Technical Project Manager - 5G OSS

We are looking for a proven team leader with extensive experience in managing a complex project where multiple teams will be involved in developing an OSS framework for 5G rollout.  Preferably you are a seasoned telecom professional with considerable experience working for a vendor, wireless communication service provider (W-CSP) or a consultancy focusing on telecom OSS.  You should have proven experience with implementations of an OSS for 3G/4G/5G preferably at a W-CSP or a MVNO.

Responsibilities
You are required to be the project manager as well as the scrum master in leading the ground up agile development involving multiple vendors and coordinate with several internal and external teams in evolving the complex OSS platform, which will be integrated with various EMS and Inventory systems as it come alive.

• Project manage the Development of the OSS platform bringing in continues improvements to following solutions:
  • Configuration Management
  • Performance Management
  • Fault Management
  • AWS Infrastructure
  • Integrations to multiple EMS systems
  • Big data infrastructure
• Practice DevOps methodology (Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Microservices, Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring and Logging, Communication and Collaboration)
• Engage with engineers in opportunity identification and build new controls into the platform to detect Faults and improve performance
• Work with experience team of architects, developers and analysts based off/onshore
• Lead, guide, manage outsourced DevOps teams
• Build relationships with partners and align vendor OSS roadmap with the build
• Manage project status and information in the form of formal briefings, project update meetings and written, electronic and graphic reports

• Generally, requires 7-10 years related experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business or Technology related field
• PMP Certification a plus
• Agile certifications a plus
• Proven experience working as a Scrum Master, DevOps Architect/Engineer
• Proven experience with OSS vendors such as Nokia, Samsung, Airspan, Ericsson.
• Previous experience working as a developer or architect with any wireless OSS platform
• Experience explaining complex business concepts to engineers, and explaining technically complex product roadmaps to business leaders
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities
• Foster Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problem, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness
• Lead: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organization
• Organize: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details/data/information/activities
• Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem
• Experience: General understanding of application methodologies, database and system design including managing all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

• AWS experience (VPC, EC2, EMR, RDS, DynamoDB, Route 53, ELB, VPN, Direct Connect, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, S3, IAM, WAF, Lambda scripting with Python/Node.JS, Messaging, Kinesis, Glue, Redshift, DynamoDB etc)
• Data Visualization ie. Tableau
• Experience with scripting in Python, Perl, Bash, PHP, JavaScript
• Experience with open-source applications such as Radis, Kibana, Jafka, Grafana, MySQL etc.
• Excel wizard; expertise in extracting, summarizing, and visualizing complex datasets and using them to bring understanding and clarity to real business questions
• Experience using business intelligence tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, etc.) to tell clear, meaningful, visually impactful stories with data
• SQL expertise