What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Architect position at Cartney?
Location: St Louis, MO Day 1 Onsite
Telecom BSS or OSS experience required.
Required Skills and Experience
- 10 years of software development experience, including 5 years in architecture or solution design.
- Background in Telecom BSS/OSS domains — Order Management, Service Fulfillment, Service Assurance, Mediation, and Billing.
- Proven experience designing microservices and event-driven architectures using Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka.
- Expertise in cloud architecture with CI/CD automation and knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Experience integrating systems via APIs and message brokers (such as Kafka).
- Familiarity with TM Forum frameworks (SID, eTOM, Open APIs) is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of database technologies – SQL (PostgreSQL, Oracle) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis).
Nice to Have
- Experience with OSS orchestration tools (e.g., Itential, Netcracker, Amdocs, or ServiceNow Telco modules).
- Exposure to Network Automation, 5G Core, or SDN/NFV.
- Understanding of data pipelines and analytics in telecom (Data Lake, ETL, Kafka Streams).