Edge & Certification Designer

Position Objective:

The Cloud Solution Design will provide full support to the Edge & Certification Section Manager in Edge & Certification transformation, future and existing Edge & Certification 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 edge cloud & certification infrastructure to host mobile and fixed voice and data services, as well as VAS and other telco workloads.
• Expedite the transformation, modernisation and migration of Edge & Certification services in line with the emerging technologies and industry evolution.
• Manage the capacity and performance-related expansions for the various components of Edge & Certification services.
• Work with BUs (Consumer, Enterprise, Wholesale, etc.) to fulfil business demand priorities, identify technical solutions and required budgets.
• Lead translation of Edge & Certification infrastructure deployment plan to specific design activities.
• Prepare and evaluate RFX, RFIs, RFPs and RFQs for Edge & Certification infrastructure and services, according to the annual business demands.
• Perform and revise Edge & Certification infrastructure dimensioning and solutions design, verify and approve related Method of Procedure (MOPs).
• Expand Edge and Certification infrastructure to cater for the evolving service requirements and organizational growth targets.
• Support network architecture evolution and technology strategy roadmap.
• Build required capabilities to support 5G standalone core, private networks and Edge use cases.
• Design business continuity, multi-level resilience and disaster recovery plans for Edge & Certification infrastructure and services, meeting Business Continuity and Risk Management requirements.
• Manage design activities for Edge & Certification including Infrastructure, Hypervisor, VIM, 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 Lab/staging 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 Edge & Certification infrastructure and services design.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Telecommunication.
• 10+ years of experience in the Enterprise IT and telecommunication industry, with in-depth exposure to private cloud platforms and edge & certification design.
• Can perform necessary architecture analysis and design activities.
• Experience in design and deployment of private cloud solutions, SDN/NFV Cloud, solution architecture, Agile methodology, and technical leadership; enthusiasm to work on new next-generation technologies.
• Understanding of ETSI NFVI standardization for [MANO, NFVO, VNFM and VIM].
• Experience in VNF onboarding and testing, OpenStack, and components like Neutron, Nova, Cinder, Horizon.
• Hands on experience with Private Cloud Solutions for NFV Cloud/VIM like Red Hat OpenStack, Cisco CVIM.
• Hands-on experience with SDN such as, Open vSwitch, OpenFlow, Open Daylight.
• Familiarity with the DevOps tool like Docker, OpenShift, Jenkins, Kubernetes..
• Strong knowledge and experience in IT Infrastructure, Virtualization and Security.
• Hands-on in configuration management tools to automate the repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and enthusiastically manage the changes like Ansible.
• Familiarity in the areas of orchestration, management and virtualization.
• Familiarity with public cloud environments such as AWS and Google is a plus.
• Essential skills: Teamwork, Communication skills, knowledge transfer capability, Cross-functional communications skills and Team building experience.
• Experience with preparation and evaluate RFX, RFIs, RFPs and RFQs for Enterprise and Edge Cloud.
• 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.