Oss Solution Architect Solution Architecture Division
rakuten symphony
📍 tokyo japan japan🕐 8mo ago🔗 workday
Job Description
**Job Description:**
**Role Overview:**
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced OSS Solution Architect to join our Central Technical Solution Team. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in software architecture, with a strong focus on cost optimization, performance growth, and scalability. This role requires domain-specific knowledge in Telco Cloud, Storage and OSS and the ability to collaborate across teams to design and deliver high-quality, scalable, and efficient software solutions.
**Key Responsibilities:**
**Customer Solutioning**
・Own E2E OSS architecture across FM/PM/CM/Inventory/Service
・Assurance/Automation, driving reference architectures, integration patterns, and quality gates.
・Govern data architecture (streaming, time-series, logs, graph/relational) and the underlying storage patterns across Kubernetes/OpenStack/public cloud to meet performance, resiliency, and TCO goals.
・Ensure alignment with hardware architecture and overall system design.
・Technical Expertise: Deep knowledge of block/file/object; SDS stacks (Ceph/Rook, MinIO, OpenZFS), CSI, snapshots/replication, backup/DR (Velero, Restic), S3/Swift APIs.
・Collaborate with Regional Sales and Presales team for customer engagements.
**Performance Optimization**
・Develop strategies to improve software performance, including reducing CPU footprint, increasing throughput, and optimizing resource utilization.
・Establish benchmarks and best practices for achieving 10-15% performance improvement per release.
**Scalability and Growth**
・Design software solutions that scale to meet future demands.
・Implement modular and microservices-based architectures to enable independent scaling of components.
**Cost Optimization**
・Identify opportunities to reduce software-related costs, such as optimizing resource allocation and minimizing over-provisioning.
・Collaborate with PLM teams to ensure cost efficiency in every release cycle.
・Leverage open-source tools and frameworks where applicable to reduce licensing costs.
**Collaboration and Integration**
・Work closely with hardware architects to ensure seamless hardware-software integration.
・Collaborate with Global Presales and Sales teams to align software solutions with customer requirements and business goals.
・Provide technical guidance to cross-functional teams, including PLM, BU teams, and regional presales.
**Security and Compliance**
・Ensure software solutions adhere to industry security standards and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001).
・Implement secure coding practices and conduct regular security reviews.
**Innovation and Technology Roadmap**
・Stay updated on emerging technologies and trends in Telco Private Cloud, OSS.
・Contribute to the development of technology roadmaps and future product strategies.
**Documentation and Standards**
・Create and maintain detailed architectural documentation, including reference architectures, blueprints, and best practices.
・Define and enforce standards and architectural guidelines.
**Key Qualifications:**
**Technical Expertise**
**Performance and Cost Optimization**
・Proven track record of reducing CPU footprint, improving throughput, and optimizing resource utilization.
・Experience in designing cost-efficient software solutions, including leveraging open-source tools and frameworks.
・Experience in Convergence on Tooling, CICD , Devops.
**Strong domain knowledge in one or more of the following areas:**
・OSS: Experience with network management systems, fault management, and automation.
・Telco Private Cloud: Expertise in cloud-native platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenStack), orchestration, and virtualization.
・Proficiency in designing scalable, high-performance software systems.
・Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, containerization, and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
**Scalability**
・Experience in designing software systems that scale to support large-scale deployments
**Security and Compliance**
・Knowledge of secure coding practices and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, ISO 27001).
**Minimum Qualifications:**
・Bachelor in Engineering or a Master’s degree in a related field in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
・10+ years of demonstrable Solution Architecture/Presales experience, focusing on Cloud Platform and Storage.
・Strong understanding of public cloud services, including storage, and market trends.
・Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
・Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
・Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
**Preferred Qualifications:**
・Track record of successfully launching and scaling consumer-facing products.
・Experience working in a global or multi-cultural environment, with an understanding of international markets and user behaviors.