Telcom Network Engineer

TechDigital Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a skilled telecommunications engineer to implement and certify applications on a cutting-edge platform. This role involves integrating and supporting cloud-based solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless onboarding of telco applications. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in network function virtualization, automation, and orchestration tools. Join a dynamic team where your expertise will drive the future of telecommunications technology and help shape industry standards. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and make a significant impact in the telecom domain.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in telecom domain with experience in telco NFV deployment.
• Ability to create technical documentation and collaborate with teams.

Responsibilities

• Implement and certify telecommunications applications on the OCP Platform.
• Lead maintenance and support application testing and documentation.

Skills

telco NFV

5GC

IMS core

openshift platform

container networking

SDN

technical requirement documents

network automation

network orchestration

Python

bash

SIP

Diameter

MPLS

BGP

VXLAN

Education

Industry certifications (CKA, RHOCP, AWS/Azure)

Tools

Ansible

Helm

Terraform

GraphQL

Job description

Job Description-
Responsible for implementing and certifying telecommunications applications on the OCP Platform. This includes supporting the integration of each platform into the cloud and orchestration platforms. Working with the application owners and verifying the cloud platform meets each application requirement. The Engineer will lead the maintenance/maintain the testing, support the application testing team and document the integration in detail.

Required Skills-

1. 3+ years of experience in telecom domain, deploying telco NFV on public/private cloud
2. In-depth knowledge of telco NFV, 5GC, IMS core, openshift platform, container networking, SDN
3. Must be able to create technical requirement documents based on discussion with application owners/stakeholders.
4. Collaborate with cross functional teams, including cloud architects to ensure successful onboarding and ongoing management of telco applications.
5. Able to create technical documentation for onboarding process, best practice.
6. Collaborate with application team to ensure seamless integration of telco network function in Openshift container platform (OCP)
7. Able to support network automation and orchestration for cloud native environment.
8. Knowledge of network automation and orchestration tools - Ansible, Helm, Terraform, GraphQL
9. Proficiency in scripting language- Python, bash for automation.
10. Familiar with telecom network protocols and services e.g. SIP, Diameter, MPLS, BGP, VXLAN etc.
11. Industry certifications such as CKA, RHOCP, AWS/Azure or equivalent are highly desirable.
12. Solid understanding of network function virtualization and container networking.
13. Expertise in containerized networking, CNI plugins i.e. Multus, Calico, SR-IOV, Kube-OVN.
14. Expertise in defining network policy, external connectivity to OpenShift/ Kubernetes cluster.
15. Knowledge of data center build on Spine-Leaf architecture CISCO Nexus- N9K platform.
16. Experience with DNS resolution, DHCP, IPAM and their integration in dynamic environment like OCP.