MCX Solution Architect (Mission Critical Communications)

Job description

Your Role: Define and lead end‑to‑end design and deployment of mission‑critical communication platforms for enterprise and industrial environments, ensuring high availability, low latency, and secure interoperability across devices, networks, and dispatch systems. Responsibilities:· Architect Mission Critical Services solutions (MCPTT/MCVideo/MCData) including QoS, priority, preemption, group communications, and service continuity in complex settings. Lead comprehensive solution blueprints covering access network, transport, core, IMS/application layer, dispatch and recording systems, device ecosystems, and integration interfaces. Drive vendor selection, solution validation, and deployment governance with HLD/LLD documentation, integration planning, cutover strategies, and acceptance testing. Define resilience architecture with geo‑redundancy, active‑active/active‑standby configurations, disaster recovery, backup/restore, and observability frameworks. Establish security‑by‑design principles and compliance guardrails for MCX services, covering encryption, identity and key management, and auditability. Support test team through ATP phases, defect qualification, and FAT/SAT readiness. Lead technical workshops with stakeholders, translating operational requirements into technical designs and structured delivery backlogs.

Requirements

• Proven track record delivering mission‑critical platform design and deployment across MCX, PS‑LTE, or critical communications environments
• hands‑on experience with vendors such as Hytera, Airbus, the employer, or TDTech
• strong knowledge of 3GPP Mission Critical Services, IMS, VoLTE/VoNR, QoS/QCI/5QI, policy control, and session management
• demonstrated ability to produce HLD/LLD documentation, test strategies, and operational readiness artefacts
• experience managing multi‑vendor technical delivery programmes
• strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills to align cross‑functional teams and communicate technical strategies
• familiarity with Kubernetes/telco cloud, containerised network functions, or CI/CD pipelines is a plus
• exposure to ETSI, 3GPP, or GSMA guidelines relevant to mission‑critical communications.

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