Fixed Service Layer Design Senior Expert

Aggregate function:  Technology
Business Area:  VT Netw. Strategy Archit. Eng.
Posting Country:  Türkiye
Date Posted:  25 Apr 2024
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Your dream job does exist.  

Discover it at Vodafone!

                                                                 
Join our journey as we connect for a better future. Ready?
                                                                                                      
We are looking for a Fixed Service Layer Design Senior Expert

First things first: Our Brand.

We are a digital brand and a global technology company, operating in the fields of telecommunication, e-commerce, gaming, insurance, TV, tech-fin and payment systems, currently in 21 countries.   
With our expertise and passion for digitalization at Vodafone, we are a global center of excellence that sets the pace in the industry.  
We are proud to export our successful practices abroad, while transferring our global know-how to our country.
We have a global team of more than 90.000 colleagues taking part in a transformative and an exctiting journey.
 
Our Spirit, Our Way.

Here are the key behaviours that help us bring our Spirit and Purpose to life: 

     Earn customer loyalty: Small things do matter. 
     Experiment, learn fast: Just take the chance. 
     Create the future: That s possible. 
     Get it done, together: It s up to each of us to make it happen.
 
Here, everyone can feel free to be themselves and express their ideas.

We are proud to have the most flexible #hybrid way of working in Turkey. 
Together with your team, you can decide which days to come to the office depending on your work requirements. 

Another favorite:  Meeting-free afternoons! Every Friday, arrival of the noon means we can start to take it easy: spend time working on our personal development or catching up with our team. We call this #CumaKafas  (Friday mood :)).

And yes we are Agile! The world is constantly changing. And we cannot afford not to! Our journey began  by simplifying our organizational model and transforming into a more agile structure that now we use extensively, especially in our development processes.

  Why is this role really critical to us? 

Overall Accountability for the High-Level Design (HLD), dimensioning guidelines, and standard configurations of the Fixed Service Layer Architecture including:
• To be End to End responsible for High-Level Design of the AAA Radius platforms for the countries in NSE scope, according to local/global needs.
• To define common Use Cases that can be reused between different countries.
• To design/develop AAA Radius platforms the most effective and timely solution according to Group guideline “Design once, Deploy many” approach. 
• To promote the identification of synergy and consolidation activities in Europe and define/validate the overall detailed architecture of new services and network features, which affect Service layer domain of the countries in NSE scope.
 

How will you spend your time at Vodafone?

• To be a subject matter expert for AAA Radius, providing proper expertise support for the countries in NSE scope.
• Understanding local need and supporting VF in writing consistent requirement.
• Defining the best solution according to local architecture/need/budget/future proof.
• Producing consistent High-Level Design, including cost estimate.
• To define the middle layer software needed to execute provisioning activities (API layers/gateways, etc.) in the AAA Radius platforms.
• Ensuring the best project handover to Delivery Unit and providing them with a consistent support for LLD and testing/FOA.
• To promote new service/product according to “Security by Design” approach.
• Alignment with network technology strategy and architecture and contribution to Vendor RFQ to define requirement and to qualify best technical solution.
• To analyse Vendor’s roadmaps, to follow up, influence and adopt Vendors’ technology evolutions, lifecycle, and features in every country, pushing early adoption of new architectures/features.

You are just the person we ve been looking for, if you have:

• Proven knowledge of Radius Protocols (Radius, Diameter).
• Proven knowledge of BNG, DHCP, CGNAT, LI solution.
• Proven knowledge of Database systems (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, VoltDB, ...).
• Understanding Fixed Access, IP, Ethernet, and Optical services across Backbone & Core Networks.
• Understanding of Broadband, & IP Fundamentals and its various routing Protocols supporting them.
• SW development background aimed to enabling the introduction of Software Defined Technologies.

It would be a plus proven knowledge or experience in:
• Certifications: formal training or certifications of any of the following vendors would be welcome (EVE Lawful Interception, BBWF, Cisco, Nokia, others).
• Virtualization stack (VMWare, OpenStack, OpenShift).
• Network virtualization technologies, SDNs, NFV.
• Network security.


Personal Skills:

• Outstanding ability in analysis / Problem Solving.
• Team working/Negotiation skills/Public speaking.
• Strong customer orientation/Cooperation and coordination.
• Innovation hungry.

Qualifications:
• Must have: University Degree: Telecommunication Engineer or Computing Science.
• 3-5 years’ experience in Fixed Service Engineering role.
• English fluent.

Get to know us

If you want to know more about us and what we do, then visit our website: www.vodafone.com.tr

https://www.vodafone.com.tr/insan-kaynaklari

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vodafonekariyer/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VFTurkiye

This role has a #Hybrid working model

Wait for it: Our benefits!

We like to keep them flexible:

     Vflexy: Flexible Benefits Program 
     Hybrid working kit
     Ergonomic kit allowance 
     Digital meal voucher
     Flexible transportation allowance.
     Employee assistance hotline & counselling
     Comprehensive and flexible private health insurance
     Discounted price deals for wide range of products & services 


Plus, plenty more to enjoy!

#LI-Hybrid 


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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.