Software Developer 4

We are seeking a skilled Software Developer to design and develop automation solutions for Redhat OCP Kubernetes-based environments, focusing on Specifc Webscale environment including, F5 ASM, and SPK software. The role involves building development, deployment and validation of Oracle 5G NF software and certification automation, validating Oracle 5G software compatibility, and working within web-scale platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop scripts and automation tools to provision and manage Kubernetes clusters using Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP).
• Automate deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of RHOCP,F5 ASMand SPK software.
• Design and implement deployment and upgrade automationfor cloud-native environments.
• Use Oracle 5G softwareto validate and certify compatibility across RHOCP, ASM, and SPK platforms.
• Work with Oracle 5G Network Functions (NFs)to understand and automate deployment of the NF in Verizon specificenvironments.
• Integrate and validate solutions tailored forVerizon web-scale platform.
• Utilize Oracle 5G ATS (Automation Test Suite)to develop, modify, and execute certification and validation workflows.
• Troubleshoot and optimize automation pipelines and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement and standardize observability: metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, alerts, and SLO-based validation for mesh/proxy/NFs.
  Apply OpenShift and Kubernetes security best practices (RBAC, SCC, NetworkPolicies, secrets management, image signing/scanning).
• Build automation for cluster networking(CNI behaviours, Multus where applicable), DNS, ingress, certificates, and storage integration.
• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of RHOCP clusters (install, scale, upgrade), including cluster add-ons and operators.
• Develop automation for service mesh constructs (e.g., gateways, routing policies, traffic shifting, mTLS policies, observability integrations).
• Implement validation and health checks for dataplane/control-plane readiness, traffic flows, resilience, and rollback behaviour.
• Troubleshoot deployment issues end-to-end (OpenShift, mesh/proxy, NF workloads) and continuously improve pipeline reliability.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong programming/scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, or similar).
• Strong programming/scripting skills of Oracle 5G NF Automated Test suite.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetesand Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP).
• Experiencewith CI/CD pipelinesand infrastructure automation.
• Hands-on experiencewith F5 ASM, SPK, or similar networking/security platforms.
• Hands-on experience working with Oracle 5G technologiesor telecom network functions.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and microservices.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (added advantage)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA - added advantage)

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+Experience with web-scale platformor similar telecom environments.
• Exhaustive Experience with F5 Aspen Service Mesh and Service Proxy platformor similar telecom environments.
• Experience with Oracle 5G ATSfor automation and certification.
• Expertise of 5G core architecture and network functions (NFs).
• Experience with container networking, security, and service mesh technologies.

Career Level - IC4