Cloud Engineer

Ericsson GmbH; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Ericsson GmbH in India (Noida and Bangalore) seeks a CNIS Engineer to design, deploy, and manage CNIS-based infrastructure. You will work hands-on with Kubernetes platforms, CNIs, Rook/Ceph storage, and CNF onboarding for 5G cores and telecom workloads.

Required 4–12 years in cloud-native infra, strong Kubernetes skills (CKA/CNCF preferred), and expertise across CNIs, storage, Linux, and networking. Expect on-site roles at Noida and Bangalore with Ericsson tooling familiarity.

Qualifications

• 4–12 years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure or telco platforms.
• Strong hands-on in Kubernetes (CKA/CNCF preferred).
• Expertise in CNIs (Multus, Calico, SR-IOV).
• Storage experience with Rook/Ceph and CSI.
• Linux proficiency (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu).
• Networking knowledge: L2/L3, BGP, VLAN, IPAM; Juniper/Extreme switches.
• Experience with Helm, YAML, and Git; Ericsson tools familiarity helpful.

Responsibilities

• CNIS Deployment & Operations: Install, configure CNIS platforms on bare-metal or virtual infra.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters using Rancher, CEE, or kubeadm; configure CNI and CSI.
• Handle Day 2 operations for CNFs, including Helm deployments, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Infrastructure & Storage: Manage Rook-Ceph clusters and monitor hardware health.
• Networking & Security: Configure pod networking, BGP peering, overlays; enforce RBAC and security.
• Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Integrate Prometheus/Grafana; diagnose nodes, pods, storage, network; RCA docs.

Skills

Cloud-native infra

Kubernetes

CNIs

Storage

Linux

Networking

Helm

YAML

Git

Tools

ENM

CENX

EO-EVNFM

OMC

ESM

Job description

Join our Team

About this opportunity:

As a CNIS Engineer, you will be responsible for the design, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of Ericsson’s CNIS-based infrastructure. This includes deep hands‑on work in Kubernetes platforms, Cloud‑Native networking, Rook/Ceph storage, and CNF onboarding for 5G core networks and telecom workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

CNIS Deployment & Operations

• Install and configure CNIS platforms on bare-metal or virtual infrastructure.
• Set up and manage ECCD/Kubernetes clusters using tools like Rancher (RKE2), CEE, or kubeadm.
• Configure CNI plugins (Multus, Calico, SR-IOV) and CSI drivers (Rook/Ceph).
• Manage Day to Day operations for CNFs including Helm deployments, scaling, and upgrades and troubleshooting for existing opration Issues.

Infrastructure & Storage

• Manage Rook-Ceph clusters and troubleshoot persistent storage issues.
• Monitor hardware health (compute/storage/network) and ensure infrastructure compliance.
• Support cluster high availability, resilience, and performance tuning.
• Syslog, PKI Knowledge and experience.

Networking & Security

• Hands on experience on SDI/Juniper/Extreme SLX switches.
• Configure pod and service networking, BGP peering, VLAN/VXLAN overlays, and L2/L3 IP planning.
• Implement and audit network policies, RBAC, and security postures using standard Kubernetes practices.
• Integrate LDAP/Keycloak/SSO for user authentication and IAM.
• Hands on on ESM.

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Integrate Prometheus/Grafana, EFK/ELK or Loki for observability.
• Use kubectl, ceph, and Linux tools for troubleshooting nodes, pods, storage, and networking.
• Analyse CNF behaviour during failures and generate RCA documentation.
• Use Netcool & OMC for monitoring.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4–12 years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure or telco platforms.
• Strong hands‑on in Kubernetes (certifications like CKA/CNCF preferred).
• Expertise in:
  • CNIs (Multus, Calico, SR-IOV)
  • Storage (Rook/Ceph, CSI)
  • Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu)
  • Networking (L2/L3, BGP, VLAN, IPAM, Juniper/Extreme Switches)
• Experience with:
  • Helm, YAML, Git
• Ericsson tools: ENM, CENX, EO-EVNFM, OMC & ESM.
• Familiarity with Ericsson CNIS framework is strongly preferred.

All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.

Primary country and city: India (IN) || Noida

Location - Noida and Bangalore