Architect Profile
Solution Architect with 14+ years of experience in Telecom BSS systems, currently leading architecture for enterprise-scale invoicing and billing modernization. Designing systems that process millions of invoices per billing cycle under strict batch windows and downstream integration constraints. Experience includes architecting event-driven and asynchronous platforms to handle bursty workloads, failure scenarios, and high-volume transaction processing. Core focus areas include system decomposition, integration patterns, and non-functional design (scalability, resiliency, cost efficiency). Regularly make architecture decisions under real-world constraints such as legacy dependencies, release timelines, and cross-system coupling. Strong domain expertise in Billing, Charging, Invoicing, Payments, and CRM, combined with hands-on implementation experience in AWS cloud-native architectures and Infrastructure as Code.
Skills
Architecture & Design
- End-to-end solution architecture for distributed systems
- Event-driven and asynchronous system design for burst workloads
- Service decomposition and boundary definition
- API-first and integration architecture
- Non-functional design: scalability, availability, performance
- Architectural trade-off analysis under constraints
- Cost-aware architecture and optimization strategies
Cloud & Platform
- AWS: Designing and building cloud-native architectures using compute, storage, networking, and managed services
- Kubernetes: Workload orchestration, scaling, and secure service exposure
- Terraform: Multi-environment infrastructure design, remote state management, and modular architecture
- GitHub Actions: CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment
Domain
10+ years in Telecom BSS (Billing, Charging, CRM), enabling architecture decisions aligned with real-world scale, transaction volume, and business workflows.
Certifications
Credentials
Cloud
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Developer – Associate
- AWS SysOps Administrator – Associate
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Terraform Associate
Microservices and Container Orchestration
- Certified Kubernertes Administrator (CKA)
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
CI/CD Pipelines
- GitHub Actions Associate
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AWS AI Practitioner
Architecture Approach
I design systems with a focus on:
- Scalability and failure handling: systems are designed to degrade gracefully under partial failures and downstream outages
- Cost vs performance trade-offs: optimize for actual workload patterns, not theoretical peak capacity
- Pragmatic architecture: prefer incremental evolution over premature over-engineering
- Infrastructure as Code: reproducibility and consistency across environments
- CI/CD-driven infrastructure: eliminate manual deployment risks and configuration drift
- Security by design: least privilege access, no static credentials, and auditable changes
Professional Experience
Cloud Solution Architect : AWS – Telstra Global Services ( Mar2024 – Present)
- Own architecture for enterprise-scale invoicing digitization platform within a Telecom BSS ecosystem supporting millions of invoices per billing cycle.
- Design AWS-based event-driven architectures to handle bursty invoicing workloads and downstream integrations.
- Lead modernization initiatives from tightly coupled legacy systems toward cloud-native, loosely coupled services.
- Handle bursty billing workloads within defined processing windows, ensuring downstream system stability and data consistency
- Define service boundaries, integration patterns, and non-functional requirements.
- Act as architecture reviewer guiding teams on resiliency, cost awareness, and failure handling.
Solution Architect – Netcracker (Dec 2022 – Mar 2024)
- Designed solution and integration architectures for Telecom CRM and BSS platforms used by national-scale telecom operators
- Defined system decomposition and integration strategies across distributed components
- Worked on integration architectures involving multiple distributed systems with high coupling and dependency constraints
- Ensured delivery alignment with target architecture and long-term platform evolution
- Acted as a bridge between business and engineering stakeholders on architectural concerns.
Solution Designer – Amdocs (Jan 2022 - Nov 2022)
- Defined platform-level architecture for Telecom BSS solutions.
- Led architecture discussions around scalability, integration complexity, and release constraints.
- Balanced architectural decisions between short-term delivery pressures and long-term platform scalability
Technical Lead – Amdocs ( Mar 2015 – Dec 2021)
- Served as technical and domain SME for large Telecom BSS implementations.
- Advised teams on integration touchpoints, deployment considerations, and system constraints.
- Supported production systems processing high-volume billing and charging data.
Earlier Proffesional Experiences ( Jan 2011 – Mar 2015)
- Quality Analyst – Netcracker, 2014-2015
- Test Engineer - Tech Mahindra, 2011 - 2013