Senior Automation Software Developer

Job description / Role

Role purpose:

Within the world of Telco, technology is a key enabler. A consistent part of Vodafone success is based on the implementation and delivery of advanced and innovative services to its internal and external customers. We are developing global Automation Solutions to increase the programmability of our Transport and Transmission networks and have an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer to join our new team.

Core Responsibilities
- Develop software for network technologies and interfaces of SDN controllers.
- Develop the testing procedures for SDN controllers integrated on the full SDN stack architecture and with the network Lab Environment.
- Define architecture and protocols for integrating the SDN controllers in the full Transport SDN solution
- Design, develop, test and document use cases in a multi-vendor environement
- Support analysis, testing and Implementation of new technology both on Vodafone Markets and Group Functions managed Networks.
- Participate in Agile projects building the required solutions.
- Scout new technologies and vendors to enable innovation and identify technical enablers.
- Support through Cost/Benefit exercise strategic decision on transport network.

Preferred core competencies and skills
- Act as a team player
- Self-Starter with plenty of drive to push barriers and a pragmatic approach to get the job done
- Optimum communication skills
- Cultural awareness
- Willingness to face and overcome challenges in a highly-qualified international environment.

Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
- Application design in line with industry best practices
- Full stack software development using modern technologies
- Contribute to the definition of product roadmap /backlog
- Support technology leads to define framework / technologies / languages to be usedcase in the SDN stack.
- Contribute to the overall Automation Use Cases definition and roadmap.
- Continuous improvement of development processes

Requirements

Must have technical / professional qualifications
- 3 years of Experience in Network Technologies with knowledge of Software Defined Networking (SDN).
- Knowledge of SDN protocols, Rest, Restconf, NetConf and YANG data models.
- API automation testing including working experience with unit test automation frameworks (TDD or automated testing), such as pytest or unittest.
- 5 years of Experience as a SW developer and microservices development with Python and Flask/Django.
- Sw engineering best practices, such as in-line documentation, linting, structured code, and Object-Oriented Programming.
- Experience of working with an agile methodology.
- CI/CD and version control knowledge.
- IP certification (like CCIE or equivalent).

Nice to have technical / professional qualifications:
- Knowledge of transport IP protocols and data models, like BGP, Segment Routing, PCEP on multivendor environment (e.g. Nokia, Juniper, Cisco).
- Knowledge of Networking and Optical Transmission Technologies (e.g. DWDM, OTN) on multivendor environment (e.g. Nokia, Huawei, Ciena).
- Virtualization technologies & Containers solutions (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Experience with cloud architectures.

About the Company

At Vodafone, we are known for our technology, but the truth is, it is humanity that drives our business forward. With the global pandemic raising so many questions for tech brands, it has highlighted the leading role that we need to play.

We believe that, when working together, humanity and technology can find the answers and create a better future for all.

Working at Vodafone is all about helping people feel ready to benefit from new technology. We bring the future to even the most remote places, using technology to help families in disaster zones, showing young people that a phone is not just for fun and thinking about technology that doesn’t even exist yet.