Summary :

Should have experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing OSS for large-scale telecom environments. Specialized in Optical Transport (DWDM, OTN), IP/MPLS networks, and end-to-end service assurance & fulfillment. Proven expertise in architecting enterprise-grade GIS platforms, Network Inventory Systems, and Fault/Performance Management solutions. Skilled at translating technical requirements into scalable architectures that reduce operational cost, automate workflows, and improve network reliability.

Core Competencies :

- OSS Architecture

- End-to-end OSS/BSS integration

- TMF Frameworks (eTOM, SID, TAM)

- Workflow & orchestration modeling

- Network onboarding & data modeling

- GIS & Network Inventory

- ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS

- Geospatial data modeling & spatial analytics

- Fiber route design, duct & manhole mapping

- Logical/physical inventory modeling (circuits, services, devices)

- Fault & Performance Management

- Alarm correlation & enrichment

- Root cause analysis (RCA) systems

- KPI/KQI modeling

- Real-time telemetry & event streaming

- Telecom Technologies

- Optical Transport : DWDM, OTN, transport, SDH/SONET

- IP Networks : MPLS, BGP, OSPF, Segment Routing

- Access Networks : FTTx, GPON, xPON

- SDN/NFV architectures

- Discovery Protocols : Corba, SNMP

Platforms & Tools :

- Netcracker, Amdocs, Nokia NFM-T/NFM-P, Huawei U2000, Cisco EPNM

- Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes

- PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle, Elastic Stack

- Kafka, RabbitMQ

- Python, Shell, REST/GraphQL APIs

Professional Experience :

- OSS Architect

- Should have Architected an end-to-end GIS-based fiber infrastructure management platform covering duct, fiber splice, manhole, and customer termination mapping with full spatial analytics.

- Designed and deployed a centralized Network Inventory System integrating Optical transport, IP/MPLS, Voice domains, enabling automated service provisioning, topology discovery, service stitching, Fault correlation. There by solving Service Impact Analysis (SIA) and Network Impact Analysis (NIA).

- Should have led the implementation of a Fault & Performance Management System with automated alarm correlation.

- Must have proven experience on Integrating OSS stack with vendor NMS systems (e.g. Nokia, Huawei, Cisco, Tejas, ECI etc.) for real-time topology, alarms, and performance data ingestion.

- Should have experience on building microservices-based interfaces to automate workflow orchestration.

- Must have developed logical-to-physical mapping models for circuits across DWDM, OTN, and IP layers.

- Should have experience on data migration from legacy OSS platforms, including data cleansing and normalization.

- Should have Implemented a scalable GIS architecture to support nationwide fiber network expansion.

- Must know how to optimize routes, perform risk assessment, right of way analysis via spatial analysis of GIS data.

- Should have designed data models for customer, service, and network asset tracking in the Inventory System.

- Must have automated network discovery pipelines to update inventory and service topology.

- Should have knowledge or managed operations of DWDM/OTN, SDH backbone.

- Must know network capacity planning, path computation, and service activation across access aggregate, core rings.

- Should have knowledge of Multi-Vendor Optical Inventory Integration e.g. Integrated Nokia, Tejas, ECI, ALU, Huawei optical domains into a single inventory

- Critical to have knowledge and experience of AI-Driven Alarm Correlation, Root Cause classification, Agentic tasks for rerouting.

Certifications (Good to have) :

- Cisco CCNP/CCIE (Routing & Switching / Service Provider)

- Nokia NRS II / Optical Network Certifications

- ITIL v4

- TOGAF (optional)

- ESRI ArcGIS Professional Certification (optional)

Technical Skills :

- Languages : Python, Java, Shell, SQL

- Databases : PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Oracle, MongoDB

- Protocols : SNMP, Netconf, REST/RESTCONF, gRPC, Telemetry

- Visualization : Grafana, Kibana, ArcGIS, QGIS

- Cloud/DevOps : Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

Personal attributes :

- Strong analytical and architecture design skills

- Excellent communication & leadership

- Cross-functional collaboration

- Agile/Scrum experience