Senior Manager Platform Architect

Job Description

Abacus Consulting | Infrastructure & Networking SME (GCP / Apigee)

Who We Are

At Abacus, we specialize in technology, outsourcing, and people solutions, bringing nearly 40 years of experience shaped alongside the organizations we support. As a global professional services leader, our focus remains on providing bespoke solutions that enable organizations to create the future of business and embrace change for sustainable growth, powered by a global team of over 5,000 people.

What We Do

Across digital transformation, emerging technologies, SAP enterprise solutions, outsourcing, and human capital, we support organizations in building environments that operate effectively and scale with the business. Today, this extends to more than 1,500 enterprise clients, where the focus remains on creating systems that are not only functional, but ready to adapt and evolve over time.

Position Overview

The Senior Manager: Platform Architect provides strategic direction and technical leadership for the design, development, and evolution of scalable software platforms that enable high‑impact solutions across the MTN value chain.

The role ensures that business needs are rigorously translated into clear technical requirements through strong Functional Analysis, resulting in architecture that is robust, efficient, and aligned to enterprise standards

Responsibilities

Strategic & Technical Leadership

• Oversee the development and implementation of the strategy/roadmap for Platform Architecture in Software Solutions, prioritizing short-, medium-, and long‑term goals based on business objectives, emerging technologies, and industry trends in close collaboration with key business stakeholders.
• Lead the design and development of software solutions and platforms, ensuring alignment with MTN's digital transformation goals and objectives.
• Provide technical guidance, set clear goals and expectations, and conduct regular performance evaluations.
• Collaborate closely with other chapter leads to align on the overall Software Solutions strategy, drive synergies, and achieve engineering excellence.
  
  
  

Platform Architecture Design & Governance

• Implement and guide teams to design scalable architectures, applying load balancing, resource optimization, caching, data partitioning, and horizontal scaling techniques.
• Lead the implementation of robust security measures and vulnerability assessments across the Software CoE to prevent and address vulnerabilities (e.g., SQL injection, XSS, CSRF) in collaboration with cybersecurity teams.
• Manage and address performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges within the architecture domain, optimizing performance using tools such as Vtune and PVS‑Studio, and proactively anticipating near‑future scalability needs.
• Drive adherence to architectural principles, coding standards, and quality assurance practices across all delivery squads.
• Drive the enforcement of governance frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, GDPR, HIPAA), ensuring adoption of best practices, processes, methodologies, and tools across the MTN value chain.
  
  
  

Functional Analysis

• Lead Functional Analysis efforts to ensure business requirements are accurately captured, clarified, and translated into actionable technical specifications that directly inform platform design and architectural decisions.
• Facilitate alignment between business requirements and technical execution, ensuring functional and non‑functional requirements are prioritized and consistently embedded in solution and Platform Architecture.
• Work with cross‑functional teams—including product, engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and infrastructure—to validate system behaviours, dependencies, integration needs, and expected outcomes, reducing ambiguity and improving technical delivery precision.
• Strengthen Functional Analysis capability across the Platform Architecture Chapter, embedding requirement‑to‑design discipline, documentation standards, and analytical rigor across squads.
  
  
  

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electronics and Communication
• Post graduate degree in Computer Science /Networks and /or equivalent professional qualification (Preferred)
• Minimum of 8-10 years End to End Systems Solutioning, Telecommunications solutions Architecture and Engineering experience
• Experience in emerging telecom-based software
• technology (Preferred to have)
• Expertise in software development methodologies, design patterns, and best practices
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) is a plus
  
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Proficiency in entire Java technology stack backed by multiple projects and visible accomplishments
• Solid understanding of entire Software Configuration
• Management (Gilt) and Governance Framework (TOGAF, GDPR etc.)
• Strong knowledge of telecom systems, protocols, and industry standards (Preferred)
• Solid understanding of web technologies ((HTML,CSS),
• Testing Frameworks (Jest), APIs and web services
• Detailed knowledge of database management systems,
• SQL, MongoDB, SQLite databases
• Certification in Information Systems Security
• Professional (CISSP) is preferable
  
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience.
• Exposure to large-scale, enterprise-grade platform and API projects.
• A collaborative, innovation-driven, and growth-oriented work environment.
• Continuous learning opportunities and access to professional development resources.
• Opportunity to work with a globally recognised professional services leader.
  
  
  

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