OSS Solutions Architect

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At Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, you'll be part of an agile, innovative team driving the automation of the world's most complex networks. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge networking technologies, cloud-native architectures, and large-scale automation systems that power global communications. You'll shape solutions for Telco carrier-grade software products in areas like 5G, MEF, and Transport, collaborating with global stakeholders while advancing your expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and telecom standards.

How You Will Contribute

• Define architecture and solution design for technical use cases of Telco carrier-grade software products, including integration with vendors across network scenarios such as 5G, MEF, WDM, Access, Core, and Transport.
• Provide technical leadership to a software engineering team, ensuring delivery of high-quality, functionally excellent products.
• Translate customer requirements and new industry standards into actionable software design and execution activities.
• Drive technical integration between product areas to ensure seamless solutions.
• Foster learning and development of skills required for distributed, highly available, and scalable microservice architectures.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders, including cross-functional R&D teams, PLM and Product Architects, 3rd party vendors, and Field Support teams.

The Must Haves

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• 10+ years of experience in designing and developing OSS solutions within the IT-Telecom/Software industry, focusing on areas such as telco planning, inventory, TMF, service fulfillment, and/or network orchestration.
• Strong expertise in architecture, design, and development of OSS solutions, emphasizing federation, inventory, orchestration, fulfillment, or activation.
• Familiarity with telecom industry standards such as TMF, ETSI, 3GPP, and TOSCA orchestration modeling.
• Proven experience in SDLC process models like Agile, with a consistent and diligent work ethic.
• Exposure to distributed system architecture concepts like high availability.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Groovy, along with experience in Neo4j or other graph databases, and evidence of leadership and design expertise.

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to open-source cloud-native technologies such as ELK, Docker, Kubernetes (K8S), Helm, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Experience as a Business Analyst or Solutions Designer, gathering OSS/Inventory requirements and providing solutions.
• Technical involvement or understanding in solution formulation within a Project Manager role.
• Knowledge of network orchestration and automation solutions.
• Familiarity with microservice development and distributed systems.

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