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You’ll work at the intersection of 5G RAN, O-RAN, cloud-native engineering, DevOps and AI-driven network automation, helping translate complex network requirements into scalable, resilient solutions.You’ll also play an important leadership role within the broader engineering community, providing technical thought leadership, mentoring others and helping uplift capability across the mission and chapter.\nJob Description\nWhat you’ll do\nDesign, build, integrate and maintain complex network technologies, platforms and systems. \nTranslate customer and business requirements into practical network products, services and infrastructure solutions. \nDrive automation and optimisation across 5G RAN, including PCI, ANR, mobility, coverage and capacity optimisation. \nSupport critical wireless engineering applications through modern DevOps and cloud-native engineering practices. \nSupport rApp onboarding, deployment and lifecycle management, alongside O-RAN service management and orchestration architecture. \nDevelop platform-specific technology roadmaps and assess opportunities presented by emerging technologies. \nEvaluate vendor solutions against business and technical requirements and provide technical leadership across vendor delivery. \nMake informed technology investment and business asset recommendations. \nApply analytics, AI/ML and automation to network performance optimisation and autonomous network use cases. \nTroubleshoot complex distributed systems and perform root cause analysis across network and software environments. \nMentor engineers, share technical knowledge and contribute to a culture of high performance, continuous learning and growth. \nAbout you\nYou’re an experienced network and software engineering specialist who combines strong telecommunications domain knowledge with hands-on modern engineering capability. 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