Solution Design Engineer

Excelacom; United (PA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm is looking for a Solution Design Engineer to implement complex technology solutions. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, at least 4 years of relevant experience, and must be proficient in Microsoft Office and API contract definition. Strong stakeholder management and project leadership skills are essential to collaborate across teams. Competitive benefits and opportunities for growth are part of the package.

Benefits

Health, vision, and dental insurance

401k

Generous paid time off policies

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in IT or telecom work environment.
• Experience in Solution design for Telecom OSS/BSS.
• Ability to define API contracts.

Responsibilities

• Design optimized solutions for Product Requirements.
• Manage technology projects including application development.
• Collaborate with technical leads to ensure solution alignment.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Visio

.Net

Python

React JS

Job description

Job Description:

Job information Solution Design Engineer from the Company Excelacom, this latest Solution Design Engineer job vacancy is located in the city Remote located in the country United States.

Job Responsibility:

Solution Design Engineer will work with various stakeholders, technical leads, and architects to design optimized solutions for Product Requirements and Enhancements.

Excelacom has a global presence in the consulting and technology solutions industry with a focus on Communications and Media providers. We collaborate with our clients to solve their complex business, technology, and operational challenges through a combination of consulting expertise and telecom-focused solutions and products.

At Excelacom, we recognize that our most valuable asset is our people. We strive to create an environment where our employees can contribute their unique perspectives and grow individually and collectively. Our diverse and inclusive culture empowers our people to embrace their ideas and transform them into innovative solutions.

Who You Are: Multi-faceted role intersecting business & technology and providing local direction to the teams as the voice of the customer.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Decompose key business problems to identify value areas and structure and implement complex technology solutions for the client.
• Create innovative and differentiated offerings, staying relevant and in sync with market demand and technology evolution.
• Deliver advisory services to Senior Management and above in support of technology-enabled business changes.
• Manage and Deliver technology projects including application development, integration, data migration, testing, etc. for IT organizations.
• Meet with client staff on a daily basis to understand key issues with how they operate today and identify opportunities for improvement in their operations and technology landscape.
• Leveraging Excelacom's domestic and international assets and expertise to bring new ideas to clients.
• Supporting the development of improved capabilities in clients across business processes, people, and technology.
• Developing business cases and implementation roadmaps to support investment decisions.
• Providing project management and change management support on large- or small-scale transformation projects.
• Identify and qualify additional business opportunities
• Prepare solutions and proposals and present to clients
• Collaborates with Technology Product Management, Architecture (Domain + Platform level), RTE, and Offer Strategy & Solutions (OSS) function to design optimized solutions for Product Requirements and Enhancements including, defining API contracts.
• Engage with Tech Product Management and Business stakeholders to understand the business context, providing technical direction to the teams.
• Develop deep understanding of technical and functional architecture (current and target state)
• Drive the preparation of the solution framework with platform architect and get stakeholder approval post requirement definition.
• Develop user stories that are in line with requirements and solution finalized.
• Define and document system specification artifacts that include, User stories & traceability to requirements, API interactions documentation with user interface & System APIs, Digital Workflows, Use Cases, Data Mapping Definitions, Sequence Diagrams, and Call Flows.
• Collaborate with dev teams to write Swagger specifications for REST APIs in YAML, which is a contract between systems describing every detail of the API: endpoints and operations for each endpoint, operation parameters input and output for each operation, error codes & descriptions authentication methods, etc.
• Write API payloads in JSON, which is a sample of transmitted data used to illustrate the communication (expected request / response) between front end and back-end systems.
• Analyze third-party XML API specifications using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, etc.
• Create back-end user stories in Rally (or appropriate tool in use) that include API Payloads including request and response body, Error codes & messages, Implementation details, Acceptance Criteria, Sequence diagrams, Endpoints, Requirements checklist.
• Create front-end user stories in Rally (or appropriate tool in use) that include User Interface (UI) Design, Product Requirements, Business Rules, API interactions with UI design, API system integration descriptions, Handling Error codes, Acceptance Criteria, Endpoints, Requirements checklist.
• Display expertise in knowledge of product functionality, systems architecture, and systems integration.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Strong understanding of E-commerce platform and ability to provide options to meet business requirements and hurdles based on platforms capabilities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field
• Prior consulting experience - in an agile environment - with a leading strategy firm, consulting practice, or consulting technology firm
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Highly collaborative, team-oriented with strong stakeholder management skills
• Ability to lead project working groups and possesses strong facilitation and data gathering skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with technical and non-technical personnel
• Experience in Solution design for Telecom OSS/BSS or E-commerce / Retail / Logistics domain, with ability to defining API contracts.
• Experience with defining, developing, and enhancing custom solutions as well as APIs for an enterprise/carrier-grade application.
• Exposure to ETL platforms (preferably Pentaho, Pentaho Data Integrator (PDI), Informatica, etc.)
• Minimum 4 Years of experience in an IT or product development or telecom or equivalent work environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in Telecommunications, Media, or Cable is highly preferred
• Past success in generating new business with existing clients
• Good time management skills
• Hands-on experience with the Technology stack mentioned below:
• Experience with Middleware development using .Net, C#, PYTHON
• Hands-on experience in building or consuming microservices built in Dot Net or JAVA framework
• Experience with UI development using React JS and other JAVA Script frameworks
• Experience with databases using MongoDB, AWS Databases, GraphQL
• Experience in developing secure web services/RESTful APIs
• Experience with Messaging Queues: Kafka, Zookeeper, MSMQ
• Experience with development using CI/CD pipeline
• Experience automating test scripts using Testcafe
• Experience in supporting Live Production environments
• Exposure to Sitecore, Activiti, and any other CMS tools
• Exposure to AWS or Azure Cloud-based architectures
• Exposure to Headless commerce solutions like Elastic Path
• Experience building E-commerce application will be a plus

Compensation and Benefits: Our competitive salaries are just one component of Excelacom's total compensation package for our regular full-time employees. Other rewards and benefits include: health, vision, and dental insurance, ancillary benefits, Life and AD&D insurance, 401k, and generous paid time off policies.

EEO Statement: Excelacom, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Any decision affecting employment, compensation, promotion, or transfer will be based solely on personal qualifications and merit, regardless of sex, race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age, results of genetic testing, service in the military, pregnancy, childbirth, or other related medical conditions or any other factor protected under applicable law.