Solution Engineer (Telco & MSSP)

TL;DR

Solution Engineer (Telco & MSSP): Designing and validating reference architectures for large-scale service providers with an accent on CGNAT, SecGW, and SD-WAN. Focus on building executable Reference Solution Stacks, automating validation pipelines, and proving carrier-scale performance.

Location: Flexible / Remote (EMEA)

Company

Global leader in cybersecurity providing broad, integrated, and automated security solutions.

What you will do

• Design and execute validation campaigns for Telco and MSSP reference architectures, specifically focusing on CGNAT, SecGW, SD-WAN, and uniSASE.
• Build comprehensive performance and scalability test plans using tools like Spirent, Ixia/Keysight, and FortiTester.
• Develop and maintain Reference Solution Stacks (RSS) as executable artifacts, serving as the release gate for validation work.
• Automate test execution and reporting through CI pipelines to ensure reproducible results.
• Collaborate with field SEs to translate customer-driven requests into reusable technical evidence.
• Provide critical feedback to Product Management and Engineering to influence future product development.

Requirements

• Strong foundation in networking: routing, switching, IPsec, BGP, QoS, and security fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience in production-scale service provider, large enterprise, or MSSP environments.
• Proficiency in Linux and scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
• Experience with virtualization (KVM, OpenShift) and Hyperscalers.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex multi-layer and multi-vendor systems.
• Location: Must be based in EMEA.

Nice to have

• Experience with traffic generators (Spirent, Ixia, FortiTester).
• Knowledge of CI/CD for infrastructure using GitLab CI or Jenkins.
• Depth in Telco protocols: GTP, Diameter, 5G core, and carrier-grade NAT.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible).

Culture & Benefits

• High autonomy over your domain with flat decision-making processes.
• Consent-based governance environment without micromanagement.
• Opportunity to work on high-visibility architectures that drive multi-million-euro deals.
• Ability to help shape the transition of validation from a deliverable to "validation as code".