Senior Architect (BSS & Billing & Charging)

Key Responsibilities - Define and lead the enterprise architecture vision for BSS, Billing & Charging, aligning with overall business strategy and program objectives. - Serve as the technical authority for BSS, billing, charging, and revenue management domains, establishing a technology roadmap and architectural blueprint. - Architect end-to-end blueprints for BSS, Billing & Charging domains, ensuring seamless data and process flows with other internal systems. - Design scalable, modular, and resilient architectures that integrate legacy components with modern cloud-based services. - Provide thought leadership and drive adoption of the latest technologies and best practices, including AI and machine learning innovations. - Build and enforce architecture governance frameworks, ensuring all solutions adhere to security, compliance, and quality standards. - Lead cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders to translate high-level requirements into robust architectural designs. - Develop comprehensive architecture roadmaps, identifying capability gaps and defining transition plans for BSS, Billing & Charging. Overview - The Senior BSS Architect is a pivotal role within the telecom sector, responsible for leading the technology architecture vision for BSS, billing, charging, and revenue management at stc. - This position ensures that the architecture aligns with the company's business strategies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices. - Operating at a strategic level, this role involves designing scalable and resilient architectures, integrating legacy components with modern cloud-based services. - The architect will influence and guide cross-functional teams, providing leadership in the adoption of new technologies. - The role demands a deep understanding of telecom BSS and Billing & Charging domains, requiring an individual who can translate business requirements into architectural blueprints. - The Senior BSS Architect will work closely with stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration and process flows across systems. - This position is vital for driving large-scale BSS transformation programs, leveraging platforms such as CRM, Ericsson Charging, and Netcracker Billing. - The architect will establish a technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with industry standards and emerging technologies like AI and machine learning. - The role also involves building and enforcing architecture governance frameworks, ensuring that all solutions adhere to security, compliance, and quality standards. Requirements - More than twelve years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture roles with significant exposure to telecom Billing & Charging domains. - Proven success in large-scale BSS transformation programs and experience with platforms such as CRM, Ericsson Charging, and Netcracker Billing. - Deep knowledge of telecom BSS, Billing & Charging systems, and their integration with CRM, ordering, product catalog, and revenue assurance systems. - Familiarity with TOGAF, TM Forum Frameworx, eTOM, SID, Open APIs, and ITIL. - Broad technical expertise across application, data, and integration architectures with experience in integration middleware, APIs, and microservices. - Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to guide cross-functional teams and present strategies to executives. - Experience with cloud-native architecture (AWS or Azure) and DevOps practices.