Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business. Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

The Senior Cloud Network Engineer is accountable for integrating new functional devices, VNF/CNF services, connectivity and on time error-free configuration changes in Orange SD-X network and respective services, using HMI (CLI, Gitlab pipelines, scripts) or contribute to coding intended for this purpose. In order to accomplish this goal, this individual will interface with Vendors and internal entities responsible of Cloud Infrastructure and services design,deployment and monitoring of hardware and services (including operational teams). This individual will also need to develop and provide the highest level of support related to SDN/OPC Infrastructure

• Operational validation of cloud network infrastructure, service design, orchestration chain, security flows, network related changes. 
• Create, test and maintain reusable code  (Python/Ansible scripts, APIs) intended to deploy and maintain shared cloud infrastructure elements based on input from Vendors, Design and operational teams.
• Study and build of migration plans to implement target topology and/or design.
• Coordinate and activate managed customer SDN changes:
• Create detailed and clear Infrastructure or Service Change Guidelines to Network Operations to smoothly implement changes with a combination of automated and manual steps including fallback and pre-post checks checkpoints. 
• Proactive audit of Cloud infrastructure to identify potential vulnerabilities and weakness. 
• Own infrastructure and service levelling, compliance to security and engineering rules and ensure minimum level of operational and security weaknesses on the SDN infrastructure. 

Minimum of 8 years related work experience in organizations within the Telecom or IT/Software industry.

Must-Have Skills 

• Red Hat Ansible 
• Service Provider Juniper Configuration 
• Red Hat System Administration 
• OpenStack and OpenShift 
• Kubernetes  

Preferable Skills 

• Cisco CCNP or Juniper JNCIP 
• Python  
• Git and GitLab 
• Contrail Knowledge 

The role of Senior Technical Expert will allow you to develop wide knowledge on SDN and Private Cloud technologies of today’s communication in the context of major orchestration methodologies and software development. This role will also allow you to innovate on the way changes are applied on multicountry networks across different entities or services. It will allow you to develop a clear decision process on how to minimize customers impact during Infrastructure Lifecycle and how to secure and properly troubleshoot end to end performance problems.

You will develop skills to efficiently work with Vendors, Engineering, Capacity Planning, Rollout and Operational teams. You will have the opportunity to share your respective skills and learn on other areas of technology like IaaS, CaaS, IaaC. This role also provides the opportunity to grow into many other positions.

You will be working in an agile environment using scrum methodology.

• Global opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world
• Flexible work environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working) 
• Professional development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities
• Career growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange 
• Caring and daring culture: health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events 
• Reward programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards

Regardless of your age, gender identity, race, ethnic origin, religion/belief, sexual orientation, marital status, neuroatypia, disability, veteran status or appearance, we encourage diversity within our teams because it is a strength for the collective and a vector of innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer: don't hesitate to tell us about your specific needs.