Deputy General Manager - Platform Architect
Experience :15 + years
Location : Chennai

Roles & Responsibilities :
• Design and own the end-to-end architecture of a telecom lifecycle platform covering onboarding, orchestration, assurance, and decommissioning.
• Translate business and operational requirements into scalable, resilient platform solutions and roadmaps.
• Define platform integration patterns and APIs for OSS/BSS, RAN, Core, cloud, and third-party systems.
• Lead platform development decisions: microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, data governance, and multi-tenant isolation across environments.
• Drive observability: logging, metrics, tracing, automated alerting, and SRE-led runbooks.
• Mentor engineering teams, set architecture standards, and enforce best practices (DevSecOps, testing, code reviews).
• Collaborate with product, operations, and customers to prioritize features, SLAs, and lifecycle automation.
• Optimize cost, performance,



and scalability across cloud/on-prem deployments and hybrid topologies.
• Evaluate emerging telecom technologies (AI/ML, intent-based, TM Forum standards) and incorporate into platform roadmap.
• TN Forum alignment

Telecom & Domain Skills
• Deep understanding of telecom architecture: RAN, PS Core, CS Core, IP, transport
• Familiarity with OSS/BSS, network orchestration, and lifecycle management
• Knowledge of TM Forum standards (e.g., Open APIs, eTOM, SID)
• Understanding of intent-based networks, AI/ML in telecom, and automation

Architecture & Design
• Enterprise architecture and solution design (microservices, event-driven, cloud-native)
• API design and integration patterns (REST, gRPC, Kafka, messaging queues)
• Multi-cloud and hybrid architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem)
• Scalability, resilience, high availability, and disaster recovery design

Development & DevOps
• Robust programming: Python, Java, Go, or similar
• Containeriza

📌 Deputy General Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS)
📍 Chennai