Network Automation Expert

About the Role

Join the Orange innovation team to lead the automation of your microwave network infrastructure. You will focus on standardizing network models, implementing automated testing, and developing automation components as part of a strategic program. You will work in a team based in Poland and work with an international team responsible for transmission network automation for Orange affiliates using technologies such as microwave, optical, WDM and IP technologies.

About the Entity/Team

Your area in the team is focusing on anticipation and R&D, with active participation in international standardization organizations and spectrum regulation (obtaining licenses from national regulators), as well as research projects on AI.

For Orange subsidiaries, we handle link design, define architectural evolution, and establish engineering rules to optimize investments. We also integrate activities from the Skill Center, including validation, sourcing, and deployment follow-up. We are working with the main Network Vendors.

We closely monitor carbon impacts and seek to optimize energy consumption through more efficient hardware and activation of software functionalities.

Network Automation Expert

Key Responsibilities

• Standardization: Collaborate with international operators and vendors to define, promote, and validate NETCONF/YANG models, organizing ETSI sessions and ensuring standards compliance.
• Automation Testing: Design, test, and maintain automation scripts (Robot Framework) for validating network models with major vendors like Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia, and ZTE.
• Development: Develope automation activities, translating needs into technical components, supporting deployment, and ensuring standards compliance.
• Communication & Collaboration: Work effectively with international teams, vendors, and stakeholders, maintaining clear communication in English.

Our requirements

• Strong programming skills in Java (Spring Boot) and Python.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, GitOps, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.
• Knowledge of network management systems and protocols (SNMP, NETCONF/YANG, RESTCONF, APIs).
• Excellent English communication skills; ability to work in a multicultural, dynamic environment.
• Autonomous, proactive, solution-oriented, with good teamwork and adaptability.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of and/or experience with Microwave (MW) technology: hardware types, software, configurations, network architectures.
• Knowledge of French.

Why Join Us?

• Work on a strategic, innovative project shaping future network automation.
• Collaborate with international experts and top-tier vendors.
• Develop expertise in microwave networks, automation, and software development.
• Enjoy a flexible, hybrid working environment supporting work-life balance.
• Opportunities for career growth in a leading global telecommunications company.

Benefits

• Stable employment based on an employment contract
• Hybrid work model (2 days from the office / 3 days from home)
• Pension program - after 6 months of employment, Orange will contribute 7% of your gross salary each month to your retirement account
• Private medical care with PZU Zdrowie
• Interest-free loans for housing, health, and other purposes
• Subsidy for vacation
• FitProfit sports card
• Integration events and trips co-financed from the social fund
• Option to join group insurance on preferential terms
• Smartphone with unlimited Internet - also for private use
• Preferential offer for Orange services
• Diverse and tailored development opportunities - training, access to educational platforms (including language learning platforms), internal internship programs, and inspiring educational events
• “Health YES” - a program for people with disabilities
• “I’m in the game” - support for parents returning to work after parental leave
• Wellbeing programs
• Volunteering in cooperation with the Orange Foundation