Solutions Architect Telco📣 Job Ad

About Systems Arabia

Systems Arabia is seeking a Solutions Architect Telco to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time position is central to designing and overseeing digital solutions within the telecommunications sector.

The Role: Solutions Architect Telco

The Solutions Architect Telco is responsible for designing comprehensive end-to-end digital solutions across the complete Telco IT stack. This role involves translating business requirements into scalable, standards-aligned architectures. The architect will bridge pre-sales, solution design, and delivery phases, partnering with operators, internal teams, and technology vendors to architect BSS/OSS, digital channels, and cloud-native platforms that drive operator transformation and revenue growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end digital solutions spanning BSS, OSS, digital channels, and customer engagement platforms.
• Develop solution blueprints, High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), integration architectures, and deployment topologies aligned with TM Forum frameworks (eTOM, SID, TAM, ODA).
• Define API strategies leveraging TMF Open APIs (*, TMF620, TMF622, TMF629, TMF637, TMF641) and event-driven integration patterns.
• Architect cloud-native, microservices-based solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including containerization (Kubernetes, Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead solution discovery workshops with telecom operators across consumer, B2B, and wholesale segments.
• Apply deep knowledge of the full Telco IT stack, including CRM, Order Management, Product Catalog, Billing & Charging (CBS), Revenue Management, Mediation, Provisioning, Service Activation, Inventory, Assurance, and Analytics.
• Provide architectural oversight during implementation, ensuring designs are realized faithfully and risks are mitigated.
• Review integration designs, data models, and non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, availability).
• Support program managers on technical risk management, change requests, and scope governance.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in telecom IT, with hands-on architecture experience across at least two of the following domains: BSS, OSS, Digital Channels, Data & Analytics.
• Experience with digital channels (web, mobile, eSHOP, self-care), CPQ, and partner/dealer ecosystems.
• TOGAF certified or possess equivalent enterprise architecture experience.
• Strong understanding of TM Forum frameworks (eTOM, SID, TAM, ODA, Open APIs).
• Experience with microservices, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka), and integration platforms.
• Experience in MEA, GCC, or similar emerging-market telecom transformations.

Key Skills and Competencies

• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities, capable of presenting to both technical teams and C-level executives.
• Proficiency in workshop facilitation and stakeholder management within multi-vendor environments.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, operating within a dynamic environment focused on telecommunications digital transformation.