Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
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About the Role
Fircroft is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, and manage NFVI and CNIS platforms for telecom workloads in Riyadh. The role requires expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, automation with Python/Ansible/Terraform, and 3+ years of experience.
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Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain CNIS and NFVI platforms supporting virtualized network functions such as SAPC, UDM, and PCG
- Ensure cloud environments meet requirements for scalability, high availability, multi tenancy, and telecom grade reliability
- Manage cloud infrastructure lifecycle activities, including upgrades, patching, and capacity planning
- Optimize performance and integration of third party infrastructure components
- Monitor and enhance virtualization platforms and operating systems within the cloud environment
- Perform system tuning and resource optimization to maximize platform efficiency
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python and related technologies
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Automate deployment, configuration management, monitoring, and scaling processes
- Configure and integrate networking components, including Juniper, Cisco, and other data center networking solutions
- Support control plane and data plane integration requirements
- Ensure seamless interoperability between hardware and software layers
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, or related discipline
- Minimum 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering or related roles
- Hands on experience with NFVI and CNIS environments
- Experience with automation and scripting tools such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform
- Strong knowledge of OpenStack, VMware, Kubernetes, and cloud native technologies
- Solid networking knowledge, including switching, routing, and data center architectures
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Job Summary
- We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to design, deploy, manage, and optimize cloud native infrastructure solutions, including Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) and Cloud Native Infrastructure Solutions (CNIS).
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain CNIS and NFVI platforms supporting virtualized network functions such as SAPC, UDM, and PCG.
- Ensure cloud environments meet requirements for scalability, high availability, multi tenancy, and telecom grade reliability.
- Manage cloud infrastructure lifecycle activities, including upgrades, patching, and capacity planning.
- Optimize performance and integration of third party infrastructure components, including Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, HPE ProLiant servers, Juniper switches, and EMC PowerMAX storage solutions.
- Monitor and enhance virtualization platforms and operating systems within the cloud environment.
- Perform system tuning and resource optimization to maximize platform efficiency.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts using Python and related technologies.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Automate deployment, configuration management, monitoring, and scaling processes.
- Configure and integrate networking components, including Juniper, Cisco, and other data center networking solutions.
- Support control plane and data plane integration requirements.
- Ensure seamless interoperability between hardware and software layers.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering or related roles.
- Hands on experience with NFVI and CNIS environments.
- Experience supporting telecom, cloud native, or virtualization platforms.
- Experience with automation and scripting tools such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
- Familiarity with Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment (CEE) and Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI) is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of OpenStack, VMware, Kubernetes, and cloud native technologies.
- Understanding of virtualization, containerization, and cloud orchestration platforms.
- Solid networking knowledge, including switching, routing, and data center architectures.
- Experience with telecom grade solutions, multi tenant environments, and high availability architectures.
- Knowledge of storage systems and enterprise server infrastructure.
- Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities.
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