Wireless PCRF Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Wireless Policy Engineer to design implement integrate optimize and support mobile core policy and charging platforms across 4G LTE and 5G networks. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Policy and Charging Control (PCC) Online Charging Systems (OCS) Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Policy Enforcement Functions (PCEF) along with experience supporting carrier-grade production environments.
The engineer will be responsible for the administration configuration integration performance optimization troubleshooting and lifecycle management of policy platforms including Amdocs (Openet) AOC/AOP Data PCRF/OCS Nokia Network Policy Controller (NPC) Voice PCRF and Sandvine (AppLogic) PCEF/DPI solutions. The role also requires knowledge of virtualization cloud technologies Linux operating systems and modern mobile core network architectures.
Required Technical Skills
Policy & Charging Platforms
Amdocs (Openet) AOC/AOP Data PCRF/OCS.
Nokia NPC Voice PCRF.
Sandvine (AppLogic) PCEF & DPI (Deep Packet Inspection).
Policy and Charging Control (PCC)
Online Charging System (OCS)
Policy Control Function (PCF) (preferred)
Charging Function concepts
Wireless Technologies
EPC / 5G Standalone (SA) / 5G Non-Standalone (NSA)
VoLTE / VoNR
QoS Management
Subscriber Policy Management
Traffic Steering
Network Slicing (preferred)
Mobile Network Protocols
Diameter - Gx Gy Rx Sy S6a.
HTTP/2 REST APIs
SBI / PFCP (5G)
Operating Systems & Virtualization
Linux (Red Hat)
UNIX administration
VMware vSphere
Virtual Machines
VMware ESXi
Container technologies (Docker preferred)
Kubernetes/OpenShift (preferred)
Cloud Technologies
Private Cloud
OpenStack
VMware Cloud
Kubernetes
Cloud-native architectures
Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)
Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs)
Databases & Tools
Oracle
PostgreSQL
MySQL
SQL
Shell scripting
Python (preferred)
Git
Ansible (preferred)
Monitoring & Operations
Performance Monitoring
KPI Analysis
Log Analysis
Fault Management
Capacity Planning
Incident Management
Change Management
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Telecommunications Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field.
Years of experience supporting carrier-grade wireless core networks.
o Grade I: 2-5 yrs / Grade II: 5-8 yrs / Grade III: 8-10 yrs or above.
Years of hands-on experience with PCRF OCS or PCF platforms.
o Grade I: 2-3 yrs / Grade II: 3-5 yrs / Grade III: above 5yrs.
Strong experience with Amdocs (Openet) Nokia NPC and/or Sandvine technologies.
Experience supporting high-availability production environments.
Strong understanding of LTE EPC and 5G Core architectures.
Experience working with Linux servers and VMware virtualization.
Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and cloud-native deployment models.
Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills.