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Head of Virtual Network Functions
Essentials
Job title: Head of Virtual Network Functions
Location: Bucharest
Type: employment contract
Offer
Welcome package that you will feel like being part of the team.
Tailored career development plan.
Medical insurance.
Flexible working schedule
Client
Our client is one of the world’s leading web hosting and internet service providers, serving both private and commercial users.
Role
We are looking for someone passionate about heading our PaaS Network Services team in order to provide excellent products, service and support.
The client’s Platform as a Service – Network Services team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced technical manager to support the engineers and lead the team that develops and runs the VNF related products. This person will be responsible for motivating and monitoring engineers, provide coaching and aid in personal growth and development.
The Network Services team focuses on developing and maintaining network functions for our customers, whether it’s load balancers, web application firewalls, intrusion detection systems, virtual routers or VPN gateways. In any IT setup there is a need for network services beyond mere connectivity. The customers rely on us to provide rock-solid building blocks, and this team is delivering many of them, upwards of and including layer 4. The team builds, ships and runs these services.
This is a development focused team. In a Cloud environment the customers expect API first self-service, immediate delivery and complete automation. Thus, our weapons of choice are GoLang, GitOps and CI/CD – not root shells and bash scripts.
We are looking for someone strongly familiar with teams and processes, who will be accountable for the engineering team’s performance and quality. As such, you will also manage recruitment of the team as we grow. This role reports into the Head of Engineering, Platform as a Service.
Responsibilities
Recruiting, managing and maintaining an excellent engineering team
Planning and executing complex technical projects related to VNF service offerings
Collaboration with technical leads
Contribute to the overall architecture, design and development of VNF projects
Managing software project schedules
Maintaining and improving team performance and quality of life
Developing processes to improve product performance and quality
Ensuring successful product and feature rollouts, as well as reliable operations
Creating a healthy team culture and transparent communication
Providing coaching and counseling via mentoring and one-to-one meetings
Planning and executing training for the engineering team
Requirements
Agile mindset and extensive experience with modern development practices
Experience managing, coaching and mentoring software engineers
Experience with cloud technologies and distributed systems
Domain specific knowledge of VNFs and network principles
Solid hands-on experience with network operations including complex HA setups
Experience in shipping products and coordinating releases with relevant players
Experience developing cross-disciplinary collaboration between engineering, operations, support and product teams
Experience with end-to-end quality best practices and their implementation
Experience with staffing, interviewing, building and retaining teams
Experience conveying complex ideas in written, verbal and presentational formats
Working knowledge of Kubernetes Operators and GoLang is a bonus but not required
Apply today
If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in applying for this position, please send your details to careers@key-talents.com with “Head of Virtual Network Functions”, in the subject line.