Solution Architect - Telecom CRM

Key Responsibilities

• Define the overall architecture for a large-scale Telecom CRM platform.

• Design highly available, fault-tolerant, and horizontally scalable microservices.

• Build systems capable of handling high TPS (Transactions Per Second) and high-volume workloads with low latency.

• Design event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka for asynchronous communication.

• Establish API standards aligned with TM Forum Open APIs.

• Define database architecture, data modeling, and performance optimization strategies using MySQL.

• Drive cloud-native architecture and deployment strategies on Kubernetes.

• Define security, observability, logging, monitoring, and resiliency standards.

• Review solution designs and provide technical guidance to development teams.

• Collaborate with frontend teams to define integration patterns for React-based Micro Frontends.

• Lead architecture reviews, proof of concepts, and technology evaluations.

• Mentor senior engineers and promote engineering best practices.

• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, maintainability, and security requirements.

Required Technical Skills

Backend

• Expert in Java (11/17+) and Spring Boot

• Strong understanding of Microservices Architecture

• REST API design and API-first development

• TM Forum Open APIs (TMF Open APIs)

• Experience building distributed systems

Messaging Integration

• Apache Kafka

• Event-Driven Architecture

• Asynchronous messaging patterns

• Event Sourcing and CQRS (preferred)

Database

• MySQL performance tuning

• Database design and normalization

• Indexing, partitioning, replication, and high availability

Cloud DevOps

• Kubernetes

• Docker

• CI/CD pipelines

• Cloud-native application architecture

Frontend

• Understanding of React

• Experience with Micro Frontend architecture

• API integration patterns

Architecture

• High TPS and high-throughput system design

• Distributed systems architecture

• Scalability and performance optimization

• Caching strategies

• Resilience patterns (Circuit Breaker, Retry, Bulkhead)

• Load balancing

• API Gateway patterns

• Service discovery

• Distributed tracing and observability

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of software development experience with at least 5 years in an Architecture role.

• Telecom/BSS/OSS domain experience.

• Experience implementing TM Forum Open APIs.

• Experience running Kubernetes in production environments.

• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD).

• Experience with Event-Driven Architecture (EDA).

• Familiarity with OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and IAM solutions such as Keycloak.

• Experience with performance testing and capacity planning.

Desired Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Strong system design and architectural skills.

• Ability to balance business requirements with technical solutions.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience leading multiple engineering teams.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Passion for mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.