Packet Core Engineer - 12 Months - Remote
Posted 5 days ago by Hamilton Barnes
£500 Per day
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Summary: The Packet Core Engineer role involves taking ownership of onboarding and validating cloud-native Packet Core functions within a 5G environment. The engineer will serve as a subject matter expert, focusing on configuration strategy, automation alignment, and functional testing. This position is part of a long-term program where the engineer's expertise will significantly impact delivery quality and engineering capability. The role is remote and requires extensive experience in Packet Core technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead onboarding, configuration, and validation of CMM and CMG CNFs on VMware TCA
- Analyse CNF behaviour and define configuration strategies
- Execute E2E testing, functional validation, and troubleshooting
- Support automation workflows including Python-based deployments
- Drive best practices, continuous improvement, and mentoring of engineering teams
Key Skills:
- 8+ years in EPC/5GC Packet Core
- Hands-on deployment experience with CMM and CMG CNFs
- Strong understanding of values.yaml for containerised deployments
- Day0/Day1 config expertise for cloud-native CMM/CMG
- Experience configuring via Netconf/MD-CLI
- Strong packet capture experience using Wireshark/TShark
- Prior CNF onboarding experience on VMware TCA
- Familiarity with Python automation and common CI/CD, config management, and test automation tools
Salary (Rate): £500 Per Day
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Packet Core Engineer - 12 Months - Remote
You'll take ownership of onboarding and validating cloud-native Packet Core functions, ensuring high performance across a modern 5G environment. You'll be the subject matter expert driving configuration strategy, automation alignment, and end-to-end functional testing. You'll join a long-term programme where your expertise directly influences delivery quality, cloud-native maturity, and engineering capability.
Responsibilities:
- Lead onboarding . configuration . validation of CMM and CMG CNFs on VMware TCA
- Analyse CNF behaviour and define configuration strategies
- Execute E2E testing . functional validation . troubleshooting
- Support automation workflows including Python-based deployments
- Drive best practices . continuous improvement . mentoring of engineering teams
Skills/Must have:
- 8+ years in EPC/5GC Packet Core
- Hands-on deployment experience with CMM and CMG CNFs
- Strong understanding of values.yaml for containerised deployments
- Day0/Day1 config expertise for cloud-native CMM/CMG
- Experience configuring via Netconf/MD-CLI
- Strong packet capture experience using Wireshark/TShark
- Prior CNF onboarding experience on VMware TCA
- Familiarity with Python automation and common CI/CD . config management . test automation tools
Contract Details:
- Duration: 12 Months
- Location: Remote
- Day Rate: £400 Per Day - £500 Per Day (Inside IR35)
- Start Date: ASAP
Packet Core Engineer - 12 Months - Remote