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Job Title : Telco Cloud Engineer
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Telco Cloud Engineer to join our team and support the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud-native infrastructure for telecommunications services using leading edge technologies. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with cloud platforms, virtualization technologies, and network functions virtualization (NFV), and will play a key role in enabling scalable, resilient, and automated telco environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Customer consultancy : Propose, design, implement and support Telco Cloud solutions (e.g., NFV, CNF)
- Collaborate with customer and cross‑functional teams to gather requirements and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
- Deploy and manage platforms such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, and containerized network functions.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools like Terraform, Ansible.
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues across compute, storage, and networking layers.
- Ensure high availability and scalability of telco cloud environments.
- Support migration from legacy systems to cloud‑native architectures.
- Maintain documentation and contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Strong knowledge of Linux systems (preferably RHEL / CentOS).Experience with virtualization (KVM, VMware, VMware Vcloud, VMware NSX‑T) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).Familiarity with telco protocols and networking concepts (Layer 2 / 3, SDN, routing, switching).Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash).Understanding of cloud‑native storage solutions (e.g., –).Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios).Knowledge of NFVi, VNFM, and orchestration frameworks.Excellent problem‑solving and communication skills.Travel up to 50% of time is possible.Preferred Qualifications
Experience with OpenShift or other telco‑grade Kubernetes distributions.Exposure to telecom standards and ETSI NFV architecture.Ability to work in distributed teams.Seniority level
Mid‑Senior levelEmployment type
Full‑timeJob function
Information TechnologyIndustries
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