Chief Architect, Packet Core & AI

What you’ll do

• Own and drive the Packet Core technical strategy, including target architecture and a multi-year modernization roadmap.
• Define architectural evolution required to enable network slicing and AI-enabled services, including the transition toward distributed UPF and edge-ready deployments.
• Identify any technology gaps and establish clear technical priorities, decision frameworks, and alignment across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Accelerate AI/ML and agentic AI adoption for simplification and operational improvements (e.g., automation, optimization, anomaly detection, analytics-driven troubleshooting).
• Partner with broader network architecture efforts to ensure coherent end-to-end design across Radio Access Network (RAN), transport, edge, and data center domains as well as address services like ISAC, physical AI.
• Represent Packet Core architecture in senior technical forums; produce high-quality architecture artifacts and communicate trade-offs clearly.

What you’ll bring

• Extensive experience in telecom network architecture and Packet Core (EPC and/or 5G Core), including service-based architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to define strategy, create roadmaps, and drive alignment across multiple organizations.
• Strong systems engineering and architecture skills (performance, resiliency, scalability, security, and operability).
• Proven leadership in complex, cross-functional technical programs, and architecture decision-making at senior levels.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML applications for network automation, optimization, and operational simplification.