Team Leader - IoT Safe Train

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About the role

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Context

In the development of new IoT offerings, Orange aims to build and operate a dedicated Mobile Core platform for IoT applications. This platform primarily consists of a 4G/5G mobile core network, an IMS solution, and an SMSC platform, all built upon a cloud-native Kubernetes infrastructure. The platform will support 4G/5G data, voice, and SMS services.

Within this framework, a SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) train has been established to develop and operate this IoT platform. We are seeking a System Team Leader to serve as a critical bridge between architecture, platform infrastructure, and system validation.

Main Responsibilities

As the System Team Leader of the IoT train, you will lead a System Integration Team responsible for:

• Delivering and maintaining the stability of lab and pre-production environments.
• Defining and driving the overall testing strategy for IoT services.
• Supporting component teams within the IoT train for their testing activities.
• Executing end-to-end (E2E) IoT tests.

This team comprises 4 to 8 contributors (testers, technical architects, DevOps engineers) located across different sites. The team is integrated within the SAFe train organization.

You will:

• Represent the system team at the train level.
• Collaborate closely with the IoT Product Manager, Solution Architect, and Product Owners (POs) of component teams to align on the roadmap, priorities, and project risks.
• Actively participate in SAFe ceremonies and governance, including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops.
• Define the strategy and roadmap for qualification and pre-production environment setup, modifications, and IoT service testing based on the IoT services marketing description and roadmap.
• Lead and coordinate the activities of the system team and oversee overall validation activities within the train.

Key Responsibilities

• Environment Management:

  • Ensure environments are stable, reliable, and representative of production conditions, as needed for testing.
  • Guarantee environment availability for component teams and validation activities.

• Testing Strategy & Validation:

  • Develop and implement a comprehensive system testing strategy, including:
    • Determining which tests to perform on which platforms.
    • Establishing staged testing processes and validation procedures for new releases.
    • Defining strategies for security, scalability, performance, and resilience testing.
  • Coordinate test campaigns at the ART (Agile Release Train) level by:
    • Planning and monitoring tests for each component team.
    • Leading the E2E test campaigns under the system team’s responsibility.
    • Tracking and reporting anomalies and key quality KPIs.

• Industrialization & Automation:

  • Progressively automate system validation processes, including:
    • Developing tooling for test result tracking and anomaly detection.
    • Automating recurrent tests.
    • Standardizing testing practices and CI/CD pipelines across teams.

About you

Required Skills

Technical Skills:

• 4G/5G Core Network: EPC / 5GC, IMS, SMS services
• IoT Scenarios: Understanding of IoT use cases and service flows
• End-to-End Service Flow: Comprehensive understanding of service lifecycle and flow orchestration
• Kubernetes & Cloud-Native Environments: Deployment understanding, CNF lifecycle management, familiarity with cloud-native tools and architectures
• Integration & Testing: Extensive experience in organizing, leading, and executing complex validation test campaigns across distributed teams
• CI/CD & DevOps: Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, and DevOps practices

Non-Technical Skills:

• Ability to operate effectively within large and complex organizational structures
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration across multiple teams and international contexts
• Proven team leadership and facilitation skills
• Experience with agile methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe frameworks
• Security and operability awareness, emphasizing secure design, observability, and operational simplicity
• Continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices

Profile

• Senior End-to-End Qualification Leader with over 10 years of experience in the mobile networks domain
• Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale validation and qualification processes within complex network environments

Personal Attributes:You bring rigor, passion for tackling challenges, and determination. You seek opportunities to expand your expertise, achieve your goals, and thrive in a dynamic environment.

What we offer

• Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.• Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).• Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.• Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.• Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.• Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.

Only your skills matter

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