E2E Solution Architect 5G Core and Cloud
Job Description
Location: Toronro, ONT.
At this time, Ericsson Canada Inc. does not provide immigration assistance/sponsorship now or in the future for this position.
About this opportunity:
Ericsson is leading the next wave of 5G and cloud-native innovation with Tier-1 operators and enterprises around the world. We are looking for an end-to-end Solution Architect to design and lead complex 4G/5G Core and cloud-native transformations. You will own the architecture from concept to launch, ensuring secure, resilient, and scalable networks that serve millions of users. This is a senior, customer-facing role that combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership.
##### What you will do:
• Lead end-to-end architecture across 4G EPC, 5G SA Core, subscriber data management, and cloud infrastructure.
• Lead team of Solution Architects from different product areas, delegate efficiently, foster teamwork and collaboration to maximize productivity.
• Create and own high-level and low-level designs, migration and rollback plans, and operational models.
• Ensure architectural consistency and alignment across CNFs and the underlying cloud platforms. • Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer CTO, architecture, and operations teams[MN1.1][AS1.2], by partnering with BA (PDU & Solution Area)
• Run architecture and change review forums with customer and Ericsson teams (design boards, CABs).
• Design and lead cloud-native transformations on Ericsson CNIS across multi-site deployments.
• Assess technical risks for major network and cloud changes and define mitigation plans.
• Plan and support traffic migrations, software upgrades, disaster recovery, and failover with minimal customer impact.
• Define Kubernetes and cloud platform standards for resiliency, security, networking, storage, and observability.
• Drive automation, CI/CD, GitOps, and Infrastructure-as-Code for Core and Cloud environments.
• Work with OMC, OSS, CNS, and NOC teams to improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and performance management.
• Partner with Ericsson business, solution, and delivery teams on solution scoping, SoWs, and customer proposals.
##### The skills you bring:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications or related field, with 12+ years in Core/Cloud and 5+ years in technical leadership roles
• Strong hands-on experience with Ericsson 5G SA Core (e.g. AMF, SMF, UPF, PCF, UDM, AUSF, NRF, NEF, CHF), 4G EPC (e.g. MME, SGW, PGW, PCRF, HSS)
• Excellent communication skills with sufficient technical depth and ability to win customer trust.[MN3.1]
