AVP-Telco Cloud Architecture, Automation & Services
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Job Summary
The Telco Cloud Core Architect & Automation and services is responsible for defining and driving the architecture of the cloud-native core platform while shaping the company’s API strategy to enable scalable, secure, and interoperable services. This role ensures alignment between cloud infrastructure, 4G/5G core evolution, digital platforms, and API products—enabling faster innovation, improved service exposure, and ecosystem growth.
The role collaborates with Engineering, TechCo, Product, IT/Digital, Cybersecurity, and external partners to build an architecture that accelerates digital services, supports network modernization, and unlocks new monetization opportunities through APIs
Key Responsibitliy
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Key Responsibilities |
Key Result Areas |
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Design and govern cloud‑native core architecture (EPC, IMS, 5G Core, UDM, PCF, NEF). |
Stable, scalable cloud-native core platform |
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Define architecture patterns for CNFs/NFVs (e.g. Openstack, Kubernetes), network slicing, edge cloud, and distributed compute. |
Deliver complete target-state and transition-state architecture maps aligned to the technology roadmap. |
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Create long-term roadmap and implementation plans for Telco cloud infrastructure |
Strategic alignment and modernization readiness |
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Define the company’s API strategy covering:
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Alignment with GSMA Open Gateway standards.
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Lead API governance, standards, and lifecycle management (design, versioning, documentation, deprecation). |
Consistent API governance and high adoption across internal/partner ecosystems.
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Oversee API gateways, service mesh, identity, and access frameworks (OAuth2/OIDC/MTLS). |
Robust, secure, and scalable API platform supporting Telco API monetization |
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Partner with Product teams to translate network capabilities into monetizable APIs. |
Faster launch of network and digital services.
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Drive automation (IaC, CI/CD, GitOps) and cloud reliability (SRE, observability). |
Reduce time for changes through optimized CI/CD workflows |
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Ensure platform security, compliance, resilience, and Zero Trust principles. |
Implement Zero Trust controls across identity, workload, and network layers with full policy coverage. |
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Maintain architecture blueprints, reference models, and decision records. |
Publish and update architecture blueprints quarterly with version control and stakeholder sign-off. |
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Lead vendor evaluation, architecture reviews, and technology roadmaps.
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Conduct Architecture Review Boards with ≥90% project compliance to standards. Complete vendor evaluations with standardized scoring, benchmarks, and TCO for 100% major procurements. |
Skills
- Strong experience in cloud-native telco core (EPC, 5G Core SA, IMS, UDM, PCF, NEF).
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes, containers, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), and distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of API frameworks (REST, gRPC), gateways, OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, rate limiting, throttling.
- Familiarity with GSMA Open Gateway / CAMARA and CAPIF architecture.
- Proficiency with IaC (Terraform, Ansible), CI/CD, GitOps.
- Strong grasp of cloud networking (BGP, CNI, overlay networks).
- Understanding of SRE practices and cloud observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Jaeger).
Leadership Competency
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Competency |
Definition |
Expected Behavior |
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Technology Vision |
Shapes cloud-native evolution roadmap |
Defines cloud stack direction for on-prem Telco Core workloads |
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Innovation & Automation |
Drives automation in operations |
Delivers scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure |
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Execution Oversight |
Ensures timely delivery of infrastructure goals |
Tracks infra delivery milestones, issue resolution, and performance optimization |
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API Strategy Leadership |
Leads API enablement and adoption |
Develop robust frameworks for Telco API infrastructure and exposure |
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Stakeholder Engagement |
Collaborates across teams and vendors |
Drives alignment and smooth integration across domains and suppliers |
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Operational Discipline |
Ensure system stability and compliance |
Embeds governance, monitoring, and security standards |
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Infrastructure Strategy |
Guides to hardware and orchestration technology choices |
Selects optimal platform combinations for performance, efficiency, and cost |
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
- 8–15+ years in network/cloud architecture or platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud-native telco systems.
- Experience designing or leading API ecosystems (internal or external).
- Proven leadership in multi-vendor, cross-functional environments.
- Experience initiating or leading AI-based network operations and automation projects in cloud, SDN, or Telco Core domains
- Familiarity with multi-vendor Telco environments, open-source ecosystems, and hardware platform benchmarking
- Strong understanding of infrastructure hardware design including x86, ARM, and AMD platforms, as well as NIC technologies, DPDK, and high-performance network interface requirements
- Strong analytical and architectural thinking,
- Ability to communicate complex material to both technical and business stakeholders.
- Proactive leadership, vendor management, and decision-making.
- Excellent documentation and modelling (UML, ArchiMate).