Sr. Solution Architect

Job Description

15+ Yrs of Experience The NSW/CS&C/GSID/Platforms (Nokia Software/Core Services & Care/Global Systems Integration Delivery/Platforms) organization has an opportunity for an experienced Domain Architect. As Domain Architect, you are a highly skilled professional who designs NFV/SDN cloud solutions, focused on CBIS & CBAM applications within CloudBand portfolio, to fit our customers needs. As Domain Architect you act asa trusted advisor, partnering with the customer on its needs thanks to end-to-end architecture on one specialized domain. You understand and capture the critical inputs of the client and third parties and translate them into effective requirements and solutions. You research, design, plan, develop and evaluate an effective solution in specialized domains, specifically focussing on Cloud NFV/SDN architectures to meet customer s requirements and outcomes, thanks to high as well as low level design of architecture. You apply solution architecture standards processes and principles, to create and maintain a solutions integrity over time. You develop the full scope of the solution, focussing on the Cloud NFV/SDN architecture part, working across organizations to achieve workable solutions.Key responsibilities:

• You are in the most strategic crossroads of the digital transformation of Nokia into Software and Cloud Native applications, between the CloudBand CBIS/CBAM R&D and the NSW/GSC Solution Delivery teams
• You bridge between the CloudBand CBIS/CBAM R&D and the NSW/GSC Domain Architects and Delivery engineers on a global scale
• You identify problems and risks early; explicitly highlight obstacles and proposes actions to address them.
• You apply solution architecture methodology, best practices, state of the art knowledge of network, applications & operations portfolio, processes and principles to create value for the customer and for Nokia.
• You participate as an expert during the tender process to support the building and writing of the proposals
• Your work typically includes in depth assessment of the technologies, markets and customer s needs, consulting to further clarify the needs, modelling and simulation plan to improve the solution and engineering to deliver solutions.
• You continuously innovate so that products, processes, and services better serve customer s needs.
• You translate customer s requirements to design the full scope of the solution in the domain, to achieve workable end-to-end solutions including Nokia and third-party sub-systems as defined.
• You ensure solution feasibility of the solution from technical, migration, integration, operation and maintenance perspective.
• You maintain the integrity & the consistency of the solution on its domain over the whole project cycle

Key qualifications for the role:

• Expertise in NFV, SDN and Cloud concepts linked with virtualization practical experience is needed
• Expertise in CBIS / CBAM components of CloudBand portfolio
• Hands-on Expertise Openstack is a must
• Expertise in HEAT/HOT, Ansible, Mistral concepts is key
• Expertise in NFVI/VIM, VNFM, NFVO and SDN technologies is a plus
• Experience and background in infrastructure, system and IT (Linux servers, Virtualization, External Storage Solutions
• Experience in Programming / Scripting (Bash, Python, Ansible etc.) is a plus
• Expertise in Containers, Kubernetes and Microservices concepts
• You have gained extended (practical) knowledge of L2 and L3 IP architectures and network models (MPLS, routers,), IP/MPLS access, aggregation & edge, IP/MPLS/DWDM converged core

Soft Skills:

• You are personally committed to quality
• You love working in a customer facing environment
• You operate autonomously and are result driven
• You take ownership and accountability
• You are flexible in taking up different roles and tackling multiple technologies
• You have strong negotiation and communication skills
• You are capable of showing technical and organizational leadership

Specific additional information:

• You have a Telecommunications/Electronics/SW/Computer master s degree or equivalent through experience
• Previous experience as a Cloud Solutions Architect
• You at least 3 years of experience in designing e2e telecom solutions
• Very high English proficiency
• Up to ~10% travel (flexible)

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