Role Overview
We are seeking a Telecom Network Data Performance Architect with deep expertise in data modeling and architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The role focuses on building robust, scalable, and domain-driven data models for telecom network performance management, enabling analytics, AI/ML, and automation use cases across network operations and customer experience.
Key Responsibilities
· Design and implement logical, physical, and semantic data models for telecom network performance datasets (PM counters, CDRs, alarms, logs, probe data, OSS KPIs).
· Develop time-series, geospatial, and hierarchical data models optimized for BigQuery and Dataflow pipelines.
· Standardize telecom KPIs, KQIs, and service quality metrics into reusable data schemas for assurance and optimization.
· Build and maintain enterprise data models aligned with TM Forum SID / industry standards.
· Collaborate with data engineers to translate models into efficient ingestion, transformation, and storage patterns on GCP.
· Ensure data normalization vs denormalization trade-offs, partitioning and clustering strategies, and performance tuning in BigQuery.
· Define semantic layers for BI and analytics (Looker/Looker Studio) to expose network KPIs consistently.
· Implement metadata, lineage, and cataloging using Dataplex for governed access to telecom datasets.
· Guide data scientists and AI/ML engineers in feature store design and model-ready data sets.
Required Skills & Experience
Telecom Domain Modeling:
· Strong understanding of network performance management data (RAN, Core, Transport, IP).
· Experience in modeling KPIs, QoS/QoE metrics, SON, alarms, and service assurance data.
· Familiarity with time-series, geospatial, and hierarchical relationships in network data.
Data Modeling & Architecture (GCP):
· Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling for large-scale datasets.
· Advanced knowledge of BigQuery partitioning, clustering, and optimization.
· Hands-on with ER modeling tools (e.g., ERWin, Lucidchart, SQLDBM).
· Experience with semantic modeling for BI platforms (Looker, Tableau, etc.).
· Proficiency in SQL (BigQuery dialect) and Python for data validation.
Cloud & Data Engineering Knowledge:
· Exposure to Dataflow/Apache Beam for schema enforcement in pipelines.
· Knowledge of Dataplex, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage for modeling ingestion pipelines.
· Experience in feature engineering & ML data model preparation (Vertex AI integration is a plus).
Preferred Qualifications
· 8+ years in data architecture / modeling, with at least 3+ in telecom data.
· Strong background in OSS/BSS data models and TM Forum SID frameworks.
· Certification: Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer / Architect.
· Exposure to 5G network data modeling (slicing, edge, IoT analytics).