PCRF Engineer

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company; Ridgeland (MS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen | GTA: A Kelly Telecom Company is seeking an experienced Wireless Policy Engineer to design, implement, optimize, and support policy and charging platforms for 4G LTE and 5G networks. You will manage PCRF/OCS/PCEF/DPI platforms, working with Amdocs/Openet, Nokia NPC, and Sandvine technologies in a production environment.

The role requires strong Linux/VMware expertise, cloud knowledge, and excellent troubleshooting and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, telecommunications, electrical engineering, or related field.
• 2-10+ years in carrier-grade wireless core network environments (grade-based).
• Hands-on PCRF/OCS/PCF experience; strong with Amdocs/Openet, Nokia NPC, Sandvine.
• Experience in high-availability production environments and LTE/5G core knowledge.
• Proficient with Linux servers, virtualization, and cloud-native deployment.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills; strong written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, integrate, optimize, and support policy and charging platforms across 4G/5G.
• Administer and lifecycle-manage PCRF/OCS/NPC/PCEF/DPI platforms in production.
• Troubleshoot performance issues and ensure high availability.
• Collaborate across teams to align policy platforms with core network architectures.

Skills

PCC

OCS

PCRF

DPI

PCEF

Troubleshooting

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Telecom

Tools

Amdocs/Openet AOC/AOP

Nokia NPC

Sandvine AppLogic

Kubernetes

OpenStack

VMware

CI/CD tooling

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Wireless Policy Engineer to design, implement, integrate, optimize, and support mobile core policy and charging platforms across 4G LTE and 5G networks. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Policy and Charging Control (PCC), Online Charging Systems (OCS), Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), and Policy Enforcement Functions (PCEF), along with experience supporting carrier-grade production environments.

The engineer will be responsible for the administration, configuration, integration, performance optimization, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of policy platforms including Amdocs (Openet) AOC/AOP Data PCRF/OCS, Nokia Network Policy Controller (NPC) Voice PCRF, and Sandvine (AppLogic) PCEF/DPI solutions. The role also requires knowledge of virtualization, cloud technologies, Linux operating systems, and modern mobile core network architectures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or Telecommunications Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Years of experience supporting carrier-grade wireless core networks.

• Grade I: 2-5 yrs / Grade II: 5-8 yrs / Grade III: 8-10 yrs or above.

Years of hands-on experience with PCRF, OCS, or PCF platforms.

• Grade I: 2-3 yrs / Grade II: 3-5 yrs / Grade III: above 5yrs.
• Strong experience with Amdocs (Openet), Nokia NPC, and/or Sandvine technologies.
• Experience supporting high-availability production environments.
• Strong understanding of LTE EPC and 5G Core architectures.
• Experience working with Linux servers and VMware virtualization.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and cloud-native deployment models.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Required Technical Skills

Policy & Charging Platforms

• Amdocs (Openet) AOC/AOP Data PCRF/OCS.
• Sandvine (AppLogic) PCEF & DPI (Deep Packet Inspection).
• Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
• Online Charging System (OCS)
• Policy Control Function (PCF) (preferred)
• Charging Function concepts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with 5G Policy Control Function (PCF)
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized network functions.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with OpenStack environments.
• Python or automation scripting experience.
• Telecom vendor certifications are a plus.
• ITIL Foundation certification is desirable.