1 day ago
Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end technical solution view across Packet Core, telco cloud, and adjacent Core Network domains.
- Engage customers, lead technical workshops and architecture reviews, and translate business and technology needs into solution visions and technical scopes.
- Define high- and low-level architectures, interfaces, deployment models, data flows, non-functional requirements, and operational concepts.
- Design cloud-native telecom solutions spanning 4G EPC, 5G Core, Packet Core, interworking, mobility, policy, subscriber data, signaling, and user-plane functions.
- Develop commercially viable proposals, technical value propositions, assumptions, risks, acceptance criteria, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary and multi-vendor teams across presales, engineering, delivery, operations, partners, and suppliers.
- Provide architectural guidance and technical governance through design, integration, deployment, acceptance, operations, upgrades, migrations, and modernization.
Requirements
- University degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or equivalent theoretical background gained through experience.
- Significant experience in telecommunications, network architecture, systems integration, or a related technical leadership role.
- Demonstrated experience as a Solution Architect or technical lead for complex customer solutions.
- Experience across at least three relevant Core Network domains, connecting Packet Core and Cloud with domains such as IMS, BSS/OSS, and orchestration.
- Strong knowledge of 4G EPC, 5G Core, dual-mode deployments, 3GPP architecture, service-based architecture, network functions, interfaces, and interworking principles.
- Strong understanding of cloud-native telecom architecture, including microservices, containers, Kubernetes, CNFs/VNFs, CaaS, automation, CI/CD, lifecycle management, and observability.
- Experience designing or reviewing end-to-end architectures, high-level designs, integration models, non-functional requirements, migration approaches, and operational concepts.
- Experience leading customer workshops, requirements analysis, technical negotiations, architecture reviews, solution presentations, and proposal activities.
- Ability to connect technical decisions with customer outcomes, commercial value, delivery risk, operational impact, and long-term business sustainability.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and professional fluency in English.
- Preferred competencies include end-to-end systems thinking, stakeholder engagement, commercial and business acumen, strategic thinking, negotiation, decision-making, collaboration, coaching, mentoring, and executive storytelling.
Benefits
- The position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Ericsson promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages applicants from all backgrounds.
- The role offers the opportunity to work on complex telecommunications and cloud transformation challenges with a global team.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Ericsson
Ericsson is a publicly traded telecommunications vendor that builds mobile network infrastructure (RAN, core, OSS/BSS), cloud platforms, and managed services for communications providers and enterprises. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Kista, Stockholm, it supplies 5G systems to operators worldwide and owns Vonage, expanding network APIs and enterprise communications offerings.