Telecoms Solution Architect - GCP, GenAI & Microservices

Zinkworks; The Municipal District of Athlone — Moate; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zinkworks in Athlone, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Architect to design the core platform that will host and orchestrate AI agents across the enterprise, defining architecture, security standards, and microservices patterns. You will lead solution design for integration frameworks, establish governance for Generative AI (RAG/TSA), define API contracts, and review architectural artefacts across teams.

The ideal candidate blends platform thinking with clear communication to senior stakeholders,

Qualifications

• 5+ years as Senior/Lead Solution Architect.
• Deep expertise in GCP platforms (Cluster, IAM, API management).
• Experience with Vector Databases, LLMs, and Big Data pipelines.
• Mastery of microservices and distributed architectures.
• Strong telecom domain knowledge across RAN, Core, OSS/BSS.
• Hands-on cloud experience across GCP/AWS/Azure.

Responsibilities

• Own the high-level design of the Agentic Platform on Google Cloud (GCP).
• Define how microservices, AI models, and data pipelines interact securely.
• Establish governance patterns for Generative AI, including RAG frameworks and TSA compliance.
• Define API contracts (OpenAPI/Swagger) and event-driven patterns (Pub/Sub).
• Act as the Design Authority, reviewing and approving architectural artefacts across teams.
• Lead solution design of the integration and orchestration frameworks across telecom environments.

Skills

GCP architecture

Microservices

Vector databases & LLMs

Distributed systems

RAN/Core/OSS-BSS

Cloud services (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Apigee

IAM

OpenAPI/Swagger

Pub/Sub

Job description

Zinkworks in Athlone, Ireland, is seeking a Senior Architect to design the core platform that will host and orchestrate AI agents across the enterprise, defining architecture, security standards, and microservices patterns. You will lead solution design for integration frameworks, establish governance for Generative AI (RAG/TSA), define API contracts, and review architectural artefacts across teams.

The ideal candidate blends platform thinking with clear communication to senior stakeholders,