Location
SA, SA
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About the Job
The role holder is responsible for developing, governing, and sustaining the end-to-end infrastructure architecture and long-term technology roadmap across Mobile, Fixed, Core, Transport, Telco/IT Cloud, Hyperscalers, Data Centres, Satellite/NTN, and emerging technologies. The role provides senior technical leadership and expert advisory support, influencing decisions from strategic planning to solution execution. The role acts as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, bridging domain silos, arbitrating complex design decisions, and translating long-term technology evolution into practical architectural direction.
Responsibilities
- Lead and monitor change in Infrastructure Architecture providing guidance and support for continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance with Infrastructure principles and standards in coordination with Technology Architecture Governance.
- Develop future-state infrastructure architecture focusing on AI-native networks, GPU-enabled infrastructure, and Cloud-RAN.
- Simplify architecture components for network to drive operational excellence and cost optimization.
- Manage the technical architecture for Infrastructure and Operations including Mobile, Fixed, Core, and emerging technologies.
- Identify and guide the adoption of emerging technologies across all infrastructure domains for business and operational value.
- Lead architectural due diligence for new technology introductions including partnerships and early deployments.
- Mentor domain architects and drive infrastructure architecture modernization aligned with cloudification and AI-native networks.
Requirements
- 10 years of relevant experience, with at least 3-4 years in telecom infrastructure architecture or technology strategy.
- Proven experience in managing large-scale Technology Architecture Transformation and Implementation programs.
- Strong exposure to AI-enabled networks, cloudification, edge computing, and 5G-Advanced concepts.
Education
- Bachelor Degree in Telecommunications Engineering
- Master's Degree in Engineering or Computing
- Preferred certifications in Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF) and related to ITIL or Technology Operating Models (TOM).
