Job Description

The company:
Our client is the OSS Software Business Unit of a 7000 people US-headquartered telecommunications vendor. Their teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a flexible work environment that empowers individual growth, well-being, and belonging. The Technology Application Sales (TAS) Software Developer position has responsibility for implementing use cases and proof of concepts in support of the go-to-market and technical sales teams. Working closely with Solution Architects (SA), Technical Sales Leads (TSL), and Global Sales & Partner (GS&P) leads, the candidate will translate pre-sales requests into technical supporting material; product demonstrations, solutions, and enablement scripts for colleagues to apply.
The successful candidate would:
Be a strong team member who communicates clearly
Know how to drive requirements to technical implementation and application support
Have a passion for delivering successful outcomes
Have a desire to provide the company's teams with top-quality configured products and solutions
Have technical knowledge of the OSS domain with a specific focus on one of the company's portfolio products
Have a thorough understanding of a broad range of telecommunications technologies
Be extremely familiar with software development and system integration patterns
Have experience in software configuration, deployment, and testing according to product and solution patterns They will have experience working with architects and designers collaboratively to understand requirements around OSS software configuration and possess the ability to translate those requirements into software solutions across the company's Portfolio or similar applications.
Successful candidates can expect to participate in the following day-to-day activities and duties:
Configuration and development of customizations as applicable to the company's products
Creates demo and PoC supporting material; demo scripts, recordings, and clickable demos to describe the product and use case implementation and benefits
Interact with the client's IT, Network Operations, Planning, and Engineering teams in the process of delivering Proof of Concepts to account opportunity audiences to understand target business and system processes and to define outcomes using the company's products
Work closely with the company's pre-sales and Go-To-Market teams to ensure alignment between sales messaging and the solution being developed throughout the demo/PoC creation process
Work independently and in a hands-on manner
Facilitate and/or participate in knowledge transfer and enablement of the pre-sales teams to ensure TAS end users are well-informed and engaged, and projects are delivered to (internal and external) customer satisfaction
Facilitate and participate in workshops and design sessions both internally and externally to drive towards an optimal solution for a desired requirement while maintaining pragmatism and meeting sales objectives
Key skills:
Minimum of 5 years in the role of hands-on Software Developer in the telco OSS and/or BSS areas with experience in a selection of the following:
Backend programming/markup languages: Java/J2EE, Python
Backend development frameworks/libraries: Maven, Spring Data / Security / MVC
Backend testing frameworks/libraries: JUnit
DB: Neo4j (graph DB), Oracle DB, PostgreSQL+TimescaleDB
Other technologies: ElasticSearch, drools, Kafka integration, ReST (on Spring MVC), SSO (LDAP, Reverse Proxy, OAuth2)
Programming theory: algorithms and data structures, relational and graph database concepts, etc
Understanding of Telecom Network design and software that supports providers
Understanding of the Telco OSS ecosystem and ideally knowledge of one or more of the company's Portfolio products and their role in operators' ecosystems.
Configuration processes from a functional and technical perspective.
Domain knowledge in multiple telecom technologies (DWDM, Ethernet, IP, etc.)
Demonstrated expert knowledge of the software development life cycle and practices
5+ years' experience in the OSS domain
Domestic and international travel is required.
Please ignore the salary stated, as it is flexible depending on the candidate's background and value.