Senior Solutions Architect - Telecommunications

About Telence Solution
Telence Solution delivers high-impact network architecture, transformation, and integration services to service providers, utilities, healthcare, transportation, government, and large enterprises. Our architects work at the intersection of core, edge, cloud, transport, and security, helping customers design resilient, scalable, and future-ready networks aligned to real business outcomes.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Solutions Architect with deep, hands-on network and cloud design experience to lead complex customer engagements from architecture through execution. This role requires strong technical depth, vendor fluency, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and operationally sound solutions.
You will serve as a technical authority and trusted advisor, supporting pre-sales, architecture design, migration planning, and delivery across multi-vendor environments.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end solution architecture and design across core, edge, transport, cloud, and security domains
Translate customer business and technical requirements into high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD)
Architect resilient, fault-tolerant, and secure networks, including cloud-native and hybrid environments
Support pre-sales activities, including solution validation, technical presentations, and RFP/RFI responses
Develop and review MOPs, migration strategies, and cutover plans
Provide technical leadership during implementation, integration, and migration phases
Act as a senior technical mentor to engineers and junior architects
Engage directly with customer stakeholders, engineering teams, and vendor partners
Required Experience & Qualifications
10+ years of hands-on industry experience in network and/or cloud architecture and design
Proven experience designing large-scale, mission-critical networks
Strong multi-vendor architecture experience across routing, switching, optical, security, SD-WAN, and cloud
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage technical and executive stakeholders
Experience working with service providers and/or large enterprise environments
Certifications (Required)
Candidates must hold at least 3 active certifications from the following vendors and credentials:
· Networking/Core: Cisco CCIE, Juniper JNCIE, or Nokia SRA.
· Cloud & Orchestration: AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA) or above, Microsoft Azure (AZ-305/700), or Kubernetes CKA.
· Specialized Platforms: Arista ACE, Palo Alto PCNSE, Versa SD-WAN Specialist, Fortinet Professional & Specialist (NSE 5 – NSE 6) or above, Ciena Routing and Switching professional (CRS-P) or above, Ericsson Core Network & Cloud professional or above.
Preferred Skills
Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures
Strong understanding of automation, orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code
Optical networking, transport, and carrier-grade architecture experience
Exposure to security-by-design and regulatory-driven environments
Prior consulting or professional services experience
Experience with Ciena and Nokia optical networking solutions
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills with both technical and executive audiences
Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking
Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Customer-focused mindset with exceptional stakeholder management skills
Collaborative team player with leadership capabilities
Why Join Telence Solution
Work on high-visibility, complex architectures across critical industries
Influence designs at the strategy and execution level
Collaborate with senior architects and engineers with decades of industry experience
Flexible work environment with strong technical ownership
Competitive compensation aligned with senior-level impact

Work arrangement
Yes