IMS Technical Authority / IMS Solution Architect | TANINT Recruitment | Saudi Arabia

TANINT Recruitment; Saudi Arabia; On-site; SAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

TANINT Recruitment in Saudi Arabia seeks an IMS Technical Authority / IMS Solution Architect to lead architectural decisions and governance across carrier-grade IMS platforms, VoLTE, and VoWiFi environments. You will guide design, reviews, and service delivery while coordinating with engineering, operations, and vendors.

This senior role requires hands-on IMS expertise, architecture governance, and the ability to escalate complex technical issues, ensuring high availability and scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, CS or related field.
• Extensive IMS architecture design and operational support experience.
• Deep expertise in Core IMS architecture and service delivery.
• Hands-on experience with CSCF platforms (P-CSCF, I-CSCF, S-CSCF).
• Experience with SBCs and IMS security architectures.
• Knowledge of TAS and service enablement platforms.
• Experience with HSS/UDM and subscriber management.
• Understanding ENUM and number translation.
• Experience with VoLTE/VoWiFi deployments.
• Strong expertise in SIP, Diameter, RTP, HTTP/REST.
• Experience with architecture governance and risk assessments.
• HA, redundancy, DR architectures.
• Leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Authority and Solution Architecture leadership across IMS platforms and services.
• Define, review, and govern IMS architecture standards, designs, and implementation strategies.
• Lead technical assessments and architecture reviews for IMS transformation and enhancement initiatives.
• Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex IMS operational and design issues.
• Evaluate change requests and perform technical impact and risk assessments.
• Ensure solutions align with operational, scalability, security, and availability requirements.
• Support the design and evolution of VoLTE and VoWiFi services across large-scale subscriber environments.
• Review and optimize IMS network performance, redundancy models, and capacity planning strategies.
• Provide expert guidance on SIP, Diameter, RTP, and HTTP/REST signaling and integration architectures.
• Collaborate with vendors, engineering teams, and operational stakeholders on solution delivery and modernization initiatives.
• Lead root cause analysis activities for critical service-affecting incidents and recurring issues.
• Support new service launches, feature introductions, and network transformation programs.
• Develop architecture documentation, technical standards, and governance frameworks.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership across IMS-related projects and operations.

Skills

IMS architecture

Core IMS

SIP signaling

Diameter signaling

VoLTE/VoWiFi

Architectural governance

Stakeholder leadership

Carrier-grade troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering

Electronics Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

CSCF platforms

SBCs

HSS/UDM systems

Signaling protocols (SIP, Diameter)

Job description

Job Title: IMS Technical Authority / IMS Solution Architect | TANINT Recruitment | Saudi Arabia

Recruiting Company: TANINT Recruitment

Job Location: Saudi Arabia

Job Type: 12-Month Extendable Contract

Contract Duration: 12 Months (Extendable)

Industry: Telecommunications | IMS | VoLTE | 5G Core | Digital Voice Services

Position Summary

TANINT Recruitment is seeking a highly experienced IMS Technical Authority / IMS Solution Architect to provide technical leadership across IMS architecture, design, delivery, governance, and operational support. This senior-level role is responsible for driving architecture decisions, ensuring solution integrity, and serving as the highest technical escalation point for complex IMS, VoLTE, and VoWiFi environments.

Detailed Job Description

As an IMS Technical Authority / IMS Solution Architect, you will play a strategic role in the design, evolution, and operational excellence of carrier-grade IMS platforms supporting voice and multimedia services. You will be responsible for reviewing architectures, governing technical standards, assessing change impacts, and ensuring high levels of service availability, scalability, and performance. Working closely with engineering teams, operations, vendors, and business stakeholders, you will provide expert guidance on Core IMS platforms, VoLTE, VoWiFi, and next-generation communication services. The role requires extensive hands-on and architectural experience across IMS core network functions, signaling protocols, high-availability environments, and service delivery platforms. This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior IMS specialist to influence the strategic direction of critical telecommunications infrastructure within a large-scale operator environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Authority and Solution Architecture leadership across IMS platforms and services.
• Define, review, and govern IMS architecture standards, designs, and implementation strategies.
• Lead technical assessments and architecture reviews for IMS transformation and enhancement initiatives.
• Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex IMS operational and design issues.
• Evaluate change requests and perform technical impact and risk assessments.
• Ensure solutions align with operational, scalability, security, and availability requirements.
• Support the design and evolution of VoLTE and VoWiFi services across large-scale subscriber environments.
• Review and optimize IMS network performance, redundancy models, and capacity planning strategies.
• Provide expert guidance on SIP, Diameter, RTP, and HTTP/REST signaling and integration architectures.
• Collaborate with vendors, engineering teams, and operational stakeholders on solution delivery and modernization initiatives.
• Lead root cause analysis activities for critical service-affecting incidents and recurring issues.
• Support new service launches, feature introductions, and network transformation programs.
• Develop architecture documentation, technical standards, and governance frameworks.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide technical leadership across IMS-related projects and operations.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Extensive experience within IMS architecture, design, implementation, and operational support environments.
• Deep expertise in Core IMS architecture and telecommunications service delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with CSCF platforms including P-CSCF, I-CSCF, and S-CSCF.
• Expertise with Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and IMS security architectures.
• Strong knowledge of TAS (Telephony Application Servers) and service enablement platforms.
• Experience supporting HSS, UDM, subscriber management, and authentication systems.
• Strong understanding of ENUM architecture and number translation services.
• Proven experience designing and supporting large-scale VoLTE and VoWiFi deployments.
• Expert-level knowledge of SIP, Diameter, RTP, and HTTP/REST protocols.
• Experience conducting architecture governance, solution reviews, and technical risk assessments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across complex carrier-grade environments.
• Experience supporting high-availability, redundancy, resiliency, and disaster recovery architectures.
• Expertise in IMS capacity planning, scalability analysis, and performance optimization.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with 5G Core voice architecture and VoNR services.
• Knowledge of cloud-native IMS and containerized telecom platforms.
• Experience with Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Mavenir, Oracle, or Ribbon IMS solutions.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, OpenStack, VMware, or telecom virtualization platforms.
• Experience supporting interconnect, roaming, and international voice services.
• Knowledge of network automation and orchestration technologies.

Recruitment Pro Tip

For IMS Technical Authority and Solution Architect positions, hiring managers focus heavily on architecture ownership and measurable business impact. Highlight large-scale IMS deployments, VoLTE and VoWiFi rollouts, architecture review boards you have led, major service incidents resolved, subscriber volumes supported, capacity expansion initiatives delivered, and technical decisions that improved availability, scalability, or customer experience. Quantifiable architectural achievements are often the deciding factor at this level.