VodafoneThree – Technical Design Authority (Packet Core Services)
Location: Newbury + Hybrid
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours per week – Mon to Fri
What you’ll do
- Define technology and lifecycle management roadmap for packet core platforms such as MME/AMF, GGSN, PGW/UPF, IPX/GRX gateways, Gi/SGi-LAN, carrier‑grade NAT, security gateways, DNS, interconnect gateways.
- Drive the evolution of packet core from legacy EPC to 5G Core (standalone and non‑standalone), ensuring readiness for advanced services such as slicing, MEC, and private networks.
- Align packet core capabilities with business needs for consumer broadband, enterprise solutions, IoT, and ultra‑reliable low‑latency services.
- Lead the design, integration and acceptance of packet core functions into the live network.
- Oversee design, build, integration and acceptance of Packet Core platforms into the live network and deliver core engineering programmes including EPC-to-5G-SA migration, cloud‑native deployments and automation of lifecycle management.
- Partner with Architecture, Signalling, Gateways and Policy teams to ensure coherent end‑to‑end design.
- Define and monitor KPIs for platform and network performance, e.g. session setup success, latency, throughput, resilience and service continuity, and drive investigations through to resolution.
- Partner with Operations to ensure robust incident management, problem resolution and proactive risk management.
- Drive automation, virtualisation, containerisation and simplification initiatives to reduce cost and improve agility.
- Ensure capacity planning meets data traffic growth forecasts and service‑level requirements.
- Support regulatory and commercial discussions on core services, data continuity and lawful intercept.
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent (master’s preferred).
- Strong leadership and ability to set vision, inspire, and develop technical teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and vendor negotiation skills.
- Structured problem‑solving and decision‑making skills with a focus on delivery and resilience.
- Ability to manage large‑scale transformation programmes and cross‑domain dependencies.
- Strong team ethic and ability to work both independently and across single and multi‑domain teams.
What we offer
Competitive salary and bonus, up to 28 days of paid leave plus bank holidays, paid time for charity work, pension plan, discounts, vouchers and learning tools.
Legal & Compliance
All offers of employment are subject to background checks including criminal (DBS) and financial checks to meet regulatory standards.
Reasonable adjustments can be provided for assessments and interviews for candidates with accessibility requirements.
