Telecom Engineer; RedHat OpenShift

Location: Irving, Texas
Type: Onsite (5 days/week) | 1099 Contract / C2C

We are seeking a highly skilled Telecom Engineer with deep expertise in cloud-native network functions (CNFs) and Red Hat technologies to support architecture, deployment, and automation initiatives within a large-scale telecom environment. The ideal candidate will bring strong hands-on engineering experience with Open Shift, Open Stack, Kubernetes
, and Ansible
, as well as previous work supporting major telecom operators or vendors.

• Design, deploy, and support Red Hat Open Shift and Open Stack platforms for telecom network environments.
• Work with Kubernetes-based CNF deployments
  , ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Develop advanced Ansible playbooks and automation frameworks to support provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Build and implement Python scripts for automation, validation, and system integration tasks.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to define cloud-native solutions aligned with telecom network standards.
• Troubleshoot platform, networking, and application issues across distributed systems.
• Support continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Work closely with vendor and carrier teams in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

• Strong expertise in Red Hat Open Shift and Open Stack architecture and operations.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and CNF (Cloud-Native Network Function) deployments
  .
• Advanced skills in Ansible automation and Python scripting
  .
• Telecom network background with an understanding of core network principles and large-scale infrastructure.
• Prior experience working with Verizon, AT&T, Nokia, Ericsson
  , or similar telecom operators/vendors.