OSS Architect (Inventory) London, England
Job description
Established in 1984, our client has grown into one of the world’s most reliable telecommunications technology and solutions providers covering over 1500 people with a strong portfolio across OSS, BSS, and VAS solutions.
They deliver comprehensive technology solutions for next-generation network operators including fixed/broadband wireless/mobile service providers, cable MSO, wholesale, local/international carriers and enterprise business telecommunications providers.
Within OSS they have 5 solutions which cover Inventory, Service Assurance (PM / FM), Network Visualization, Fiber Network Design, and Cooper & FiberTesting. We are looking for a Solutions Architect to cover these OSS solutions but with a particular focus on Inventory solutions.
The ideal candidate would have:
- Experience in the OSS Network Inventory Management Domain.
- Deep understanding of Telecom Network design and architectures
- Broad end-to-end view across OSS and BSS technologies and ecosystems including associated technologies such as service assurance/analytics, #SDN/ #NFV and cloud infrastructure, service orchestration & #OSS a#utomation, mediation, billing & charging, #IoT and service exposure.
- Understanding of Inventory Management, Discovery, Activation, Performance, and Fault Management
- Expertise in design and implementation of physical, logical and service inventory models across network technologies
- Experience in network inventory migration
- Deep understanding of service fulfilment processes – Plan to Build, Order to Service
- Experience with orchestration tools such
- Understanding of the Telco OSS Service Fulfilment ecosystem and ideally knowledge of one or more of the following inventory systems – Amdocs ARM (Cramer), Ericsson Granite, #Netcracker, Oracle MetaSolv, etc.
- Expert domain knowledge in multiple telecom technologies ( #DWDM , #SDH , #SONET, #Ethernet , IP, MPLS etc)
- Understanding of #eTOM processes and# TAM applications
- Knowledge of #TmForum Open Digital Framework and Open APIs
- Assisting the Pre-sales teams
- A bachelor\'s degree in computer science, management information systems, engineering or a related field is necessary for this position
- Experience in the communications-related industry(s) operational experience and/or implementing OSS projects within those markets.
- Solution Architecture in the telco OSS domain
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to travel as required
