Packet Core and Cloud Infrastructure SME Specialist at Ericsson Nigeria – Lagos (793700)

Ericsson Nigeria is hiring a Packet Core and Cloud Infrastructure SME Specialist in Lagos (Job ID 793700) to design, deploy and support telecom core workloads on virtualised and cloud-native infrastructure for 4G and 5G services.

Key responsibilities

• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure for evolved packet core, 5G NSA and 5G core networks.
• Deploy and operate virtual network functions and cloud-native network functions.
• Administer telecom cloud platforms including OpenStack and Kubernetes, handling installations, upgrades, scaling and patching.
• Plan capacity and optimise performance, resilience, redundancy and disaster recovery.
• Troubleshoot faults across networking, compute, storage and virtualisation layers.
• Promote automation, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Maintain infrastructure security and collaborate with vendors, RAN, transport and IT teams on incidents and root-cause analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or a related field and six to ten or more years’ relevant experience.
• Knowledge of 2G, 3G, 4G EPC and 5G core architecture, signalling and interfaces.
• Experience with GTP, Diameter, SCTP, PFCP and HTTP/2 protocols.
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure skills, particularly OpenStack, virtualisation and container orchestration.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting ability, including support for round-the-clock critical environments.
• Experience with Ericsson telco cloud, 5G SA/NSA deployments, security hardening or large production networks is an advantage.
• Kubernetes, OpenStack or VMware certifications are preferred.