Solution Architect – Inventory (Telecom OSS)

About the role

Ericsson is looking for a Solution Architect – Inventory to join its Core Commerce & Orchestration unit in the MEA region. The role bridges pre‑sales and delivery, designing end‑to‑end inventory solutions that enable a unified view of network and service data across physical, logical and virtual domains.

Key responsibilities

• Lead value‑based solution positioning and proposal development for strategic OSS transformation programs.
• Act as design authority for major engagements, ensuring inventory solutions align with customer needs and Ericsson architectural principles.
• Own the technical architecture for the Inventory domain, focusing on Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (EAI).
• Design inventory solutions for physical, logical and virtual network resources, service catalogs, and multi‑domain topology management.
• Integrate inventory with orchestration (ESOA), assurance and mediation layers.
• Lead data migration, cleansing and reconciliation from legacy OSS systems.
• Contribute reusable assets such as inventory models, integration blueprints and migration patterns.
• Share knowledge within internal communities and promote reuse and continuous learning.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in the telecom/OSS domain.
• Hands‑on experience with network inventory platforms, especially Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (EAI).
• Proven HLD/LLD design and customer‑facing experience.
• Deep understanding of network and service resource modeling across physical, logical and virtual layers.
• Experience with data migration, cleansing and onboarding from legacy OSS/inventory systems.

Required skills

• Ericsson Adaptive Inventory (EAI)
• TM Forum Open APIs for inventory (TMF639, TMF640, TMF642, TMF648)
• Network resource modeling (physical, logical, virtual)
• Data migration and data cleansing techniques
• Orchestration concepts (SOM/COM), Order Management and Assurance integration