Head of Cloud & Core Design (5G Telco Cloud)

Norconsult Telematics; Medina; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Norconsult Telematics is seeking a Program Manager for Core and Cloud design to guide architecture for a leading telecom operator. You will orchestrate workstreams aligned with strategic priorities and lead design-to-deployment efforts across mobile core and telco cloud services.

This role demands strong project leadership, expertise in virtualization, networking, storage, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and automation with Python or PowerShell.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Proven project management skills with strong coordination and stakeholder engagement.
• Proficiency in virtualization, networking, storage, and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with programming/scripting for automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with Zero Trust and Security-by-Design architecture.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, Kubernetes) are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead designing future and existing mobile core and telco cloud infrastructure to host voice, data, VAS, and core control services.
• Ensure expediting the transformation, modernization, and migrations of mobile core and telco cloud services.
• Drive capacity and performance related expansions for components of mobile core and telco cloud infrastructure and services.
• Lead translation of deployment plan to specific design activities.
• Guide development and evaluation of RFX, RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs for mobile core and telco cloud infrastructure and services.
• Ensure expanding core and telco cloud infrastructure to cater Data, Voice, VAS, and Control services requirements.
• Validate network architecture evolution and technology strategy roadmap.
• Guide development of technical capabilities to support 5G standalone core, network slicing, private networks, and edge use cases.
• Align design activities for Core infrastructure domains including 5G Core, EPC, IMS, UDC, and related VAS services.
• Design business continuity, resilience, and disaster recovery plans for Core and Cloud infrastructure and services.
• Align telco cloud design with Infrastructure Hypervisor, VIM, CNFMs, NFVO, SDN/WAN, load balancers, and automation tools.
• Ensure compliance with technical standards and guidelines.
• Guide POCs and proposals on emerging cloud and core infrastructure technologies.
• Lead validation of technical solutions and the use of latest technologies in compliance with regulations.

Skills

Project management

Virtualization

Networking

Storage

Container orchestration

Automation scripting

Security-by-design

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Telecommunications/Electrical Engineering/CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Norconsult Telematics is seeking a Program Manager for Core and Cloud design to guide architecture for a leading telecom operator. You will orchestrate workstreams aligned with strategic priorities and lead design-to-deployment efforts across mobile core and telco cloud services.

This role demands strong project leadership, expertise in virtualization, networking, storage, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and automation with Python or PowerShell.