Technical Architect

Summary

Join Kyivstar.Tech as a Value-Added Services Technical Architect and contribute to the development and maintenance of their VAS systems. You will be responsible for system strategy, partner and contract management, tender participation, system deployment, and collecting business needs. The role requires expertise in GSM/UMTS/LTE architecture, PS domain elements, and IP networks. You will provide consultancy to the business and other functions. Kyivstar.Tech offers a flexible work environment, performance bonuses, training opportunities, health and life insurance, a wellbeing program, and mobile communication reimbursement.

Requirements

• GSM/UMTS/LTE architecture knowledge
• PS domain elements knowledge
• PCRF/PCEF/TDF, DRA, OCS, DPI, GGSN/PGW
• Corresponding 3GPP interfaces
• Signaling protocols: GTP, Diameter
• IP network knowledge
• English level: Pre-intermediate or higher

Responsibilities

• Prepare and follow up system strategy
• Prepare strategies based on inputs
• HW and SW lifecycle
• Dimensioning
• Load prediction
• Budgeting and budget execution
• Reporting
• Partner and contract management
• Follow internal procedures
• Contract scope and terms definition and control (supply, service, NDA)
• Contract technical part preparation (solution description, scope of work, scope of supply)
• Partner check according to internal procedures
• Initiate and participate in tender
• Technical requirements definition (architecture, features, services, etc.)
• Offers analysis, clarification with participants
• Technical evaluation
• Lead system deployment, system extension, new services (HW/SW/services)
• Justify, initiate and lead contract scope extension
• Initiate purchase orders
• Coordinate HW supply with partner and logistic function
• Control SW supply, including needed documents preparation
• Coordinate works with partner, O&M team, other supporting functions: prepare plan, schedule, supervise execution, control
• Testing: define test program, execute testing or request tests execution from testing team
• Collect business needs and prepare technical requirements for new services/solutions
• Participate in cross functional groups for services/solution/system deployment, modernization, or decommissioning
• Provide consultancy to business about systems functionality
• Provide consultancy to other functions about capability for integration with other systems
• Support complex works execution at maintenance window
• Following internal procedures could take more than half of working time

Preferred Qualifications

• 5G architecture knowledge
• SQL knowledge
• Linux based OSs

Benefits

• Office or remote — it's up to you: you can work from anywhere, and we will arrange your workplace
• Remote onboarding
• Performance bonuses for everyone (annual or quarterly — depends on the role)
• We train employees: the opportunity to learn through the company’s own library, internal resources and programs from partners
• Health and life insurance
• Wellbeing program and corporate psychologist
• Reimbursement of expenses for Kyivstar mobile communication