Product Manager (Networking)

Virtuora is a leading, comprehensive suite of software products that enable the creation and expansion of virtualized, programmable networks. Virtuora cloud platform in the underlying framework for various Virtuora applications supporting end-to-end network management encompassing control, planning & design, operations & management, service fulfillment & assurance. It's currently deployed by major telecom providers globally.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced product manager with a strong background in cloud native technologies to spearhead the evolution of the Virtuora cloud platform. Ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise to the Virtuora product line management team and will be responsible for the managing and driving the platform product roadmap. The role possesses a unique blend of business and technical skills, a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality.

Role and responsibilities:

• Drive vision, strategy and roadmap for Virtuora cloud platform evolution enabling Fujitsus network automation solutions
• Lead software product lifecycle for cloud platform from conception, roadmap planning, feature prioritization, software release to maintenance
• Collect, define and prioritize customer and market requirements in core platform areas such as scalability, availability, migration, diagnostics, logging, security etc. and translate those into epics and user stories
• Drive platform feature implementation by providing guidance on customer requirements, use-cases and acceptance criteria to software development teams
• Work closely with platform engineering team as customer proxy and participate in scrum meetings (bug reviews, sprint demos etc.)
• Define and influence common platform infrastructure tooling and best practices in driving synergies across various Virtuora applications
• Support customer engagement & pre-sales activities including product presentations, demos, proof-of-concept evaluations, trials, RFP responses, pricing proposals etc.
• Collaborate closely with various stakeholders (tech/product support, application teams, sales etc.) in guiding customer deployments, platform installation/upgrades, cloud migration and security assessments

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's (or higher) degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of Software Product Management, Development, Systems Engineering, Systems Integration, or equivalent
• Experience and familiarity with large scale distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker etc.).
• Proven experience in customer facing roles deploying software platforms to production and/or enabling cloud migrations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to collaborate cross functionally
• Business and technology-oriented, with a strong product and functional background
• Comfortable working in a team-oriented, highly collaborative virtual environment that is geographically distributed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with RKE2 Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms (OpenShift, AKS, EKS etc.)
• Familiarity with networking protocols such as NETCONF, Yang, TL1, SNMP, gNMI, gRPC
• Experience with monitoring, logging and reporting technologies (Prometheus , Grafana, Kibana, Elastic, Datadog, Splunk)
• Experience with SDN/NFV or network management platforms is a significant plus. Familiarity with OpenDaylight, ONOS, or similar platforms is highly desirable
• AWS, Azure or GCP certifications