About this opportunity
Join Ericsson's BOS Enterprise Architecture team within MEMA CSS and shape the architecture of complex OSS/BSS transformation programmes across the region. You will provide end-to-end architectural leadership, from network-facing interfaces to business-system integrations, helping customers build scalable, resilient, and maintainable platforms.
The role focuses on OSS/BSS architecture, including integration, service orchestration, order management, and service assurance. You will work across Ericsson's OSS/BSS portfolio, while partnering with delivery, product, and sales teams. You will influence strategic decisions, engage with senior customer leaders, and help turn business goals into viable technology roadmaps.
What you will do
- Define and lead end-to-end OSS/BSS solution architectures for large transformation programmes, including multi-vendor, hybrid-cloud and on-premises environments.
- Create clear architecture documents, integration designs, decision records, and reusable patterns that guide delivery teams.
- Review and challenge designs to protect quality, consistency, resilience, and long-term maintainability.
- Lead architecture for strategic bids and customer engagements, translating transformation goals into credible, differentiated solutions.
- Present architecture options and recommendations to customer technology leaders and review boards.
- Work with sales and commercial teams to shape scope, assess feasibility, and identify delivery risks before commitments are made.
- Establish practical architecture governance, standards, and reference materials for the regional architecture community.
- Provide oversight across active programmes, resolving cross-programme decisions and addressing design risks early.
- Mentor architects and share knowledge through reusable assets and participation in global architecture communities.
You will bring
- 15+ years of experience in IT and telecommunications, including senior solution or enterprise architecture roles on major programmes.
- A strong record of owning end-to-end architecture for large-scale, multi-country, multi-vendor OSS/BSS transformations and can speak to concrete architectural decisions made and outcomes achieved.
- Built or led an architecture governance function (design authority, architecture board) from the ground up or significantly matured an existing one, with tangible evidence of improved consistency and quality.
- Represented an organisation in an external standardisation forum (e.g., TM Forum) and influenced the output, contributed to a standard, a working group position paper, or an industry reference architecture.
- Coached and upskilled a team of architects, with demonstrable growth in team competence and individual career progression.
- TOGAF 9 certification or an equivalent enterprise architecture qualification.
- Love solving hard integration problems, enjoy cross-functional leadership without formal authority, be motivated by customer impact, find meaning in standardisation and knowledge-building, & be comfortable with ambiguity and global travel
- Confidence engaging technology and business leaders, with strong written and spoken English.
- Experience with Ericsson's wider OSS/BSS portfolio, cloud deployments, EMEA transformation programmes, or GIAP certification is an advantage.
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Netherlands (NL) || Breda
Req ID: 790504
Skills Required
- 15+ years of experience in IT and telecommunications, including senior solution or enterprise architecture roles on major programs
- Experience owning end-to-end architecture for large-scale, multi-country, multi-vendor OSS/BSS transformations
- Experience building or leading an architecture governance function, design authority, or architecture board
- Experience representing an organization in an external standardization forum such as TM Forum
- Experience contributing to a standard, working group position paper, or industry reference architecture
- Experience coaching and upskilling a team of architects
- TOGAF 9 certification or equivalent enterprise architecture qualification
- Strong written and spoken English
- Experience with Ericsson's wider OSS/BSS portfolio, cloud deployments, EMEA transformation programs, or GIAP certification
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Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
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Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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