.Do you want to be a part of the built of our Open Gateway program that will be used across the Telefonica group?Join the Open Gateway team in group CTIO as a network service team leader. The role based in Madrid (Spain) will be focused on leading a team in charge of, developing and testing the network capabilities and services to be exposed to our customers.The CTIO area leads network and IT technology within the Telefonica group. The position requires a tight collaboration with the global product area and the different operators of the group in order to deliver the network capabilities required to fulfill product and commercial roadmap.As part of your role, you will be leading a team of 5 people in charge of defining the technology roadmap and solutions to expose network enablers as APIfied services that abstract telecom network complexity to non-telco developers and application providers, in accordance with the objectives of the Open Gateway Program in Telefonica.The role will involve being accountable for network delivery and gaining a deep understanding of key network platforms prone to exposure e.G. PCF, NEF, NWDAF, IMS ... and the platforms used to materialize such exposure through microservices, with objectives including design, technology selection, solution adaptation and test execution. Additionally, you will be collaborating to the relevant open-source communities and standard bodies in line with Telefonica roadmap and strategy.The role involves communication and coordination with Telefonica Operating Businesses (Brazil, Spain, UK and Germany) for the execution of the corporate strategy.MAIN ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITIONThe objectives of the position offered are:Lead platform technology team in charge of Open GatewayLead network architecture and roadmap for Open GatewayLead suppliers selections and roadmap.Identify and prioritize network capabilities that can be exposedDefine and exposure logic of each of the Network APIs and the middleware architecture component that is required.Lead design architecture solutions to expose each one of the network capabilities through APIs, including integration mechanisms across the different layers of the architecture from Developer Marketplaces across Open Gateway layers to the lower Network layers.Market evaluation and testing for products and vendors applicable to API design and exposure.Create new service level APIs and provide contributions to industrial fora or standardization bodies in charge of Network APIs.Analyze new APIs from the industrial fora to map to existing network capabilities.Elaborate test plans and execute them to test end-to-end the Network APIs in laboratories and production environments.EDUCATION REQUIREDMsC in Computer Science, Telecommunication, Networking or any related fields.SPECIFIC SKILLS:Project management and team leadershipAbility to work in a multinational and multicultural environmentTeam working and customer focus
