Cloud Solution Design Engineer

Role Purpose

As Cloud Design Engineer you will be part of a global end‑to‑end unit in the Cloud Engineering organization that aims to achieve the cloud‑ready and cloud‑native strategy for Vodafone, acting as an enabler for the network as a platform, and thus driving cost efficiencies and innovation. You will be in charge of designing and supporting the delivery of the Telco Cloud virtualized infrastructure in Italy and cluster markets in accordance with the Vodafone Cloud Engineering strategy and goals to enable the onboarding of the core network’s tools with best‑in‑industry quality within the planned time.

You will be accountable and responsible for the design to deployment of infrastructure virtualization, network for a cloud‑ready platform, mainly focused on VMware NFV & SDN solutions and Red Hat Open Shift solution, considering capacity efficiency, security, resiliency and automation, aligned with the peculiarities of NFV workloads. You also will support the infrastructure build of network functions into on‑premise cloud environment.

The technology focus is on IaaS, CaaS, PaaS infrastructure (vCloud, vCenter, hypervisor, computing, storage, network – physical or virtual), remote access solutions, cloud, security, and backup solutions.

You also will work with the VNF/CNF onboarding team to automate end‑to‑end integrations.

In accordance with Vodafone strategy and focused on virtual/containerized network functions (V/CFN) and SDN needs, as a member of the Cloud Engineering team, the technology focus from solution design and delivery and best practices perspective will be (but not limited to):

• Virtualization and cloud‑native platforms overall (IaaS, CaaS, PaaS)
• VMware Telco Cloud Platform components, namely: vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize products (vRealize Operations, Orchestrator, Log Inside and Network Inside), NSX‑T, Telco Cloud Automation (TCA) and VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)
• Red Hat Open Shift Platform
• Hardware and software lifecycle management
• Infrastructure in general (hypervisor, computing, storage, networking – physical or virtual)
• Deliver backup solution to support Telco Cloud Platform

Key Accountabilities and Decision Ownership

• Responsible for the solution design and lifecycle management of designed solutions within Cluster IT, GR, AL Vodafone Markets
• Coordinating suppliers, engaging with peers and other stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of functionality and quality in projects
• Design and delivery NVI on time and on budget according to the project’s timeline
• Support process development and automation of VNF /CNF delivery
• Define, address, track and report on standard and guideline adherence
• Translate technical requirements into business language

Key Performance Indicators

• Design and deliver infrastructure within local market timescales
• Meet or exceed capex targets
• Timeliness and quality in the solution design and delivery

Core Competencies, Knowledge and Experience

• Data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization architectures (Telco)
• Customer oriented and systematic way of working
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to work across multifuncational and cultural boundaries to deliver results and change
• Strong individual applied thinking
• Good analytical and problem‑solving skills

Must Have Technical / Professional Qualifications

• Degree qualified
• At least 4 years professional experience in cloud and virtualization
• Expert in data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization architectures (IT and Telco) design and delivery
• Solid understanding of virtualization (VMware / OpenShift Cloud Platform) and containerization (Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of routing and switching protocols (e.g. BGP / ISIS / OSPF)
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNIs, Service Mesh, Network Policies, Ingress/Egress)
• Experience with Network Load Balancers and Firewalls
• Experience in designing/implementing IPv6 solutions
• Scripting expertise is preferred (Power CLI, PowerShell, Python, …)

Location

Italy