We're looking for a Senior Core Network Engineer with strong Configuration Management expertise to take on a technical leadership role in one of the most ambitious Core Network programmes in Europe, working directly with one of the continent's leading telecommunications operators.
This is a hands-on leadership position within a small, high-impact team. You'll set the technical direction, defend your decisions in front of demanding stakeholders, and lead a squad that counts on you to have their back. If you enjoy environments where your judgement carries weight and your decisions actually ship, this role is built for you.
What you'll do Own the technical design of Configuration Management capabilities within a complex, multi-vendor Core Network environment,



ensuring scalability and resilience.
Lead a delivery squad: you set direction and review design, while your team handles day-to-day platform coding.
Make and defend technical decisions in front of the customer's Core Engineering team.
Drive the translation of operator change practices — change windows, CMDB updates, rollback expectations — into automated, auditable gates.
Own vendor and data-model engagement across Ericsson, Huawei and other in-scope vendors, including YANG modules and NETCONF exports.
Be the technical escalation point for the

📌 Core Network Engineer (Madrid)
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