Bilingual English/French E2E Solutions Architect

Location : Montreal, Canada

As the global tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark.

When joining our team at Ericsson, you are empowered to learn, lead, perform at your best, thus shaping the future of technology.

This is a place where diversity and inclusion are embraced as your own unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team.

Are you in? Come, and be where it begins.

One of Ericsson’s key strategies going forward is to become a global platform company to further enable and provide advanced communication services to the Enterprise market.

With the acquisition of Vonage in July 2022, this is just the beginning. Ericsson recently launched the Global Network Platform (GNP) Program with the ambition of creating a federation of Communication Service Providers (CSPs) and exposing and aggregating advanced 5G network APIs to Enterprises and to development communities through Vonage’s marketplace.

Thus, enhancing its CPaaS offering.

The GNP Engineering team designs, develops, integrates, tests, delivers, and exposes advanced 5G network APIs utilizing the latest cloud native technologies.

The GNP Engineering team is made up of high performing Software development teams who work with End-to-End Agile / SAFe methodologies and an Operations team that ensures Platform stability in production.

Our values are based on embracing an open collaborative and cooperative culture whereby we strive to meet and deliver on our commitments with a strong will to succeed.

We are looking to further accelerate our SW development and delivery capabilities. Do you have the ambition and drive to be part of a high performing Software delivery team that will lead the development of advanced 5G communication services?

Come, and be where it begins.

Our Exciting Opportunity :

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Product development team who is comfortable working in a dynamic environment of ground-breaking cloud-native product and surrounding technologies.

If you have a desire to make a technological impact and contribution to advanced 5G communication services, then the GNP Product development team is the place to be! We are a Product Development unit, with Agile / SAFe development teams that develop and deploy SW features based on GitOps principles into a SaaS production environment.

Our architecture is based on micro-services in Kubernetes clusters, currently in the Azure cloud.

You will :

• Work closely with the GNP Chief Architect to help ensure that the Agile development teams are adhering to the architectural principles of the distributed telecommunications product being developed.
• Work with product management to have a clear understanding of the business and product requirements to translate these requirements into architectural and system design requirements which encompass scalable / manageable solution architectures designed for reliability, scalability, security and integration.
• Work with development teams to ensure the scalability, resiliency, and security requirements associated with the architecture are properly implemented and adhered to by the development teams.
• Work with distributed cloud, virtualized, and containerized (k8s) environments by bringing your expertise to the end-to-end network, which encompasses 5G Core exposure networks.
• Work with product and system requirements to ensure, document, and propose solutions so that our GNP solution can easily be integrated with the Network API exposure functions of the 5G Core networks.
• Lead system studies to further enhance our GNP offering and propose relevant solutions.
• Lead Technical PoC (Proof of Concepts) as required.
• Ensure that system requirements are documented, communicated, and understood by development teams, and documented in Jira.
• Assist the Operations team with troubleshooting, remediation, prevention, and RCA (Root Cause Analysis) of issues arising from the production environment when required.
• Communicate and organize relevant advanced technology session for the development teams.

To be successful in the role you must have :

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PHD degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing advanced distributed micro-services architectures based on Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in microservice implementation in distributed applications in a Linux environment.
• A good grasp on containerization, virtualization, and service orchestration technologies.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based technologies and solutions, such as Microsoft Azure and related Azure services (AKS, NSG, Storage, etc).
• Skills in Java and Java-based languages, Spring Boot, JavaScript, Bash, Python, GoLang.
• Proficiency in E2E (End to End) understanding of 5G network solutions, along with E2E core network design and implementation.
• Ability to show in-depth knowledge in areas of expertise, from frameworks to low-level implementation details is desirable.
• Ability to explain technology choices and how the selected interworking of the technology stack.
• Experience in translating business and technical requirements into comprehensive architecture and software designs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to efficiently communicate with teams across the whole GNP organization.
• Experience with using Jira and GitLab in Agile software development environment and culture.
• Ability to build a sense of trust and that crafts a comfortable and effective workplace.
• Passion for innovation and can do attitude.
• Strong aptitude for learning new technologies.
• Familiarity with Free Open-Source Software, its principles, and licenses.
• Keep yourself updated on the latest technology trend.

You also have :

• Certifications in public cloud technologies (Azure is preferred).
• Knowledge of telecom networks (packet core and radio).
• Familiarity with cloud security principles and technologies.
• Public pet projects showcased on GitHub profile or other media.
• ELK, Data analytics, Monitoring.
• Database (SQL / NOSQL).
• Internet protocols (TCP) and security (SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, Certificates).

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what s possible.

To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone.

You ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

What happens once you apply?

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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we nurture it in everything we do.

We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth.

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, learn more.

If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at [email protected]

DISCLAIMER : The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position.

They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned.

Primary country and city : Canada (CA) Montreal.

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