WhatsApp ARCHITECT - SIM, IMS MESSAGING APPLICATIONS

We have a unique opportunity for a Core Network Architect to work on SIM applications for a major telecoms company based in Berkshire.

Must have experience on Voice & Text over Wifi applications like WhatsApp, as well as a deep understanding of SIM integration & standards - UICC/ETSI, Roaming steering, OTA interface etc.

Role

• A passion for design, innovation and continuous improvement
• Demonstrable ability in critical thinking and problem analysis skills combined with a creative approach to system design.
• Great stakeholder management and influencing skills to drive our technology business goals and challenge us to do better.
• Be a great communicator, able to express complex technical concepts in a way that can be easily understood by the intended audience.
• Experience in technical vendor management
• Awareness of financial management techniques: investment appraisal, TCO calculation, cost to serve modelling, and CAPEX/OPEX forecasting & control.
• Expert level knowledge across a range of domains: Voicemail, MMS, RCS, OTA SIM management, Roaming Steering, Device Management, SMSC, IP-SM GW, and IMS messaging solutions (Voice & Text over WiFi).
• Experience of successful end-to-end messaging service design, delivery, integration and in-life system design ownership within a hybrid circuit-switched and IMS context.
• A track record of successful messaging project delivery
• A good understanding of operational support issues associated with messaging services.
• Expert level understanding of the relevant areas of the following standards: MAP, SIP, SMPP, UCP, MM1-MM7, IMAP, SMTP, Diameter, LDAP, SOAP, CORBA, OMA-DM, OMA-CP, UICC

Nice to have:

• Experience of design & deployment of virtualised telco applications in a cloud environment
• Wider knowledge of mobile/IMS core systems, and service layer VAS
• Experience in *nix scripting and common web-layer programming languages: Perl, Python, Ruby, Java
• An appreciation of design, development, and configuration of mobile applications, particularly in the integration of messaging apps with core network functions (e.g. Whatsapp).

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