- 5+ years of demonstrable professional experience, very good hands on and working level knowledge of any Vendor Packet Core nodes, SGSN-MME, GGSN (SGW/PGW), EPDG etc.

Mandatory Skills :

- Mandatory Hand-on Exp on CMM/CMG Deployments & Upgrades.

Experience :

- Prior experience with Nokia CMM (MME, AMF), CMG (S/PGW-C, S/PGW-U, SMF, UPF), and NRD (NRF) solutions.

- Knowledge of GSM, SS7, Sigtran, TCP/IP, S1AP, RANAP, SCCP, SCTP, Iu-PS, BSSGP, GTP and Diameter protocol.

- Good Understanding of Packet Core surrounding Nodes (PCRF, AAA, DNS, Charging).

Knowledge :

- Familiar with critical PACO & VoLTE Network KPIs.

- Strong understanding of GSM, UMTS, LTE, IMS, and 5G networks, including protocols and call flows.

- Experience with VNF/CNF deployments using Helm over platforms like NCP, AWS, or Google Cloud.

- Proficient in scripting and automation using Shell, PERL, Python, Ansible, with the ability to code in Python, Bash, or Golang.

Nice to have :

- Quickly learnt new programming languages and tools used in automation workflows.

- Been an influencing communicator with strong customer-facing, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.

- Thrived in a fast-paced, execution-driven environment with a strong focus on teamwork and results.

- Lead end-to-end solutioning, design, deployment, configuration, integration, testing, and upgrades of Packet Core products independently.

- Drive introduction, implementation, and operation of solutions in customer networks, including deployment of new products and cross-product solutions.

- Extend maintenance support with timely issue resolution, collaborating with stakeholders for structured problem solving.

- Support focused 4LS and NPI activities to ensure first-time-right deployments and fast field issue response.

- Prepare and maintain project documentation, including MOPs, incident RCAs, and reports.

- Enable services teams through knowledge sharing and support on solution implementation, including capacity planning and hardware sizing.