providing target architecture, integrations, accurate sizing and estimation of tasks, assessment of technology risks, and recommendations for the implementation. So instead of looking for guidance you'll be mentoring, managing and taking ownership of its actions.

This is a regional role and you are expected to support any activities in the API Sub-Geo when called upon. Travelling is expected especially to interface with potential and existing customers.
- Good understanding in Orchestration, NFV/SDN, Order Management and OSS
- Good understanding in relevant industry standards, TMForum, ETSI, 3GPP
- Good understanding in Telecom business processes such as Order to Activate, Trouble to Resolution and related KPI
- Practical experiences in OpenStack, Kubernetes and other Cloud native environments
- Practical experiences in CI/CD and DevOps in terms of deploying Telecom network functions
- Good experiences running Business and/or technical workshops with Clients
- Good experiences communicating and leveraging internal matrix organization - Sales, Product, Delivery and Support
- Experiences on public cloud service providers like AWS, MS Azure are advantage
- Good experience in responding to RFx and ensuring good compliance levels while not over-committing to the requirements
- Excellent communication skills in communicating with international customers
- Skilled in creating technical presentation slides that caters to customers’ requirements/expectations with excellent presentation skills
- Able to provide demos of HPE Orchestration/OSS products to prospective customers
- Able to design solutions with complex/hybrid requirements utilizing different products and technologies
- Able to present technical presentations for RFx clarifications to customers.
- Work with delivery team to support the definition of requirements, statement of work in order to match the expected RFP compliance responses
- Assist delivery team and customers on testing/UAT matters when required
- Willing to travel to meet customers for on-premise demos/presentations etc.
- Able to support sales team for new lead generation and business development activities
- Capturing customer requirements, feedback and market trends, able to suggest enhancements in existing products such as new modules, micro services per industry insights

Role:

- Will be responsible for architecting, designing and implementing solutions for Telecom Digital transformation.
- Knowledge of telecom network standards of 3G/4G and 5G
- Knowledge of Telco Network solutions will be an advantage
- Good experience in responding to RFI/RFP and able to lead and work with a diverse team to propose the best solution to the customer
- You will maintain a professional working relationship at multiple levels both internally and externally (with the client and partners) by developing a core understanding of the client’s unique business needs and competitive challenges
- Tailor strategy and architect solutions to meet the needs of the client, and interface with both internal and external/industry experts to anticipate customer needs and facilitate