Principal Access Architect

Vecima Networks Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vecima Networks Inc. is seeking an Access Architect to shape the product roadmap and technology strategy for broadband access and video solutions. You will be a customer-facing technical interface and collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Management and R&D to define requirements and high-level designs.

The role emphasizes guiding architecture, standards participation, and driving the technology roadmap while ensuring effective communication with customers and industry groups worldwide.

Qualifications

• Detailed understanding of access network (L1-L3) protocols including PON, DOCSIS, Wi-Fi and Metro Ethernet as used in service provider networks to influence Vecima product and customer implementation decisions
• Product development and/or deployment experience with DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE)
• Familiarity with Open Network (SDN, NFV) concepts, goals and evolutionary track with initiatives such as CoRD, ONOS, SEBA
• Product development and/or deployment experience with container-based deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and innovative environment
• Constantly learning new technology and techniques to improve products and internal software development practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Deep technical interaction with customer technical experts
• Ability to lead and direct industry standards efforts to support Vecima product strategy and technology
• Must have experience in defining system software architecture on medium to larger sized projects
• Must have experience in working directly with customers to influence and evangelize product decisions

Responsibilities

• Help shape, articulate, and implement the company’s technology vision and future
• Act as a technical leader during new product conception working closely with Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Business Development groups. This includes detailed product requirement definitions and high-level system design, and business case development and evaluation
• Work in close consultation with Research and Development to ensure that new projects are properly initiated with clearly defined product requirements and high-level design
• Interface with technical experts at customers and within industry standard organizations to identify new opportunities based on both evolution of existing products or entirely new products
• Assist cross-department teams with software development for prototype concepts to further Business Development and Marketing initiatives
• Direct and participate in industry interoperability events
• Travel for key customer technical discussions, standards group participation, customer integration and demonstration, or new technology training

Skills

Access network knowledge

Open Network SDN/NFV concepts

Container deployment experience

Customer interaction skills

Technical leadership

Cross-department collaboration

Excellent communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Department: Office of the Chief Technology Officer
FLSA: Exempt

Position Summary

The Access Architect focuses on the overall product roadmap and technology strategy, while also acting as a customer technical interface and collaborating with many different departments and executive staff within Vecima. The Access Architect is needed to enhance the Architecture team capability in order to define the next generation of broadband access and video solutions and help guide our technology roadmap into the future. This role recognizes that software features and capability are becoming an increasingly important part of Vecima products and a key differentiator leading to our future success.

Duties & Responsibilities to include (but not limited to)

• Help shape, articulate, and implement the company’s technology vision and future
• Act as a technical leader during new product conception working closely with Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Business Development groups. This includes detailed product requirement definitions and high-level system design, and business case development and evaluation
• Work in close consultation with Research and Development to ensure that new projects are properly initiated with clearly defined product requirements and high-level design
• Interface with technical experts at customers and within industry standard organizations to identify new opportunities based on both evolution of existing products or entirely new products
• Assist cross-department teams with software development for prototype concepts to further Business Development and Marketing initiatives
• Direct and participate in industry interoperability events
• Travel for key customer technical discussions, standards group participation, customer integration and demonstration, or new technology training

Education & Experience Requirements

• Detailed understanding of access network (L1-L3) protocols including PON, DOCSIS, Wi-Fi and Metro Ethernet as used in service provider networks to influence Vecima product and customer implementation decisions
• Product development and/or deployment experience with DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE)
• Familiarity with Open Network (SDN, NFV) concepts, goals and evolutionary track with initiatives such as CoRD, ONOS, SEBA
• Product development and/or deployment experience with container-based deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and innovative environment
• Constantly learning new technology and techniques to improve products and internal software development practices
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Deep technical interaction with customer technical experts
• Ability to lead and direct industry standards efforts to support Vecima product strategy and technology
• Must have experience in defining system software architecture on medium to larger sized projects
• Must have experience in working directly with customers to influence and evangelize product decisions

Why it’s great to work at Vecima

Vecima is a global leader focused on developing integrated hardware and scalable software solutions for broadband access, content delivery and storage and telematics. We enable the world’s leading innovators to advance, connect, entertain, and analyze. We build technologies that transform content delivery and storage, enable high-capacity broadband network access, and streamline data analytics.

Headquartered in Victoria, Canada with offices in Atlanta, Ga, Duluth, Ga, Raleigh, North Carolina, Sunnyvale, California, London, England, Tokyo Japan, The Hague, Netherlands and multiple offices in Canada. We offer competitive salaries, benefits and company matching 401(k) We are an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce.