Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect

Tata Communications; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Communications is seeking an experienced Platform Architect to design and own an end-to-end telecom lifecycle platform, covering onboarding, orchestration, assurance, and decommissioning.

You will translate requirements into scalable solutions, define integration patterns, lead development decisions (microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD), and drive security, observability, and cost optimization across multi-cloud and on-prem deployments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in telecom platform architecture and lifecycle management.
• Expertise with OSS/BSS integrations and TM Forum standards.
• Proven ability to lead architecture decisions and mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end telecom lifecycle platform architecture.
• Translate business requirements into scalable platform roadmaps.
• Define integration patterns and APIs for OSS/BSS and core networks.
• Lead DevOps practices: microservices, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC.
• Ensure security, compliance, observability, and multi-tenant governance.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Roadmap planning

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

Ansible

REST

gRPC

Kafka

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

OpenTelemetry

Python

Java

Go

Job description

• Design and own the end-to-end architecture of a telecom lifecycle platform covering onboarding, orchestration, assurance, and decommissioning.


• Translate business and operational requirements into scalable, resilient platform solutions and roadmaps.


• Define platform integration patterns and APIs for OSS/BSS, RAN, Core, cloud, and third-party systems.


• Lead platform development decisions: microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.


• Ensure platform security, compliance, data governance, and multi-tenant isolation across environments.


• Drive observability: logging, metrics, tracing, automated alerting, and SRE-led runbooks.


• Mentor engineering teams, set architecture standards, and enforce best practices (DevSecOps, testing, code reviews).


• Collaborate with product, operations, and customers to prioritize features, SLAs, and lifecycle automation.


• Optimize cost, performance, and scalability across cloud/on-prem deployments and hybrid topologies.


• Evaluate emerging telecom technologies (AI/ML, intent-based, TM Forum standards) and incorporate into platform roadmap.


• TN Forum alignment

Telecom Domain Skills

• Deep understanding of telecom architecture: RAN, PS Core, CS Core, IP, transport


• Familiarity with OSS/BSS, network orchestration, and lifecycle management


• Knowledge of TM Forum standards (e.g., Open APIs, eTOM, SID)


• Understanding of intent-based networks, AI/ML in telecom, and automation

Architecture Design

• Enterprise architecture and solution design (microservices, event-driven, cloud-native)


• API design and integration patterns (REST, gRPC, Kafka, messaging queues)


• Multi-cloud and hybrid architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem)


• Scalability, resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery design

Development DevOps

• Strong programming: Python, Java, Go, or similar


• Containerization orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm


• CI/CD pipelines, GitOps, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)


• Software testing, debugging, and automated deployment strategies

Security Compliance

• Network and application security, zero-trust architecture


• Data governance, encryption, identity access management


• Compliance with telecom regulations and security standards

Observability Operations

• Logging, monitoring, tracing: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry


• SRE practices, SLI/SLO definition, incident management


• Automated alerting, runbooks, and operational excellence

Leadership Soft Skills

• Technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture governance


• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration


• Strategic thinking, roadmap planning, and prioritization


• Strong communication (written and verbal) to technical and non-technical audiences