## Purpose of the Role
The Integration Engineer is responsible for ensuring high-quality, first-time-right activities for Ericsson cloud infrastructure solutions delivered to CN Cloud & Common customers. The role includes analyzing requirements, preparing configurations, implementing solutions and validating Ericsson NFVI and Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure (CNIS). This covers platform deployments, upgrades, migrations, expansions and the integration of related network and application functions. The role is data and value driven, ensuring delivery in line with Ericsson processes, group directives, E+OHS, information security and contractual obligations, while enabling a smooth handover to operations and customer teams.
Key responsibilities
- Execute deployment, upgrade, migration and expansion activities for Ericsson Cloud Infrastructure in line with approved design documentation.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues during deployment and integration phases.
- Coordinate with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure effective integration of VNFs/CNFs, OSS/BSS and orchestration components.
- Analyze design documentation and customer requirements. Provide relevant technical input for effort estimates, activity planning and delivery preparation.
- Execute test and acceptance activities and ensure all relevant artifacts are properly documented.
- Act as a technical interface toward customers during delivery and acceptance stages.
- Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation (e.g. Low Level Design/Acceptance test procedure/Method of procedure)
- Engage with and lead technical discussions with the Product Development Unit through tools such as JIRA and Salesforce to address product-related issues.
- Identify and drive improvements to methods, tools, automation and ways of working to increase delivery efficiency and quality.
- Capture lessons learned and share knowledge with peers and junior engineers.
- Ensure compliance with Ericsson processes, tools, group directives, legal and financial directives, E+OHS, data security and privacy requirements across all integration activities.
- Flexibility for short business trips for on-site integrations, workshops or troubleshooting at customer premises or Ericsson locations aswell as overnight work based on project needs and rollout schedules.
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Mandatory skills
Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with telco cloud platforms throughout all deployment lifecycle (install, upgrade, migration, expansion, validation, acceptance testing and transition to operations) or equivalent experience in large-scale cloud infrastructure environments (enterprise IT, private cloud or hyperscale platforms). Strong understanding of distributed cloud architectures, including virtualization, container orchestration, software-defined networking and storage and infrastructure automation. Experience with containerized workloads (CNFs) and virtualized workloads (VNFs); understanding of telecom network architectures. Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional, multi country teams and communicate technical topics in clear, concise language. Proactive mindset; willing and able to take on complex projects and tasks independently and continuously improve tools, automation and ways of working.
## It is nice to have
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms such as Ericsson NFVI/CNIS or similar virtualization and cloud-native environments based on OpenStack, Kubernetes, or equivalent technologies.
- Preferred technologies and vendors:
- \- Ericsson NFVI/CNIS Platforms or equivalent Kubernetes and Openstack platforms
- \- Software defined Infrastructure (SDI); Software defined storage (SDS)/ Ceph or equivalent solutions delivering compute, storage and networking services in cloud environments. Hardware ecosystem: HP/Dell
- \- Strong understanding of IP Networking; control vs data plane architecture; data center fabric and switching concepts; Kubernetes/container networking and CNI concepts. Vendors: Extreme SLX/EFA; Juniper/Cisco DC Equipment.
- \- Strong experience with Linux systems (Ubuntu/RHEL/SUSE/CentOS), including administration, troubleshooting and networking
