Principal Architect, Telco, Google Cloud
Google
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience. 14 years of experience as an enterprise architect in a cloud computing environment or a customer-facing role. Experience in Telco Industry around core telecommunications networks, IT CRM, BSS, OSS, digital/data transformation. Preferred qualifications: Experience with structured enterprise architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps. Experience in enterprise technology buying and evaluation processes. Experience building, architecting, designing/implementing distributed global cloud-based systems. Experience applying industry standards defined by bodies such as TMForum, ETSI, and 3GPP to drive standardized Telco architectures and interworking in telecommunication specific domain solutions. Knowledge of telecommunications Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), MANO, Cloud-native Distributed Network architectures, Telco Edge networks and multi domain service orchestration and assurance. About the job The Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are engineered for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners. As a Principal Architect, you will lead cross-functional teams of experts to help customers design, plan, implement, and govern enterprise cloud strategies. You will embody executive-level qualities, facilitate the conversation and direct the execution of the Business team by combining both technical goal and business insight. You will partner with Value Engineering in order to articulate the total value of each technical solution and the overall business partnership with Google Cloud. Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Responsibilities Engage with C-level executives and be an advisor and single owner to engage with key technology stakeholders and identify customer priorities and technical objections for the Telco Industry customers. Design and position Telco Industry specific solutions based on bespoke or existing global solutions or future innovations at Google Cloud and technical strategy for customers covering Cloud, Google entities, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs), third-party elements etc. Make recommendations on integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure to implement a complete solution providing advice to customers to optimize Google Cloud. Own the technical account plan for prioritized/strategic accounts. Assist C-level executives in these accounts to develop a technology roadmap with Google Cloud through recommendations on enterprise architecture, integration, application infrastructure, analytics, AI/ML.