col-wideJob Description:Celfocus is a European high-tech system integrator, providing professional services focused on creating business value through Analytics and Cognitive solutions – addressing Telecommunications, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and other markets' strategic opportunities.Serving Clients in 25+ countries, Celfocus delivers solutions such as accelerating digital network transformation in Autonomous Networks, elevating and monetising business services in B2B2x ecosystems, and providing highly relevant customer experiences through Hyper-personalisation solutions.Make an impactby working for sectors where technology is the enabler, everything is ground-breaking and there's a constant need to be innovative.Be part of the teamthat combines business knowledge, technological edge and a design experience. Our different backgrounds and know-how are key in developing solutions and experiences for digital clients. Face challengesand learn other ways of thinking and seeing the world - there's always room for your energy and creativity.About the roleThe Lead Architect will collaborate closely with our Pre-Sales and Delivery teams to engage with international clients. This role offers the chance to interact with a diverse range of stakeholders and to play a key part in an innovative industry whether by participating in offer definition, pre-sales support and project delivery. Role in Pre-sales and Offer: Analyze the market needs and address them with the technology trends. Review functional and non-functional requirements compliance. Work with technical teams to help them identify the best way to address each solution component. Present and defend proposed solutions during the bid process with the relevant stakeholders.Lead PoC initiatives.Interact with software vendors and partners to evaluate technology and functional fit towards the value streams strategy and reference architecture.Role in Project: Technical oversight of projects and compliance with reference architecture.Produce solution blueprint, architecture roadmap and solution design documents. Work closely with our customers to understand the needs, constraints and jointly define the way forward towards the solution. Support the teams producing high-level, functional, and low-level design documents. As a part of your job, you will:Design and maintain reference architecture for B2B2X offers.Provide architecture leadership in B2B2X offer development and go to market.Guarantee the adoption of architecture and standards methodology. Review business context for solutions as well as define the vision and requirements, recommend potential options, select the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution. Active contribution, leading or supporting, pre-sales or innovation activities e.g. RFIs, RFPs or prototype development.Understand the current systems blueprint and advise on transition architectures to meet the solution requirements and client strategy and goals.Provide supervision and guidance to architecture and development teams. Describe the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of the architecture to various stakeholders.What are we looking for?Proven work experience as a Solution Architect or similar role (minimum 5 years). Strong knowledge of Telco Business and IT Architecture. Knowledge of B2B solutions and use cases.Knowledge of industry standards (e.g. TM Forum).Strong experience in Digital or BSS Transformation projects.Knowledge of Omnichannel solution and concepts. Good understanding of API Management and Enterprise Service Bus solutions, and their role and responsibility in a typical enterprise architecture. Knowledge of Data Architecture concepts.Experience designing Microservices and Event driven architectures.Knowledge of Cloud Platforms like AWS, Azure & GCP is preferred. Knowledge of containerization concepts and technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Strong capacity to produce documentation using adequate tools and standards, like BPMN or UML.Personal traits:Ability to adapt to different contexts, teams and ClientsTeamwork skills but also sense of autonomyMotivation for international projects and ok if travel is includedWillingness to collaborate with other playersStrong communication skillsWe want people who like to roll up their sleeves and open their minds. Believe this is you? Come join the Team!
