PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT & BIG DATA SOLUTIONS ENGINEER

What you’ll be doing.
Management of local and central Vodafone Group demands & projects in the OSS Performance Management, Analytics and Big Data solutions area, in line with the business needs and strategies.
Management of the complete Project life cycle for the OSS Performance Management tools.
supplier mgmt, requirements & demands analysis, solution design, implementation, project mgmt, security & hardening, capacity mgmt, KPIs definition and monitoring, budget mgmt & harmonization.
A day in your life will include.
•    Performance Management systems.
strategy, design, architecture, implementation, consolidation.
•    Design the Software Architecture of needed system included in the Performance Management domain in terms of design principles, functional blocks and interfaces.
•    Project Management and delivery of local and central projects, where different international teams are involved (customers, providers, designers, administrators, developers, or O&M technicians), •    Budget ownership planning and execution.
•    Testing of services/applications together with the clients in order to ensure that implemented solutions are responding to the clients’ needs.
•    Define test lists, plan and execute validation activities together with OSS team and clients.
•    Capacity & Life Cycle management of the Performance Management tools (software and hardware).
•    Management of the Hardening and Security requirements and activities related to the Performance Management systems.
•    Design/Delivery of user demands/needs in Kibana and Google Cloud Platform tools.
•    Design and implementation of new performance management & data collection solutions following new users’ demands.
•    Design/Delivery of user demands/needs in Performance Management solutions (such as Cacti, Grafana, Prometheus…) and Data collection/management tools (such as Nifi, Kafka…).
Checks feasibility of demands regarding to business needs.
What we’re looking for.
•    Engineering degree (Bachelor / Master) in telecommunications or computer science or equivalent.
•    Very good communication and information skills.
•    Customer oriented and systematic way of working.
•    Deep knowledge of telecommunication business in terms of IT and Network technologies (Radio Access, Core, IMS, Fixed Access, Transport & Transmission).
•    Experience in OSS systems, especially Performance Management.
•    Excellent knowledge of Big Data and Analytics solutions.
ETL, Big Data framework tools (Kubernetes, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka…), SQL scripting, Business Intelligence tools.
•    Knowledge & experience with Performance Management solutions (such as Cacti, Grafana, Prometheus…) and Data collection/management tools (such as Nifi, Kafka…).
•    Knowledge & experience with Elastic/Kibana and Google Cloud Platform tools.
requirements definition with the users and its analysis, design & implementation in Kibana and the Google tools (such as Big Query).
•    Knowledge in web services & standard API environments, security.
•    Software development project management using Agile methodologies.
•    Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
•    Good communication & negotiation skills with customers & providers.
•    Good skills for working in international multicultural environments with distributed and remote teams.
Key performance indicators.
•    Consolidation of Performance Management systems locally and at European/Group level.
•    Customer satisfaction from the assigned markets.
•    Timeliness and Quality in Delivery according to requirements •    Software solutions delivered for external clients - ensure consistence and coherence.
•    Delivery of demands requested by the VF-Portugal an European users.
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.
If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.
What's in it for you •   Competitive pay, bonus & remuneration package  •   Private Health & Medical Insurance   •   Hybrid way of working.
a blend of 60% remote and 40% office-based working, including the option to work up to 20 days from abroad  •   Remote work equipment to help you create a comfortable, ergonomic workspace at home   •   Unlimited access to learning resources and trainings  •   Vodafone Parental Leave.
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave to all employees regardless of gender, sexual orientation or length of service   •   Spirit of Vodafone Day.
one day each quarter dedicated to your personal development  •   Extra days off.
Vodafone Day, Family Day, Volunteering Day   •   Needless to say, we cater for your communication wherever you are  •  Office amenities (subject to the office location).
such as restaurant, beauty corner, gym and parking  •  Special employee offers and discounts    Together we can #LI-Hybrid #Vodafonespirit #Togetherwecan  Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded.
We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business.
We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.