Principal – Enterprise Architect (Wireless Systems)

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Job Responsibilities

Working with the Wireless Business Unit this person is responsible for the creation of a Wireless Systems Architecture for our company. This architecture will involve all elements of service delivery and service assurance from ordering through fulfillment to customer care.

Minimum Requirements

Education/Experience:
• Must be technically competent in web services (SOAP, WSDL, UDDI) and SOA architectures (ESB, BPM)
• Must understand back office system functionality such as rating and billing, provisioning, databases and directories
• Must understand basic order entry and customer care requirements and processes
• Must understand basic wireless technology concepts, e.g. CDMA/GSM and EVDO/EDGE, HLR, IMS
• Must understand customer-facing systems such as email, voicemail, web, and video services
• Knowledge of several architectural platforms and how constraints effect development and operations of systems.
• Demonstrated experience integrating systems in multi-user, multi-platform, multitasking operating systems environments.
• Ability to analyze, learn, and apply rapidly changing technologies and apply them as part of integrated solutions to business requirements.
• Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence in the overall technology architecture, the architecture team’s knowledge of and concern for customer requirements, and the change process to enhance the architecture.
• Ability to work with executives regarding technology issues. Business focused technologist
• The candidate must be able to work as an internal consultant supporting the needs of the Wireless business unit as a customer.
• Ability to codify different approaches, strategies, and expectations into a unified architectural blueprint. Understands issues and details of integrating diverse technology to deliver scaleable, robust, and high performance solutions.
• Strong systems, network and telecommunications knowledge and solid systems design skills
Superior project management/consulting and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead or facilitate complex, mission critical projects and to develop, participate in and lead multi-disciplinary work teams.
• Strong negotiation and group facilitation skills; ability to move a process forward, while meeting the needs of a variety of clients.
• Excellent managerial skills; collaborative, imaginative, resourceful, reliable, technically savvy.
• Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent. Master’s degree desirable.
• Experience with one or more of the US wireless network operators desirable.
• 5+ years experience as a progressive technology architect for OSS, BSS, and internal network functions in a wireless, communications or media company.