Cloud Solution Design Engineer

As a Cloud Design Engineer, you will shape the Telco Cloud infrastructure strategy for Vodafone across Italy and select markets, enabling a cloud-ready and cloud-native platform for network as a service. You’ll own the design and deployment of virtualization and cloud infrastructure focused on VMware NFV/SDN and Red Hat OpenShift, balancing capacity, security, resiliency, and automation. You will collaborate with the VNF/CNF onboarding team to automate end-to-end integrations and ensure timely, on-budget delivery. This role offers impact at scale within a global Cloud Engineering function and exposure to cutting-edge telco cloud technologies.

• Own solution design and lifecycle management for Vodafone markets (Cluster IT, GR, AL)
• Coordinate suppliers and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and quality
• Design and deliver NVI on time and on budget per project timelines
• Support automation and process development for VNF/CNF delivery
• Define and track standard adoption and guidelines; translate technical requirements into business language

• Degree qualified
• At least 4 years of professional experience in cloud and virtualization
• Expertise in data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization (IT and Telco)
• Solid understanding of virtualization (VMware/OpenShift) and containerization (Kubernetes)
• Solid understanding of routing protocols (BGP/ISIS/OSPF)
• Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNIs, Service Mesh, Network Policies, Ingress/Egress)
• Experience with Network Load Balancers and Firewalls
• Experience in IPv6 design and implementation
• Scripting skills preferred (PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python)

• Customer oriented
• Strong communication and negotiation
• Collaborative across multi-functional and cultural boundaries
• VMware Telco Cloud Platform components (vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize Operations, Orchestrator, Log Insight)
• NSX-T
• Telco Cloud Automation (TCA)