Head of System Architecture (Internal Applications only)

Role Purpose

As the Head of Systems Architecture, you will play a crucial role within the systems team (and wider across the company), overseeing the evolution of EXA Infrastructure’s Systems Architecture roadmap and strategy, including the evolution and implementation of  EXA Infrastructure’s AI roadmap. This includes continuously enhancing EXA Infrastructure’s systems architecture evolution, transformation and optimization. Your responsibilities will include industry alignment, technology selection, business stakeholder engagement for alignment with the evolution of the business roadmap

Key responsibilities

Providing specialized technology leadership in a wide area across the entire IT landscape across BSS/OSS/Network/Finance/Corporate systems to provide e2e leadership

Providing architecture, design and implementation leadership and expertise in the above areas.

Designing new solutions, integrations, process enhancements and improvements to availability and resilience of the IT infrastructure landscape.

Provide leadership on technology evolution based on business needs and the emergence of new technologies BSS/OSS/Finance/Corporate systems, specifically in the context of AI

Provide guidance and adherence to internal teams and to product /service vendors

Work with the business stakeholders across all functions to help with systems transformation, optimization and evolution.

Interact with technology vendors (SaaS and other product / technology vendors) to continuously ensure the right selection of technology.

Interact with Systems Integrators to select the right integration partners

Engage with CISO to provide input to cybersecurity strategy and to ensure agreed policies are implemented

Engage with Application leads to ensure the required capabilities are planned and rolled out to support business needs

Individual Profile

Strong experience in IT Infrastructure, across BSS/OSS/ ERP/Corporate systems

Proven experience as an enterprise architect, with preferrable experience in having worked within a telco environment

Should have a blend of strategic, architectural, operational and execution (hands-on) capabilities

Hand-on experience and multi-skilled across multiple platforms

Ability to evaluate technologies at scale, in the context of the landscape of the business and EXA Infrastructure’s scale and context

Experience in implementing telco processes for O2C, T2R, Plan and Build to drive continuous process transformation

Experience with AI technologies, and approaches to prioritise and build and implement an AI roadmap for EXA Infrastructure.

Strong stakeholder engagement stills, ability to understand EXA Infrastructure’s network domain, products, services, processes

Strong industry, technology and vendor engagement skills, to ensure the right technologies and implementation partners are being constantly engaged

Strong commercial skills to evaluate / create business case , TCO models associated with the choice of technologies, driving budgets, costs and alignment with EXA budgets and industry benchmarks

Ability to manage a team of highly skilled internal resources

Ability collaborate with the wider IT team as this is a very critical skill

Our working environment

We are committed to working in the location where we do our best work.  As a small and growing company with great offices in great locations, most employees will aim to be in the office 3 days a week and 2 days working from home/ other locations. 

Here at EXA, we believe the future includes everyone, we are open to all applications to create an environment and culture that includes one and all. We are a proud global community, that wants to drive diversity of thought though our employees and culture.

We want you to come as you and make yourself and EXA successful.