Senior Solutions Architect (Telco BSS)

NCS Philippines; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Philippines is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect in Metro Manila to design and implement scalable, robust solutions for complex telco environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define architecture, assess requirements, and deliver enterprise-grade systems including BSS components.

The role emphasizes governance, documentation, and hands-on architecture leadership to ensure security, interoperability, and timely delivery across projects.

Qualifications

• Graduate with a bachelor’s degree in IT, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of solutions architecture experience with telco background.
• Experience with BSS domains and enterprise architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage requirements; review requirements and design architecture.
• Translate requirements into high-level design and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Design end-to-end solutions focusing on scalability, security, and delivery.
• Develop integration plans and data architecture across systems.
• Create architecture governance documents and ensure quality standards.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Telco domain

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Confluence

Jira

Git

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS:

• 10 years solutions architecture experience

• Telco background

• BSS (Business Support Systems)

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

As Solutions Architect, you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing scalable and robust solutions to address business challenges. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will leverage your expertise to architect innovative solutions that align with project and technological requirements.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Requirements Definition and Management

• Participates in proposal generation; i.e. review of the requirement, designing application features and architecture, coming up with the development estimates.

• Translates the user requirements into a high-level application design, and coordinates these specifications with the relevant project stakeholders (e.g. Business Analysts when defining the product features).

Solution Design and Architecture:

• Provides technical solutions for the projects such as Application Architecture, Database Architecture, Infrastructure, Integration, and any other system analysis and design needed.

• Architect end-to-end solutions with detailed designs encompassing system components, interfaces, and integrations to meet business needs, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and deliverability.

Systems Design, Integration and Build:

• Design system components and implement integration strategies for connecting disparate systems and applications using appropriate techniques and standards.

• Defines software modules, and ensure seamless data flow and interoperability across the solution landscape

Data Modeling and Database Design:

• Applies standard data modeling and design techniques based on detailed requirements.

• Develops relevant physical design elements and maintaining mechanisms for storing and accessing data.

Documentation, Architecture Governance and Collaboration:

• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design documents, and implementation guidelines to ensure performance, resiliency, scalability and compliance with security and project requirements.

• Conduct architecture reviews to mitigate risk and ensure adherence to approved technical solutions.

• Review code, designs, and technical deliverables for alignment with architectural principles and quality standards.

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to drive consensus on technical solutions.

• Participates in training, design, documentation, and delivery efforts with the Project Manager.

Technology Evaluation:

• Research and evaluate emerging technologies, frameworks, and tools to recommend optimal solutions. Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices to drive innovation and continuous improvement.

• Other job-related activities that may be assigned from time to time.

FUNCTIONAL/TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

Systems Design, Solution Architecture, Systems Integration and Build, Requirements Definition and Management, Data Modelling and Design, Database Design, Stakeholder Relationship Management

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Teamwork & Collaboration, Accountability, Customer Focus, Communication, Innovation, Quality.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS:

• Education – Graduate with a Bachelor’s Degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering or any related course.

• Related Work Experience – At least 10 years of working experience as a Solutions Architect, providing technical solutions such as system architecture, infrastructure design, and database structure.

  • experience in software engineer roles such as web and mobile application development.

• Knowledge – In-depth experience, knowledge, and understanding of the following:

  • OOP and software design

  • Software development languages such as PHP, Java, Python, .NET

  • Infra as a Code such as Terraform and Cloud Formation

  • Web service integration (SOAP, REST, JSON, XML)

  • Any integration protocols such as SMPP, EMIUCP, and HTTP

  • Public or social media APIs like google API and others

  • Version control (e.g. SVN, GIT).

  • Debugging and optimization skills

  • Collaboration and documentation tools such as Confluence, Jira, Asana, or Trello

  • Cloud Experience in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud is a plus.

  • Frameworks such as TOGAF and Zachman is a plus

• Skills:

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

  • Demonstrates presentation skills with a high degree of comfort for diverse audiences.

  • Must have sound problem resolution, judgment, analytical and decision-making.

  • Possesses solid Stakeholder Relationship Management and the ability to collaborate with various teams to attain goals and pursue excellence.

  • Demonstrates excellent Organizational, Time Management, and Attention to Detail Skills.

  • Ability to work with minimum supervision and able to guide new team members.

  • Must be adept to work in a fast-paced environment with tight SLAs.