Role purpose:
Participate in a wide range of engineering activities related to planning,
design, engineering and implementation of SBC network elements including
network and services design, planning and budgeting, roadmap development,
business case assessment, integration and testing of new nodes and new
functionalities, inline with Vodafone Technology Networks recommendations,
local market business needs and regional priorities and strategy.
This job is focused on overall planning, design and base engineering of the in
scope and related implementation activities. The engineer in this area will
cooperate in intra and cross-group activities, with multiple stakeholders and
towards the rest of the Engineering departments acting as a subject matter
expert for SBC nodes. Finally, can act as project and delivery manager in
relevant projects and major deployments.
Ensure the timely realization of the yearly plan, with fulfilment of defined
costs and quality. The role will be focused on both European market SBC
infrastructure used for mobile (e.g. VoLTE), Interconnect and fixed services
(Residential, Business and Special Customer Solutions) but also on central SBC
infrastructure, used for example for RCS (M+/Call+) services
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
Responsible for the delivery of the infrastructure so that it meets the
requirements of Vodafone customers, business units and operations units,
including technical management of the platform vendor throughout the process
as well as budget planning for short-/mid-/long-term needs.
Provide support to the product and solution design during the feasibility
phase (HLD). Detailed design of the technical solutions (Low Level Design)
impacting the platforms in scope including End to End Service design
SBC Layer validation to meet traffic growth and performance targets, offering
Vodafone customers a perfect user experience
Stimulate the identification of synergy, harmonization and consolidation
activities inside the European Region and ensure consistent introduction of
new technologies inside the Region. Assess new opportunities and new solutions
& functionalities.
Work with Network Architecture on the evolution and roadmap of the platform,
influencing it to consider real-life use of the platform, to address its
limitations, as well as to make them better suited to the needs of Vodafone in
terms of cost, efficiency, reliability, scalability, ease of operation, etc.

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
Proven experience and attitude to work in multinational and multicultural
teams in a complex large company and matrix environments using agile
methodologies
Ability to adapting and manage efficiently changes
Very deep knowledge of core network architectures and protocols, with specific
reference to the IMS networks
Several years of experience in planning, design, engineering and testing
within a mobile network area of a telecom operator
Knowledge in Virtual, cloud native and containerised deployments

Must have technical / professional qualifications:
Education:
Degree in electrical / electronic / telecommunications, Software, Computer
engineering
Experience & Skills:
Voice and data signalling topology, interfaces and protocols. Knowledge of
network tracing tools
Inter-functional relationships, teamwork, cooperation and time management with
good degree of autonomy and ability to self-start on complex deliverables in
ambiguous situations
Excellent Communication and analytic skills, ability to explain, enlighten,
educate and above all engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the
organisation.
Project management capabilities. Experience in agile way of working
(preferably using SAFe), the Lean-Agile mindset and agile transformation.
Capability of planning in advance possible issues which might arise during the
project and already preparing possible workaround solutions
Others:
* English skills: Very Good (technical) written and spoken
* Can do' approach and flexibility to manage customer requests

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