Value-Added Services Technical Architect (data-centric)

Kyivstar.Tech is looking for Value-Added Services Technical Architect

About us:

Kyivstar.Tech is a Ukrainian hybrid IT company and a resident of Diia.City. We are a subsidiary of Kyivstar, one of Ukraine's largest telecom operators.

Our mission is to change lives in Ukraine and around the world by creating technological solutions and products that unleash the potential of businesses and meet users' needs.

Over 500+ KS.Tech specialists work daily in various areas: mobile and web solutions, as well as design, development, support, and technical maintenance of high-performance systems and services.

We believe in innovations that truly bring quality changes and constantly challenge conventional approaches and solutions. Each of us is an adherent of entrepreneurial culture, which allows us never to stop, to evolve, and to create something new.

What you will do:

VAS system development, including but not limited:

• Prepare and follow up system strategy:

• Prepare strategies based on inputs.
• HW and SW lifecycle.
• Dimensioning.
• Load prediction.
• Budgeting and budget execution.
• Reporting.

• Partner and contract management:

• Follow internal procedures.
• Contract scope and terms definition and control (supply, service, NDA).
• Contract technical part preparation (solution description, scope of work, scope of supply).
• Partner check according to internal procedures.

• Initiate and participate in tender:

• Technical requirements definition (architecture, features, services, etc.).
• Offers analysis, clarification with participants.
• Technical evaluation.

• Lead system deployment, system extension, new services (HW/SW/services):

• Justify, initiate and lead contract scope extension.
• Initiate purchase orders.
• Coordinate HW supply with partner and logistic function.
• Control SW supply, including needed documents preparation.
• Coordinate works with partner, O&M team, other supporting functions: prepare plan, schedule, supervise execution, control.
• Testing: define test program, execute testing or request tests execution from testing team.

• Collect business needs and prepare technical requirements for new services/solutions.
• Participate in cross functional groups for services/solution/system deployment, modernization, or decommissioning.
• Provide consultancy to business about systems functionality.
• Provide consultancy to other functions about capability for integration with other systems.
• Support complex works execution at maintenance window.
• Following internal procedures could take more than half of working time.

Qualifications and experience needed:

• GSM/UMTS/LTE architecture knowledge
• PS domain elements knowledge:

• PCRF/PCEF/TDF, DRA, OCS, DPI, GGSN/PGW;
• Corresponding 3GPP interfaces.
• Signaling protocols: GTP, Diameter.

• Preferred: 5G architecture knowledge.
• IP network knowledge.
• English level: Pre-intermediate or higher.
• SQL knowledge.

Target system:

• PCRF and TDF

Opportunity:

• 5G NSA and 5G SA deployment.
• Participate in large-scale modernization projects.
• Get wide experience of how business works.
• Get deep PCRF knowledge.
• Bring optimization to the existing PCRF system.

What we offer:

• Office or remote — it’s up to you: you can work from anywhere, and we will arrange your workplace
• Remote onboarding
• Performance bonuses for everyone (annual or quarterly — depends on the role)
• We train employees: the opportunity to learn through the company’s own library, internal resources and programs from partners
• Health and life insurance
• Wellbeing program and corporate psychologist
• Reimbursement of expenses for Kyivstar mobile communication