Principal System Architect

As the Principal System Architect, you will be at the forefront of our R&D efforts, contributing to the analysis and specification of key features for our WaveSuite product. Working closely with a team of domain experts and over 400 SW developers, you will own the system architecture, lead cross-functional technical initiatives, and ensure the successful delivery of high-quality solutions. Your customer-centric mindset and ability to engage with key partners will be instrumental in driving the success of our products.

Seeking highly skilled R&D architect and systems engineer to contribute to analysis and specifications of features and components of our Network Management and Control Systems (WaveSuite).

Working in a team of Optical and Telecommunications domain experts supporting a team of >400 SW developers and testers

Working in an agile Scrum setup for SW development

Customer focused mindset, adaptable and ability to drive engagement and collaboration with key Services Practices and Business partners

Deriving product and R&D requirements from feature requests discussed with Sales and PLM teams as well as with customers and communicate them to the R&D teams

The role includes

System architecture ownership

End-to-end solution design

Requirements analysis and decomposition

• Feature specification and SRD creation
• Cross-functional technical leadership
• Customer requirement analysis
• Technical decision making and trade-off analysis
• Interface definition across NMS/EMS/network elements
• Review and approval of designs and specifications
• Technical leadership across multiple Scrum teams
• Mentoring engineers and architects
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications/Electrical engineering or Computer Science with >10y or Experience in the TelCo domain
• Requirements Engineering: You can define and refine both functional and non-functional requirements to ensure clear product goals.
• Translate complex technical insights into clear, actionable business requirements for internal teams and stakeholders
• Experience in SW and System Architecture and Systems Engineering
• Experience with AI DLC, agentic AI harnesses as well as automation projects
• Optical Networking: You have deep knowledge on L0/L1/L2 networks and and ideally some experience on how to operate and manage transport networks
• Guide and engage with cross-functional teams, ensuring high-quality and timely solution delivery
• Restful API definition: knowledge on OpenAPI, gRPC and general API best practices (like TAPI, OpenConfig)
• Systems Thinking & Detail Orientation: You can see the big picture and pay attention to the details, ensuring complex systems are built with precision and reliability.
• Communication & Leadership: You are an excellent communicator, able to deliver presentations and detailed specifications. You are fluent in English and have a collaborative approach
• Standardization: You should be able to follow up with and contribute to standardization (ONF, MEF, TMF, IETF)
• Kubernetes/Containerization: You deeply understand container technology and Kubernetes, including building API extensions to manage complex applications.
• Distributed Systems: You have 10+ years of experience architecting and scaling resilient, high-performance distributed systems, ideally in observability or data-driven products.
• Cloud-Native & DevOps: You have a foundation in cloud-native and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, system reliability, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Cloud Engineering: You have cloud engineering skills with experience deploying in both on-prem and public cloud environments.