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.