Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect/OSS Tools & Automation

Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect

Experience :15 + years

Location : Chennai

Roles & 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