Core Network DevOps Engineer — Remote & Flexible Hours

One New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home

Southern Cross health insurance

Lifestyle leave

Discounts on One New Zealand products

Job summary

One New Zealand is seeking a Core Network DevOps Engineer to design, implement and support the 24x7 operation of our Core Mobile and Fixed Data Network DevOps domains. You’ll drive improvements in network capability and customer experience.

You’ll work in a high-performing team, contribute to platform roadmaps, and implement automated solutions and AI workflows to optimise operations while maintaining network integrity and on-call readiness.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Core Data DevOps platforms and technologies, including Mobile Data Core, Fixed Data Core and Mobile Signalling.
• Understanding of adjacent domains including mobile registers, IMS, fixed voice, messaging, virtual and container infrastructure, IP transport, security and enterprise technologies.
• Good knowledge of 3GPP and ETSI specifications.
• Experience with automation frameworks and scripting languages.
• Experience with virtualised and containerised environments such as VMware, Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat OpenStack, Docker or Kubernetes.
• Experience using CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments, such as Azure DevOps.
• Understanding of ITIL methodologies and Agile ways of working.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build stakeholder relationships and make decisions under pressure.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-performing team and share platform and Core Domain knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate, cost-effective network designs across medium to high complexity environments, considering end-to-end impacts.
• Identify key capacity and performance metrics and develop effective platform and domain management processes and reporting.
• Contribute to platform and domain roadmaps and network plans, and own implementation and acceptance plans.
• Peer review low-level and high-level network designs.
• Ensure implementation activities align with appropriate network change processes and quality standards.
• Deliver network changes on time and within budget while maintaining network integrity.
• Ensure all changes complete the required acceptance testing before live implementation.
• Resolve incidents within operational SLA targets and participate in 24x7 on-call rosters.
• Develop and implement processes, procedures, automation and AI workflows to improve operational performance.
• Maintain network integrity through an effective maintenance programme.

Skills

Core Data DevOps

Mobile Data Core

Mobile Signalling

3GPP & ETSI specs

Automation frameworks

Scripting languages

VMware/OpenShift/OpenStack

Docker/Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

ITIL & Agile

Communication & teamwork

Tools

VMware

OpenShift

OpenStack

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

Job description

One New Zealand is seeking a Core Network DevOps Engineer to design, implement and support the 24x7 operation of our Core Mobile and Fixed Data Network DevOps domains. You’ll drive improvements in network capability and customer experience.

You’ll work in a high-performing team, contribute to platform roadmaps, and implement automated solutions and AI workflows to optimise operations while maintaining network integrity and on-call readiness.