Manager Cloud & Core Infrastructure Design

Role Purpose

To lead the design and engineering of TelCo Cloud platforms and Core Network infrastructure, ensuring scalable, resilient, and future?ready architecture that supports service growth, digital platforms, and next?generation technology evolution.

Position Information

• Unit: Technology
• Division: Technology & Infrastructure
• Line Manager: Senior Manager Cloud & Network Design
• Minimum role requirements:
• Bachelor in relevant discipline
• Internal Applicants: 4 years of relevant experience. Years of experience in leadership will be an advantage
• External Applicants: 6 years of total experience. Years of experience in leadership will be an advantages..
  
  

Key Accountabilities

• Design cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, and virtualization layers
• Support private, hybrid, and edge cloud architecture models
• Ensure cloud platforms enable automation, scalability, and service agility
• Lead design of core network domains including packet core, IMS, and voice platforms
• Ensure high availability, redundancy, and traffic resilience
• Support evolution toward cloud native and software defined core networks
• Design Network Function Virtualization (NFV) environments
• Support VNF/CNF onboarding across TelCo Cloud platforms
• Ensure interoperability between virtual and physical network layers
• Translate traffic forecasts into core and cloud capacity design plans
• Ensure infrastructure scalability for data growth and 5G evolution
• Prevent performance bottlenecks
• Support transformation from legacy core platforms to cloud native architectures
• Lead infrastructure consolidation and rationalization programs
• Align modernization with technology roadmaps
• Enforce infrastructure design standards and architectural principles
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and resilience requirements
• Maintain documentation of approved design frameworks
• Align cloud and core designs with: Transport networks, Access networks, Digital platforms IT systems)
• Ensure end to end service architecture integrity
• Provide technical inputs for CAPEX planning and infrastructure investments
• Validate cost, scalability, and performance tradeoffs
• Support ROI driven design decisions
• Evaluate emerging technologies (cloud native, AI infrastructure, edge computing)
• Support future service enablement through advanced infrastructure design
• Drive adoption of automation and orchestration platforms
  
  

Key Competencies

Leadership

• Assertiveness and Conflict Resolution
• Fostering Learning and Development
• Inspiring and Leading Others
• Leading Change and Cultivates Innovation
• Visioning and Alignment
  
  

Behavioral

• Drives Achievements
• Ethics & Compliance
• Timely Decision - Making