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Telco Cloud Engineer

Advanced App/Cloud Support & Engineering Associate Manager | Mid-Level | Full time
Job No. 13740698 | Midrand
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Role Overview
The Telco Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, building, operating, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructure platforms supporting telecom workloads. This role focuses on Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, storage, GitOps automation, and bare-metal infrastructure tuned for low-latency, carrier-grade environments.


Key Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters in telco-grade environments.
  • Build and manage PaaS/CaaS platforms supporting cloud-native network functions (CNFs).
  • Implement observability, logging, and alerting across platforms.
  • Automate infrastructure and application lifecycle using GitOps and Ansible.
  • Provision and tune bare-metal infrastructure for performance and reliability.

Technical Skills & Experience

  • PaaS / CaaS (Kubernetes & OpenShift):
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes internals: Pods, Deployments, Ingress, StorageClasses, PVs, PVCs.
  • OpenShift cluster deployment and worker node scaling.
  • Cloud-native networking: CNI, Multus, Istio, MetalLB.
  • Container registry management (image upload, project setup, role assignments).
  • Kubernetes Operators lifecycle management.
  • Bare-metal provisioning and firmware management.
  • Monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, and Alertmanager (SLO-based alerting).
  • Centralized logging with Elasticsearch and Fluentd/Fluent Bit.


Advanced Cluster Management:
CSAR package definition and lifecycle management.
Helm-based deployment automation.
Advanced Kubernetes troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Ceph Storage:
Ceph installation on RHEL environments.
Ceph/Rook provisioning: RBD, RGW, CephFS.
OpenShift Data Foundation integration.

GitOps & Automation:
GitOps workflows using ArgoCD.
Git, Helm, Kustomize, and YAML expertise.
Infrastructure automation using Ansible.

Infrastructure Build & Optimization:
Hardware provisioning using IPMI/Redfish, PXE, BMCs (Dell/HPE).
Firmware and BIOS/UEFI tuning for low-latency workloads.
RHEL CoreOS and Linux kernel/sysctl tuning.
Node Tuning Operator configuration.
Linux networking: bridges, VLANs, bonding, MTU tuning.

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Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Strong experience in telecom, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale distributed systems.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift in production environments.
Soft Skills
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
Ability to work in complex, mission-critical environments.
Excellent collaboration and documentation skills.

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