Telco Cloud Senior Designer

Job Posting Location: Riyadh, KSA (Onsite)

Position Objective:

Telco Cloud Senior Designer will be responsible for telco cloud infrastructure design, and delivering cloud design activities. Also, will be responsible for the end-to-end capacity management for cloud platforms & elements, and cloud automation use cases.

Job Description & Responsibilities:

• Design future and existing telco cloud infrastructure to host mobile and fixed voice and data services, as well as VAS and other telco workloads.
• Expedite the transformation, modernization and migrations of telco cloud services in line to the emerging technologies and industry evolution.
• Ensure design of API integrations required to integrate new VNFs/CNFs across northbound and southbound interfaces.
• Manage the capacity and performance related expansions for the various components of telco cloud infrastructure and services.
• Work with BUs (Consumer, Enterprise, Wholesale, etc) to fulfill business demand priorities, identify technical solutions and required budgets.
• Lead translation of telco cloud infrastructure deployment plan to specific design activities.
• Prepare and evaluate RFX, RFIs, RFPs and RFQs for telco cloud infrastructure and services, according to the annual business demands.
• Perform and revise telco cloud infrastructure dimensioning and solutions design, verify and approve related Method of Procedure (MOPs).
• Expand telco cloud infrastructure to cater Data, Voice, VAS, and Control services growth requirements, based on demand and business objectives.
• Support network architecture evolution and technology strategy roadmap.
• Build required capabilities to support 5G standalone core, network slicing, private networks and edge use cases.
• Design business continuity, multi-level resilience and disaster recovery plans for telco cloud infrastructure and services, meeting Business Continuity and Risk Management requirements.
• Manage design activities for telco cloud including Infrastructure, Hypervisor, VIM, CISM, VNFMs, CNFMs, NFVO, DC SDN, WAN solutions, load balancers, network cards, along with various management and automation tools.
• Conduct POCs and make proposals on emerging technologies.
• Validate technical solutions from vendors and ensure the use of the latest technologies and functional capabilities in compliance with CST regulations.
• Lead the design of Management and Orchestration (MANO) components, aligning with common Virtual Network Function Managers (VNFMs) and Network Functions Virtualization Orchestrator (NFVO) standards.
• Maintain and approve Technical Specifications documentation including HLD,LLD, Integration Specs and Solution Documents.
• Ensure efficient engagement with cybersecurity and data protection for incorporating the relevant security requirements and guidelines into telco cloud infrastructure and services design.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering or Telecommunication.
• 12+ years of experience in the telecommunication industry, with a clear in-depth exposure on Telco Cloud Design.
• Experience with major suppliers and Communications Service Providers are highly desirable. Tender preparation experience on relevant equipment is necessary.
• Can perform necessary architecture analysis and design activities.
• Solid experience in SDN/NFV Cloud, Solution Architecture, Agile methodology, Technical Leadership, Architecture Roadmap planning, enthusiasm to work on new Next Generation Technologies.
• Exposure on NFV, OPNFV, service chaining, NFVI, VIM, NFVO, and VNFs.
• Deep understanding of ETSI NFVI standardization for [MANO, OSM, NFVO, VNFM and VIM].
• Experience in VNF onboarding and testing, OSM (Open-Source Management & Orchestration) architecture, OpenStack, and components like Neutron, Nova, Cinder, Horizon.
• Experience in designing, integration and evolution of customers networks towards NFV/SDN based networks.
• Familiarity with the DevOps tool like Docker, open shift, Jenkins, Kubernetes..
• Strong knowledge and experience in Security, IT Infrastructure, and Virtualization.
• Hands-on experience in network automation and orchestration using automation technologies (e.g. Ansible).
• Expert in configuration management tools, to automate the repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and enthusiastically manage the changes.
• Knowledge on OpenFlow, ODL (Open Daylight), and Network automation is preferred.
• Deep Understanding of Telco Operators, Core and IP networks, and networks functions.
• Familiarity in the areas of orchestration, management and virtualization.
• Deep understanding of overlay networks and protocols.
• Hands-on experience with SDN such as, Open vSwitch, OpenFlow, Open Daylight.
• Experience with Cloudify – TOSCA Network Service orchestration, and familiarity with public cloud environment such as AWS and Google is a plus.
• Essential skills: Teamwork, Communication skills, knowledge transfer capability, Cross-functional communications skills and Team building experience.
• Good knowledge of executive management reporting, presentations and dashboards concepts with good analytical skills.
• High level presentation skills, and excellent written and verbal English communications skills, Arabic would be an added advantage.