Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect , Software Development

Tata Communications; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Communications is looking for an experienced telecom architect to design and oversee the architecture of a telecom lifecycle platform. You will be responsible for integrating business and operational requirements into scalable solutions while leading engineering teams to enforce best practices.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in telecom architectures, microservices, and programming, as well as excellent communication skills to interact with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of telecom architecture, OSS/BSS, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with cloud-native design and multi-cloud environments.
• Strong programming skills in languages like Python, Java, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the architecture of a telecom lifecycle platform.
• Lead the platform development decisions and ensure best practices.
• Collaborate with teams to prioritize features and optimize performance.

Skills

Telecom architecture understanding

Microservices

Kubernetes

Python

DevSecOps

AI/ML in telecom

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Responsibilities

• 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.