Overview As a Cloud Design Engineer, you will shape the Telco Cloud infrastructure strategy for Vodafone across Italy and select markets, enabling a cloud-ready and cloud-native platform for network as a service. You’ll own the design and deployment of virtualization and cloud infrastructure focused on VMware NFV/SDN and Red Hat OpenShift, balancing capacity, security, resiliency, and automation. You will collaborate with the VNF/CNF onboarding team to automate end-to-end integrations and ensure timely, on-budget delivery. This role offers impact at scale within a global Cloud Engineering function and exposure to cutting-edge telco cloud technologies.

Responsabilità

Own solution design and lifecycle management for Vodafone markets (Cluster IT, GR, AL)



Coordinate suppliers and stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and quality Design and deliver NVI on time and on budget per project timelines Support automation and process development for VNF/CNF delivery Define and track standard adoption and guidelines; translate technical requirements into business language

Requisiti fondamentali

Degree qualified At least 4 years of professional experience in cloud and virtualization Expertise in data centre infrastructure, cloud computing and virtualization (IT and Telco) Solid understanding of virtualization (VMware/OpenShift) and containerization (Kubernetes) Solid understanding of routing protocols (BGP/ISIS/OSPF) Experience with Kubernetes networking (CNIs, Service Mesh, Network Policies, Ingress/Egress) Experience with Network Load Balancers and Firewalls Experience in IPv6 design and implementation Scripting skills preferred (PowerCLI, PowerShell, Python) Customer oriented Strong communication and negotiation Collaborative across multi-functional and cultural boundaries VMware Telco Cloud Platform components (vCloud Director, vSphere, vRealize Operations, Orchestrator, Log Insight) NSX-T Telco Cloud Automation (TCA)

📌 Cloud Solution Design Engineer (Varese)
🏢 Vodafone
📍 Varese