AGM - Solution Delivery

Vodafone Idea Limited; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone Idea Limited in Pune is seeking a Lead, BSS IT applications to oversee delivery, maintenance and support of key BSS systems. You will drive end-to-end changes across Agile, Waterfall and DevOps, ensuring platform stability, 24x7 availability and timely incident resolution.

You will collaborate with internal teams, partners and vendors to manage risks, drive operational efficiency and modernisation across telecom billing and bill presentment tasks. Strong ITIL/DevOps background required.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/MCA in IT/Technology required.
• Strong knowledge of Agile/DevOps frameworks and tools.
• Sound knowledge of SDLC and ITIL-based operations.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of changes to BSS IT applications, ensuring feasibility and alignment with business priorities.
• Review designs, backlogs, test strategies, and release plans for quality and scope alignment.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, IT teams, partners, and vendors for planning and timely milestones.
• Drive 24x7 operations, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and SLA adherence for critical services.
• Identify automation and modernization opportunities to improve resiliency and efficiency.

Skills

BSS SME

Telecom billing

Agile/DevOps

Incident management

Automation

ITIL

Education

BE / BTech / MCA in IT/Technology

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Prometheus

Grafana

Java

IBM WebSphere

WildFly

Oracle

SingleStore

Microsoft Project

Job description

Vodafone Idea Limited is an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership. It is India’s leading telecom service provider. The Company provides pan India Voice and Data services across 2G, 3G and 4G platform. With the large spectrum portfolio to support the growing demand for data and voice, the company is committed to deliver delightful customer experiences and contribute towards creating a truly ‘Digital India’ by enabling millions of citizens to connect and build a better tomorrow. The Company is developing infrastructure to introduce newer and smarter technologies, making both retail and enterprise customers future ready with innovative offerings, conveniently accessible through an ecosystem of digital channels as well as extensive on-ground presence. The Company is listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At VIL, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best.

VIL's goal is to build and maintain a workforce that is diverse in experience and background but uniform in reflecting our Values of Passion, Boldness, Trust, Speed and Digital. Consequently, our recruiting efforts are directed towards attracting and retaining best and brightest talents. Our endeavour is to be First Choice for prospective employees.

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VIL is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversifying its workforce.

Job Purpose:

Lead the delivery, development, maintenance, and operational support of assigned BSS IT applications, ensuring reliable, scalable, and high-quality technology solutions aligned with business and IT priorities. Drive end-to-end execution across Agile, Waterfall, and DevOps delivery models, with accountability for platform stability, service availability, production rollouts, and timely L2/L3 incident resolution. Collaborate with internal teams, partners, and vendors to manage risks, improve operational efficiency, and enable continuous technology modernisation.

Key Accountabilities:

• Act as the technology and BSS domain SME for Telecom Billing and Bill Presentment application, ensuring solution feasibility and effective translation of business requirements into scalable technology outcomes.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of change requests, enhancements, and projects across Agile, Waterfall, and DevOps delivery models, ensuring adherence to agreed scope, timelines, quality standards, and business priorities.
• Review solution designs, product backlogs, low-level designs, development approaches, testing strategies, and release plans to ensure alignment with system capabilities, enterprise architecture, cost objectives, and technology roadmaps.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders, IT teams, partners, and vendors for requirements clarification, effort validation, delivery planning, issue resolution, and timely completion of project milestones.
• Drive stable 24x7 operations for business-critical BSS platforms by monitoring availability, uptime, service performance, operational KPIs, business transaction trends, and technical success/failure patterns.
• Manage L2/L3 production support, incident resolution, problem management, root-cause analysis, MTTR reduction, and SLA adherence for critical business services and platform operations.
• Ensure disciplined adherence to IT service management processes, including incident, problem, change, release, deployment, post-production validation, and service assurance governance.
• Identify and implement automation, proactive monitoring, alarm optimisation, process improvements, and technology modernisation initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, resiliency, and service reliability across the BSS portfolio.
• Ability to assess solution design, integration dependencies, non-functional requirements, performance, availability, security, privacy, and operational resilience Application & platforms.

Competency:

Functional Competencies: Strong understanding of telecom revenue management processes, including activation, provisioning, rating, charging, billing, collections, disputes, product catalogue, bill presentment, revenue assurance, and downstream financial workflows.

Technical Competencies: Working knowledge of billing and charging platforms (Viz 6D and Amdocs Billing Suites), Aurion Pro Bill presentation and formats [PS, PDF, XML], Understanding of Mobility and Fixed line data and voice products [Viz, ILL IPLC, ITFS, cloud telephony etc], DevOps tools and technologies Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana, Java technologies, Middleware’s [IBM WebSphere, Wildfly etc.] , Databases [Oracle, Single Store etc] and ITIL aligned operations in a distributed architecture setup.

Technical/Professional Qualification:

• BE / B-tech / MCA degree in IT/Technology
• Sound knowledge of Agile/DevOps frameworks/methodology and Tools
• Sound Knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)
• Industry certification like ITIL, PRINCE2, CSM, PMP
• Technical degree from Premium institute will be an added advantage

Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills. Competent in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Word.

Vodafone Idea Limited (formerly Idea Cellular Limited)
An Aditya Birla Group & Vodafone partnership