Principal Software Engineer – Telco Solution Architect

Role Overview

• Collaborate closely with Telco partners to create, review, prototype, and validate groundbreaking designs and enhancement proposals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for AI integration, driving continuous improvement and innovation in engineering practices.
• Develop architectural design with NEP partners, drive adoption of the latest Red Hat functionality into these architectural designs, delivering solution blueprints of these designs and aligning them to Red Hat best practices for the OpenShift platform.
• Partner with Telco companies to accelerate the containerization of their workload offerings and seamlessly integrate them with the Red Hat OpenShift platform, ensuring unparalleled functionality, performance, and reliability for Tier-1 and Tier-2 5G/6G networks worldwide.
• Actively advocate for robust certification and continuous integration (CI) processes with Telco partners.
• Champion the Red Hat Telco stack, including universal base images (UBI), Red Hat Enterprise Data Plane Development Kit (RHEL DPDK), the OpenShift Operator Framework, Advanced Cluster Management, and Advanced Cluster Security, etc.
• Establish long-term technical relationships with key Telco partners, gathering and analyzing partner requirements and use cases to deliver meaningful business outcomes.
• Be the voice of Red Hat engineering in partners engagement, shaping up requirements for Red Hat product teams and driving recommended and supportable ways to utilize Red Hat technologies.
• Work hand-in-hand with project managers, product managers, and engineering teams to establish predictable schedules for critical partner deliverables.
• Contribute to the team's collective success by generously sharing your work and expertise.
• Mentor and educate junior-level team members, fostering a culture of growth and openness.
• Publicize the team's achievements through engaging blogs, web postings, and impactful conference presentations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift technologies.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in managing partners and customers.
• Proven hands-on skills in developing reference architectures and validated configurations from conception to delivery.
• Strong experience with networking technology (server, switch, or appliance configuration), key networking protocols, tunneling technologies, switching, and routing.
• Proficient in Linux operation and administration, and how Open source communities work.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and tools like Google Gemini, Cursor, Claude and others for tasks such as brainstorming solutions, deep technical research, summarizing complex documentation, drafting communications, and enhancing problem-solving efficiency throughout the development lifecycle.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and effectively share knowledge with team members, partners, and peers.
• Comfortable providing expert support and knowledge transfer to partners as they onboard new Red Hat and open source technologies.
• Extensive Telco-specific knowledge and experience, including: High Availability, Performance characterization and optimization, NFV architecture, Edge designs, O-RAN architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Korean.

Tech Stack

• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Open Source
• OpenShift
• Switching

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working hours