Enterprise Architect - ANO and GCP

About Role

Client is seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Architect (EA) to lead the strategic technical transformation of the customer account.

The successful candidate will act as the technical lead for high-stakes deliveries, including the ANO platform, which enables intent-based closed-loop automation for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

You will work directly with executive leadership at customer's end to drive technical strategy, deal scoping, and the implementation of a "stateful" delivery model that moves beyond manual tuning to true network autonomy.

Core Responsibilities

• Strategic Technical Leadership: Serve as the primary architect for the ANO program, overseeing the transition from reactive network operations to a cognitive, self-healing architecture.
• Intent-Based Automation: Lead the design and deployment of intent-driven, closed-loop architectures that translate high-level business goals into automated resource-level adaptations across RAN, Transport, and Core domains.
• Cognitive Service Healing: Orchestrate cross-domain reasoning systems that utilize AI agents and global telemetry to proactively identify and resolve silent network degradation before user impact occurs.
• Digital Twin & Data Strategy: Oversee the implementation of the Network Digital Twin utilizing Spanner Graph and BigQuery (UPM 3.0) for Real Time root cause analysis (RCA) and simulation.
• Industry Standards Alignment: Ensure all architectural blueprints align with TM Forum Autonomous Network (AN) frameworks (eg, TMF921 Intent APIs) and the joint Google implementation guide.
• Knowledge Management: Direct the rollout of the Knowledge Catalog and Dataplex foundation to unify fragmented network telemetry and documentation.

Technical Requirements

• AI & Optimization Vertex AI Agent Engine, Agent Space, Vertex AI Search, and AI-powered near Real Time network optimization tools.
• Data Architecture Spanner Graph, BigQuery (UPM 3.0), Dataplex, and automated data ingestion pipelines.
• Networking & Telco Deep understanding of OSS/BSS, CNF/VNF onboarding, 5G Core, and Autonomous Network Operation (ANO) frameworks.
• Closed-Loop Ops Intent-driven orchestration, automated RCA, self-healing workflows, and AADE (Awareness, Domain Required Expertise, Analysis, Decision, Execution) cycle implementation.
• Security Authentication, Authorization, and Audit (AAA) controls, Model Armor, and Sovereignty/Data Residency mandates.