About Me
Cloud Packet Core Engineer with 10+ years of telecom experience and hands-on work across EPC, IMS,
4G/5G Core, cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes, and AWS.
I build and troubleshoot real telecom lab environments rather than only studying the technologies:
deploying Free5GC and Open5GS, validating 5G signaling and user-plane traffic, implementing network
slicing, working with N3IWF/N3IWUE for non-3GPP access, and automating cloud-native deployments with
Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and GitOps.
My current focus is combining 5G Core, cloud infrastructure, and industrial IoT gateways into practical
end-to-end solutions.
Professional Focus
Cloud Packet Core Engineering
Hands-on engineering across packet core and IMS environments, including cloud-native telecom workloads, troubleshooting, signaling, traffic flows, integrations, migrations, and operational support.
EPCIMS5G Core NGAPPFCPGTP-UCloud & Kubernetes
Building Kubernetes environments, Helm-based deployments, GitHub Actions CI/CD, Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure, ArgoCD/GitOps workflows, monitoring, and troubleshooting of cloud-native telecom applications.
AWSKubernetesHelm TerraformArgoCDPrometheusCertifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Linux Foundation (CNCF) — Sep 2024
Kubernetes administration, networking, security, troubleshooting, workloads, and production-oriented operations.
Verify Credential | CertificateCloud Developer Nanodegree
Udacity — Nov 2021
Cloud-native application development using AWS, REST APIs, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless architectures.
Verify CertificateFeatured Projects
Hands-on telecom and cloud projects covering 5G Core, non-3GPP access, Kubernetes, AWS, automation, network slicing, and industrial IoT.
Free5GC 5G Core + N3IWF / N3IWUE 5G
Built and troubleshot a Free5GC-based 5G Core lab with N3IWF/N3IWUE for non-3GPP access. Worked through AMF, SMF, UPF, AUSF, UDM/UDR, NRF and related service flows, including IPsec/IKEv2 connectivity and user-plane data paths.
Tech: Free5GC, N3IWF, N3IWUE, Kubernetes, Linux, IPsec/IKEv2, MongoDB
Open5GS 5G Core with Network Slicing 5G
Designed and deployed Open5GS on AWS and Kubernetes, including multi-slice configurations and multiple UPFs. Validated NGAP, PFCP, GTP-U, PDU sessions, UE connectivity, and slice-specific user-plane paths.
Tech: Open5GS, UERANSIM, AWS EC2, Kubernetes, Helm, Linux, Network Slicing
Architecture | Test Logs
Cloud-Native 5G Core on Kubernetes GitOps
Built a Kubernetes-based telecom lab with Helm, GitHub, ArgoCD, multiple namespaces, service exposure, persistent storage, monitoring, and GitOps deployment workflows for 5G Core workloads.
Tech: Kubernetes, K3s, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Docker, Prometheus
Industrial IoT / Connected Vehicle Gateway In Progress
Designing an end-to-end industrial IoT platform using a Raspberry Pi gateway, GPS/GNSS, MQTT, N3IWUE/N3IWF and Free5GC. The roadmap includes CAN/vehicle telemetry, sensors, legacy CCTV/DVR integration, and a customer fleet/industrial dashboard.
Architecture: GPS → Raspberry Pi → Wi-Fi/non-3GPP → N3IWUE → N3IWF → Free5GC → UPF → IoT Platform
Technical Skills
AWS (EKS, EC2, ECR, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudFront)
Kubernetes (CKA), Docker, Helm, K3s
GitHub Actions, Bash, Python, GitOps
Terraform, Helm Charts
Prometheus, Grafana
EPC, Signaling, Logs, CDR Analysis
Contact
Open to Cloud Packet Core, 5G Core, Cloud/DevOps, and telecom engineering opportunities.
Email: philip.habib2012@gmail.com