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.