Telco Cloud Engineer (5G, OpenRan, OpenStack, Python)

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Telco Field Engineer to lead the design and delivery of cutting-edge open-source solutions in the telco industry. This hands-on role involves working with advanced technologies like OpenStack and Kubernetes to help clients transition to software-defined services. You will engage with customers, understand their needs, and implement solutions that meet the demands of 5G and beyond. With a focus on collaboration and customer success, this position offers opportunities for travel and personal development in a fully remote working environment, making it a perfect fit for those passionate about open-source technology.

Benefits

Fully remote working environment

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities to meet colleagues

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of telco NFVi and cloud technologies.
• Experience in deploying OpenStack and Kubernetes solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds.
• Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams.

Skills

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Linux

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Automation Scripting

Technical Consulting

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

MAAS

Ceph

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Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

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Job Description:

The role of a Telco Field Engineer at Canonical

The telco industry is moving to software-defined services. This transformation is driven by open source software, cloud computing, and the move to VNF / CNF approaches. Canonical Ubuntu is a key platform for telco innovation, and we are growing our team of specialists who work in the industry to accelerate the change.

Canonical enables operators and communications service providers to embrace this new world, with a focus on platforms such as Ubuntu, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, and reusable, high-quality automation for operations at scale.

As part of the Canonical Field Engineering organization, you will lead customers through the design and delivery of OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined networking solutions. Your passion for open-source technologies will enable customers to understand and operate advanced infrastructure substrates to meet the demands of 5G and beyond. This role is hands-on, involving both design and implementation of solutions.

What your day will look like

• Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
• Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams
• Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
• Deploy cloud solutions for our customers (OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS, and Ceph)
• Investigate, report, and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
• Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco (automation scripting, Terraform, etc.)
• Learn model-driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NGINX, and more
• Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud solutions
• Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
• Shape our roadmap to accelerate our growth in the telco market

What we are looking for in you

• A thorough understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM, and MEC space
• Technical understanding of key telco technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SRIOV, DPDK, etc.
• A thorough working understanding of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
• Working knowledge of Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
• Understanding of best practices for open source technology in telco virtualization
• Working knowledge of Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes networking
• A passion to automate and improve all aspects of open source products and tooling
• Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
• A collaborative attitude with a keen eye on customer success
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time for events, customer meetings, and project delivery

Additional skills that you might also bring

• Second language
• Track record of open source contributions

What we offer you

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge, and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilization. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity across our global workforce.

In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.

• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since !
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events