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Enterprise Architect, Telecom Consulting
£90,000 - 120,000
Cognizant
Bishopsgate 280, London
£90,000 - 120,000
Requirements
Must:
We are looking for a highly experienced Telco Enterprise Architect with:
- 10+ years of experience in telecom architecture roles.
- Strong expertise in BSS architecture and working knowledge in OSS, Telco Networks, Cloud, and APIs.
- Practical experience with cloud-native systems, microservices, Kubernetes, integration patterns, and event-driven architecture.
- Exposure to AI/GenAI frameworks, RAG, vector databases, LLMOps, MLOps, and ideally multi-agent/agentic architectures.
- Familiarity with industry tools such as ServiceNow, Netcracker, Amdocs, Ericsson, Nokia, Salesforce, and AWS/Azure/GCP.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder influencing skills.
- The ability to lead cross-domain architectural discussions and possess strong problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities.
Preferred qualifications include TOGAF, TM Forum, and Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP), as well as experience working with major telcos or global system integrators and exposure to SAFe Agile environments.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Developing enterprise-level architecture blueprints covering BSS, OSS, Network, and cross-domain integrations.
- Driving the creation of target operating models, capability maps, process architectures, and maturity assessments.
- Leading modernization initiatives across legacy BSS/OSS, cloud migration, network transformation, and enhancing digital customer experience.
- Championing architectural governance, solution review boards, and alignment to enterprise standards.
- Architecting end-to-end BSS processes, including Customer Management, CRM, Order Management, Billing/Charging, Product Catalogue, and Digital Channels.
- Guiding the rationalisation of systems and designing convergent service architectures.
- Identifying opportunities for AI and Agentic AI infusion across various domains.
- Collaborating with product owners, solution architects, engineering teams, vendors, and system integrators to present architectural recommendations to senior executives.
Description
At Cognizant, we are a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, committed to helping the worlds top companies elevate their businesses. With a global workforce of over 350,000 employees, we take pride in our strong rankings among the top-performing and fastest-growing companies in the world. Our consulting services are designed to empower our customers and employees by fostering relationships built on trust and delivering insights quickly and solutions at scale. The strategic nature of this role will help shape the future of a digital, AI-native telecom enterprise, driving convergence across IT, Network, and AI landscapes, and enabling the next generation of autonomous operations and customer experiences.
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