About this opportunity:
Join our team at Ericsson as a Solution Architect - Packet Core, a senior technical role with accountability for end-to-end optimization, KPI improvement and complex troubleshooting of Ericsson's packet core and 5G core networks. The role provides technical leadership across customer engagements, ensures network performance and stability and drives improvements across the PS core domain in alignment with Ericsson's standards and ways of working.
What You Will Do
- Take end-to-end technical accountability for packet core optimization and KPI improvement.
- Analyze network KPIs, traffic patterns and subscriber behaviour and define and drive corrective actions.
- Lead complex troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across MME, EPG, SGW, PGW, HSS, SAPC, WMG, DSC and 5GC functions.
- Drive permanent solutions for major incidents and recurring performance issues.
- Plan and optimize packet core capacity and performance based on traffic growth and customer needs.
- Perform QoS, parameter and capacity audits, including tuning and optimization actions.
- Provide technical governance for upgrades, new features and new node introductions from a performance perspective.
- Work across RAN, IP, Cloud, and OSS domains to drive end-to-end network performance improvement.
- Lead customer technical discussions related to KPIs, performance and optimization outcomes.
- Provide technical input to RFP and pre-sales activities related to packet core optimization.
The Skills You Bring
- Bachelors degree in Communications Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
- 8+ years of experience in packet core and 5G core optimization and troubleshooting.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Ericsson packet core and 5G Core, including MME, EPG, SAPC/PCF, SGW, PGW, HSS, and 5GC network functions.
- Proven experience in KPI analysis, performance improvement, and capacity optimization.
- End-to-end understanding of packet core interaction with RAN and IP Core networks.
- Experience with cloud, VNF and CNF is essential and 5G core experience would be preferred.
- Ability to provide technical leadership and guide engineers in complex situations.
- Strong customer communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Very good command of the English language.
Why join Ericsson?
At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: Egypt (EG) || Cairo
Req ID: 779525
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Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day.
We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale.
Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient.
Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical.
Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term.
As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
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