Specialist VAS Design and Engineering

Job Description

Would you like to be part of our new adventure? Vodafone Group launched its new technological HUB in 2021, an international center of excellence dedicated to research and development of technical solutions, such as Secure Networks, 5G and 6G development, Open RAN, IoT, MPN & MEC and UCC for Vodafone Business, platforms and enterprise solutions.

This vacancy is part of VOIS Spain, legal entity part of Vodafone Group.

Come and join us to create the future together!

For the role of Specialist VAS Design and Engineering we are looking for candidates with a broad range of skills.

The responsibilities include:

Engineering & Design:

• Provide expertise in telecommunications, roaming and VAS services to internal teams.
• Design, architect and review telecommunications and software solutions and services.
• Validate requirements and implementations.
• Manage network capacity.
• Support the onboarding, evolution and decommission of roaming services.

Technical management of infrastructure and software projects:

• Technical lead of infrastructure and software projects.
• Support project management activities (project and risk planning, vendor management).
• Coordinate complex technical deployments across multiple teams and technologies.
• Prepare and troubleshoot IP matrices; integrate OSS (FCAPS: monitoring, backup, BI data systems, etc.)

Testing activities:

• Define test strategies and required setups for projects.
• Prepare and review project test books and technical test cases.
• Coordinate UAT project phases and conduct performance testing of new solutions and systems.

Who you are

• In-depth knowledge of international roaming and roaming value-added services (Steering of Roaming, Welcome SMS, Virtual Home Environment, OTA).
• Broad expertise in telecommunications and network signalling technologies (2G/3G/4G/5G), and protocols: SIGTRAN (IP, SCTP, MTP, M2PA, M3UA, SCCP), SS7 (ISUP, MAP, TCAP, INAP, CAMEL), DIAMETER (s6a y Sh) and 5G (HTTP2, JSON).
• Good understanding of IT systems (architecture, design, databases, APIs) and software development methodologies (waterfall, agile), including software release management processes.
• Understanding of cloud and virtualization platforms (Openshift, VMware, AWS, GCP or Azure) and solid NFV cloud-native principles.
• Proven track record deploying hardware and software solutions in Vodafone infrastructures.
• Familiarity with network testing tools in general and Emblasoft Evolver in particular.
• Solid TCP/IP understanding, troubleshooting skills and packet analysis with Wireshark. Experience in web services, SOAP, SFTP, TLS, SSL certificates, SNMP, LDAP, etc.
• Knowledge of STP and DRS network elements is a plus.
• Knowledge of VoLTE and IOT/M2M desirable.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model
• Bonus on top of the gross salary.
• Meal voucher (Ticket Restaurant), additional to gross salary.
• Flexible working hours from Monday to Thursday, and an intensive schedule on Fridays.
• Intensive Summer Schedule during July and August.
• Up to 20 days per year of 100% remote work from other locations.
• Private Health and Life Insurance for employees.
• 25 vacation days, plus December 24th and 31st off.
• Optional Pension Plan.
• Access to an online learning platform for continuous training.

#LI-Hybrid

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Please, apply with an English version of your CV.

What's in it for you

At Vodafone, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We take pride in our commitment to providing equal opportunities to individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We firmly believe that diversity includes a spectrum of experiences, and we welcome and support individuals with functional diversity. Our mission is to create an accessible workplace where all team members can thrive, regardless of their unique abilities or challenges. We are committed to making reasonable accommodations to ensure that everyone can fully participate and excel in our organization. We value the unique perspectives and talents that individuals with functional diversity bring to our team and consider them an integral part of our success and innovation.

We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, colour, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status.

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job advert, we encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.