The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Senior Delivery Consultant with telecommunications industry specialization to join our team. In this role, you'll work closely with telecommunications customers to design, implement, and manage AWS solutions that meet their technical requirements and business objectives. You'll be a key player in driving customer success through their cloud journey, providing both strategic technical leadership and hands-on delivery expertise throughout the project lifecycle.
As a Senior Delivery Consultant specializing in telecommunications, you will possess deep understanding of AWS products and services, with specific expertise in telecom industry challenges including cloud and virtualized network functions, BSS, OSS, Private 5G, Public 5G, Multi Access Edge (MEC), Enterprise IT applications, and data residency requirements. You'll combine strategic advisory capabilities with hands-on technical implementation skills.
Key job responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Solution Design:
Design and implement complex, scalable, and secure AWS solutions tailored to telecommunications customer needs
Lead technical and design discussions with telecom IT executives to help enterprises speed their adoption of new technologies and practices
Architect cloud-native telecommunications solutions leveraging AWS services for network functions, edge computing, and 5G infrastructure
Guide customers' technical investments, maximizing alignment with the AWS platform and ease of adoption as new services become available
Build solutions that solve difficult technical problems to accomplish defined business outcomes for telecommunications customers
Hands-on Technical Implementation & Delivery:
Hands-on implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management for telecom infrastructure and applications
Build and manage release systems, code merging and promotion, and CI/CD workflows for telecom workloads
Architect and build highly secure scalable cloud native solutions for telecommunications customers
Implement DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code, continuous integration and automated deployment for telecom environments
Build and deploy automation solutions for telecommunications operations and network management
Customer Engagement & Advisory:
Act as a trusted advisor to telecommunications customers on industry trends, emerging technologies, and innovative cloud solutions
Work with customers and partners to internalize their context while using business and technical skills to design solutions based on requirements and constraints
Lead customer discovery sessions that earn trust, uncover blockers, and document technical scope for telecom-specific workloads
Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support throughout project delivery
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, assess current telecom infrastructure, and propose effective migration strategies to AWS
Project Delivery & Implementation:
Manage projects independently and deliver as part of larger teams focused on telecom transformations
Own and complete key tasks and deliverables for telecommunications cloud adoption initiatives
Ensure adherence to best practices, optimize performance, and manage risks throughout telecom project lifecycles
Work towards customer business outcomes, ensuring strong connection between delivery activities and telecom business objectives
Lead hands-on implementation of telecom-specific AWS solutions including network functions virtualization and edge computing
Automation & DevOps Leadership:
Hands-on experience with architecting and automated provisioning using CloudFormation, Terraform, or other IaC tools
Implement monitoring and log aggregating frameworks for telecom workloads
Lead automation initiatives for telecommunications operations and network management
Advise and implement AWS best security practices for telecom environments
Knowledge Sharing & Innovation:
Create and apply frameworks, methods, best practices and artifacts specific to telecommunications industry
Share knowledge within the organization through mentoring, training, and creating reusable telecom-focused artifacts
Publish and present telecom cloud solutions in large forums and across various media platforms
Collaborate with AWS product teams to share telecom customer insights and identify product feature gaps
Keep up to date with new DevOps trends and technologies relevant to telecommunications- 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, implementation, and technical leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field, or equivalent experience
- Experience in telecommunications industry with knowledge of telecom infrastructure, network functions, and industry-specific challenges
- Hands-on experience with AWS services relevant to telecommunications (e.g., EC2, VPC, Direct Connect, Wavelength, Local Zones)
- Hands-on experience with architecting and automated provisioning (IaC), configuration management for infrastructure and applications
- Experience with mainline programming and scripting languages such as Shell, Python, Ruby, Perl, Java, .Net, or C++
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical telecom stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and manage complex project deliveries- AWS Professional level certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional)
- Experience with telecommunications technologies including 5G, edge computing, network function virtualization (NFV), software-defined networking (SDN)
- Knowledge of telecom industry standards and compliance requirements (e.g., ETSI, 3GPP, regulatory frameworks)
- Experience with CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet, Salt, or Ansible in production telecom environments
- Understanding of telecom BSS/OSS systems and hands-on integration experience
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) for telecom workloads
- Knowledge of security and compliance standards relevant to telecommunications industry
- Experience with monitoring and log aggregating frameworks like CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, AWS X-Ray for telecom workloads
- Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture for telecom applications
- Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
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