Location: Littleton, CO
Duration: Full Time/ Permanent
VISA: EAD / GC / Citizens only
Salary: $ Open
Assignment Start Date: Sep 4th 2013
Note: please look for a telecom Solution Architect. must have exp with OSS or BSS.
Mandatory Technical Skills:
- Knowledge of Telecom OSS/BSS, specifically NGOSS, eTOM, TAM, and SID and experience designing and developing software solutions for Telecom
- Past experience in architecting large scale OSS/BSS, knowledge of leading Telecom COTS applications is desirable
- Experience implementing complex systems in a service oriented environment
- Experience with Master Data Management Concepts and Implementation for Customer & Product
- Knowledge of Data Architecture Principles and Practices
- Knowledge of and experience with J2EE and/or .NET, BPMS, BRMS
- Expertise with XML and XML standard schemas such as BPEL, BRML, WSDL, WSRP, etc.
- Knowledge of implementation languages, platforms and frameworks
- Knowledge of architecture frameworks like TOGAF
- Knowledge of logical data modeling techniques and tools
- Experience designing software with Unified Modeling Language (UML) and familiarity with RUP and agile SDLC methodologies.
- Experience using architecture and system design tools like RSM
- Object Oriented Design and Development Principles
Mandatory functional skills:
- Superior verbal and written communication skills, with experience working with business and IT executives as well as technical stakeholders
- Ability to communicate technology solutions in business language
- Able to lead diverse teams, multi-task, and work under pressure to meet schedule targets
- Able to develop and maintain project plans, issues logs and status reports
- Teamwork, Ownership, Initiative, and Leadership
Total Experience required: 12+
Rate per hours payable to Vendor: $80
Job Description:
The Staff Architect BSS works with other architects, who collectively and individually define and maintain the vision and guidelines for enabling and implementing software architecture at a Telco.
The domain covers Sales & Service Call Centers supporting Consumer & Small Business customers for broadband, video, wireless, and local exchange products / services.
Specific functional areas include Sales, Customer Management, Product Catalog, Order Entry, Order Management, Billing, and Marketing data for this customer & product base.
The candidate will be responsible for defining realistic solutions in ways that transform systems through short-term functional enhancements and long-term strategic evolution.
A minimum of 10 years of experience with large Telecom operators is required. Past experience with implementation of COTS CRM solutions is desirable: one or more of Siebel, SalesForce.com, Amdocs, Convergys and others.
The candidate should be a practicing IT Architect or Application Architect for a large and complex application or domain, or a System Engineer with broad responsibilities across the BSS domain.
They should be experienced with formal architecture and SDLC methodologies like TOGAF, RUP etc. Prior experience in developing formal architecture and engineering artifacts and UML modeling is required.
The candidate will present architecture strategy to IT and Business executives to win their support. Candidate should possess superior communication skills to present complex ideas to diverse business and IT clients.
A successful candidate will be able to fully understand business requirements and communicate them effectively to help develop functional and technical requirements, project plans, risk management plan, and test plan documents.