Solutions Architect

Rakuten Symphony is reimagining telecom, changing supply chain norms and disrupting outmoded thinking that threatens the industry's pursuit of rapid innovation and growth. Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security. Rakuten Symphony has operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, South Korea, Europe, and the Middle East Africa region. For more information, visit: https://symphony.rakuten.com

Building on the technology Rakuten used to launch Japan's newest mobile network, we are taking our mobile offering global.

To support our ambitions to provide an innovative cloud-native telco platform for our customers, Rakuten Symphony is looking to recruit and develop top talent from around the globe. We are looking for individuals to join our team across all functional areas of our business – from sales to engineering, support functions to product development.

Let's build the future of mobile telecommunications together!

About Rakuten Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to approximately 1.5 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 27,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

Key Responsibilities and Experience Required:

• Must have experience with RAN Macro and In-Building solutions
• Must have experience with Fault Management, Configuration Management, Performance Management, Security Management of RAN network elements
• Must have experience in working with design team and finalizing the RAN features Roadmap
• Detailed understanding of vRAN architecture, Virtualization, NETCONF, YANG models, REST APIs, IDM
• Must have experience in troubleshooting and performing RCA of RAN/RF issues in the commercial network
• Detailed understanding in configuring virtual ports (SR-IOV, OVS), network connections and VLAN
• Understanding of 3GPP and ETSI MANO and ORAN Specifications: RAN Architecture, Protocols and Procedures
• Understanding of cloud deployment technologies, Kubernetes environments and Docker.
• Bachelor's Degree in EE/CS Engineering with 12- 15 Years of experience in RAN and RF technology
• Responsible for building the vRAN Automation & Orchestration frameworks inline with the ETSI MANO specifications, ORAN, TOSCA, ONAP standards
• Responsible for automating the deployment of vRAN network elements on Kubernetes based Cloud platform
• Develop and automate the vRAN Network Function Auto SW Upgrade and Auto Healing procedures
• Responsible for development of product requirements, feature requirements for vRAN FCAPS
• Analyzing the customer requirements, converting them into system requirements and capturing of detail design for the development team.
• Responsible for analyzing and troubleshooting issues reported during lab testing and production.
• Ensures that customer commitments are achieved per plan.
• Works closely with various cross functional teams to achieve successful new product developments and rollout.