IoT Core Services Engineer
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At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.
What you’ll do
By connecting people, places and things, Vodafone IoT helps organisations succeed in a digital world. With our expertise in connectivity, our leading IoT platform and our global scale, we can deliver the results our customers need to progress and thrive. We are helping businesses of all sizes and sectors connect for a better future.
The Vodafone Internet of Things (IoT) suite of products and services are designed specifically to meet the needs of new and evolving business verticals, its connection base has grown 20 % per YoY to reach more than 180 million connections at the end of financial year 2023. Vodafone IoT is a leader in the IoT Connectivity Gartner Magic quadrant and has been for 10 consecutive years. To fulfil the Technology requirements of IoT, Vodafone has developed its own IoT Connectivity Management Platform to target the key strategic growth opportunity specifically to meet the needs of Global IoT customers.
The successful candidate will be part of an engineering team responsible for design, integration and optimisation of IoT Charging solutions. The main functions will be related to improving and evolving the Online Charging Service delivered to Vodafone IoT IITC customers, assuring the proper dimensioning for the IoT platforms, guaranteeing capacity is used efficiently and new services and capabilities are delivered efficiently in time.
Some of the accountabilities include:
- Design, Drive and Deliver the Convergent Charging Service (CCS) on Cloud Transformation program in the Market(s), leading CCS to a Cloud, 5G ready system.
- Design and Engineer the solution based on Cloud technologies, such as Containers, Open-Source components (Elasticsearch, Grafana, Kibana, Kafka), CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, JMeter).
- Design and Engineer the software for complying with state-of-the-art Cyber Security guidelines and requirements
- Design and Develop backend applications using technologies like JAVA, Python, bash, Groovy, etc.
- Own solution HLD and LLD including IP design. Choose technologies and standards used for the underlying capabilities. Determines dimensioning and configuration data per node. Ensures security requirements are embedded in the design.
- Drive as Technical Lead the delivery projects ensuring a proper coordination of all involved domains (e.g., Infrastructure, Core Network, Operating Support Systems, Provisioning)
- Analyse, together with the business demand areas, the needs, requirements and expectations for the definition and implementation of the different functionalities of the CCS projects and commercial products
Who you are
- Higher education in Computer Science or similar areas
- Knowledge in charging applications
- Experience in SOAP, Diameter, Restful API appreciated
- Knowledge in DevOps process and tools (Harbor, Helm, Jenkins, GitLab, JMeter)
- Experience designing virtualised or cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP), cloud-native containerised microservices and driven by open APIs and Kubernetes
- Technical expertise on IT stack (backend and frontend) and BSS desirable
- Fluent in English
- Analytical ability, creativity and problem-solving
Not a perfect fit?
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.
What's in it for you
- Hybrid Work Model - Flexible hybrid work model with 8-10 in-office days per month, managed by team leaders.
- Vodafone Products and Services - Employees get a mobile phone, free communication plan, data card, and various discounts on services and products.
- Recognition - Recognition programs for innovative, creative, high-potential employees and exemplary behaviors.
- Health and Well-being - Well-being Program offers nutrition and psychological consultations, webinars, workshops, and discounts on various services and products
- Learning - Access to Communities of Practice and a customizable digital training platform with high-quality content (namely Harvard Business Publishing and Skillsoft).
- Local and International Mobility - Internal recruitment with local and international rotation opportunities across departments and roles
Who we are
We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.
Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.
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Together we can.