Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

About this Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Packet Core professional to design, operate, and support Packet Core systems across multiple business domains. This role plays a key part in translating business and customer requirements into robust technical solutions, leading virtual technology teams through design and implementation, and ensuring service quality throughout delivery and transition to operations. A strong focus on KPI improvement, service reliability, and root cause analysis is essential.

What you ll do

• Lead the technical assessment and design of Packet Core solutions in line with product catalogues, architectural standards, and strategic objectives.
• Capture and analyse customer and business requirements, assessing technical feasibility and operational impact.
• Coordinate and guide virtual, cross functional technology teams during solution design and implementation phases.
• Act as the primary technical representative for projects, engaging with business stakeholders, customers, and technology leadership.
• Support operational teams post deployment, contributing to service stability, KPI improvement, and root cause investigations for degraded performance.

What skills you will learn

• Advanced solution design and assurance across multi market Packet Core architectures.
• Stakeholder engagement and technical leadership in virtual, cross border teams.
• KPI driven service improvement and structured root cause analysis techniques.
• Broader insight into M2M platforms and enterprise network services within Vodafone Group.

Desired Candidate Profile

Who you are

• An experienced Packet Core specialist with extensive hands on exposure (typically 7+ years) within a telecoms environment.
• Confident in PS data network call flows and the operation of Packet Core services.
• Skilled in deploying, operating, and troubleshooting Packet Core solutions across complex environments.
• Technically curious, with the ability to develop practical solutions that support broader business strategies.
• Educated to degree level in Electronic or Telecommunications Engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
• Knowledgeable in Packet Core protocols, call flows, and products, with operational experience on platforms such as Huawei PGW or similar.
• Comfortable applying structured project management methodologies to deliver outcomes successfully.