Solution Architect - OpenRAN

First Point Group is recruiting for an ORAN Solution Architect on behalf of a leading telecom company. The successful candidate must have deep ORAN architecture expertise, proven multi-vendor system integration delivery experience, and strong customer-facing technical leadership skills.

*****PLEASE NOTE – sponsorship cannot be provided. Candidates must live in the UK with valid rights to work.

As part of this growth, our client has an exciting opportunity or an experienced ORAN Solution Architect to lead the end-to-end technical coordination and delivery of ORAN system integration for their Tier 1 European customer. Acting as the technical authority for ORAN applications and radio hardware, this role will play a critical part in ensuring successful solution design, release planning, and delivery from early 2025 onwards.

Responsibilities

• Own ORAN application and radio hardware release management, ensuring planning, alignment, and delivery across all solution components


• Ensure all customer technical and delivery requirements are captured and met within agreed release plans


• Manage release risks and issues across customers and third-party vendors, driving practical and acceptable mitigation strategies


• Guide ORAN application suppliers on security requirements, working closely with infrastructure architects to ensure full alignment


• Provide technical support to the system integration design team throughout the design lifecycle


• Act as the primary technical point of contact for ORAN application and radio hardware discussions


• Collaborate with solution and domain architects to ensure HLDs and LLDs align with the end-to-end solution scope


• Build strong working relationships with customer domain owners and third-party hardware suppliers


• Serve as the subject matter authority for critical L3/L4 technical discussions, including defining software release plans to mitigate major product defects


• Maintain expert-level knowledge of ORAN specifications, providing guidance and support to the wider system integration organisation

Required Experience & Skills

• Degree-level education in Telecommunications, Electronics, Computer Science/IT, or equivalent industry experience


• Deep technical understanding of ORAN network architectures and specifications across 2G, 4G, and 5G


• Proven track record delivering complex, large-scale, multi-vendor system integration releases


• Hands-on experience designing virtualised, multi-vendor Open RAN infrastructure solutions


• Strong customer and stakeholder management capability within complex organisations


• Exceptional communication skills, both internally and in customer-facing environments


• Highly organised, proactive, and able to anticipate and respond to customer needs


• Ability to prepare and deliver complex technical concepts clearly, often under tight timelines


• Fluent in spoken and written English


• Excellent documentation, presentation, and planning skills


• Demonstrated ability to influence, build relationships, and navigate large, matrixed organisations