OSS Technical Architect

Position Description

The Senior OSS Technical Architect is an experienced OSS solution architect and functional SME supporting a major OSS transformation program within a multi-vendor telecommunications environment. Acting as the functional bridge between our operational teams and the implementation partner delivering the OSS platform, this architect translates High Level Designs (HLDs) and operational needs into the detailed designs, requirements, and user stories that drive successful delivery of OSS capabilities.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Act as the functional bridge between operational teams and the OSS implementation partner.
• Translate HLDs and operational needs into detailed requirements documents, Low Level Designs
  
  

(LLDs), Interface Design Documents (IDDs), workflow diagrams, and data models.

• Develop functional specifications and user stories that guide implementation and delivery.
• Ensure OSS designs align with multi vendor architecture standards and operational requirements.
  
  

OSS Process & Domain Enablement

Provide domain expertise across the core OSS process areas:

• Inventory: discovery, reconciliation, zero touch provisioning (ZTP), and templates.
• Fault / Incident Management: alarm ingestion, mapping, correlation, and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Performance Management: KPI calculation for Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), trend analysis,
  
  

and anomaly detection.

• Configuration Management: templates, golden configuration, and version control.
  
  

Support EMS/NMS integration across a multi vendor estate, guiding the management of devices from

vendors such as Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, and Cisco delivering residential FTTH and FWA services.

Transformation & Delivery

• Lead and support legacy OSS transformation initiatives, breaking transformation work into iterative,
  
  

incrementally deliverable outcomes.

• Facilitate workshops and manage stakeholders across operational and delivery teams.
• Produce clear, high quality documentation supporting design, requirements, and delivery.
  
  

Cross Functional Collaboration & Ways of Working

• Work directly with operational teams including Network Engineering, NOC, SRE, and Field Operations.
• Operate within an Agile delivery model - sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand ups, and retrospectives - using JIRA to manage stories and delivery.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• 10+ years of telecommunications OSS experience, including solution architecture or functional SME
  
  

roles.

• Deep process knowledge across the core OSS domains described above: inventory, fault/incident
  
  

management, performance management, and configuration management.

• Hands on experience with EMS/NMS integration in a multi-vendor environment (e.g., Ericsson,
  
  

Huawei, Nokia, Cisco) supporting residential FTTH and FWA.

• Proven experience developing HLDs, LLDs, IDDs, functional specifications, and requirements
  
  

documents.

• Experience delivering legacy OSS transformations.
• Experience working directly with operational teams such as Network Engineering, NOC, SRE, and Field
  
  

Operations.

• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and written documentation skills.
• Solid experience working within Agile delivery models.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with TM Forum Open APIs and information models.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Experience with more than one commercial OSS platform.
• Exposure to 5G / FWA network technologies.
• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, or data pipelines in an OSS context.
• Experience applying AI/ML to network operations use cases (e.g., anomaly detection, alarm noise
  
  

reduction).

Success Measures

• High quality, implementable OSS designs that accurately reflect operational needs.
• Successful translation of HLDs into detailed, delivery ready LLDs, IDDs, and requirements.
• Effective collaboration between operational teams and the implementation partner.
• Smooth, predictable delivery of OSS transformation outcomes through Agile practices.
  
  

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $80,000–$130,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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