The DevOps Architect role is a key position within our growing Network Management team at Nokia. As a DevOps Architect, you will be responsible for defining the architecture of our solutions and supporting our teams in delivering cutting-edge products for telecom operators. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our product platforms by ensuring that architectural proposals meet the requirements of rapidly growing critical telecom networks. You will collaborate with other teams and departments within Nokia, as well as interact with customer representatives and strategic partners. The work environment is dynamic and collaborative, with a multinational, multi-gender, and multi-cultural team. We value diversity and teamwork and encourage innovative thinking and optimization in product architecture evolution. If you are proactive, self-driven, and have a strong background in cloud-native architecture, this is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is at the forefront of telecom breakthroughs.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE AND WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

As part of our team, you will:

• Lead the target architecture and design of selected Network Management cloud-native platform components to meet the security, performance, capacity, scalability, and reliability requirements
• Evaluate, select and integrate the cloud-native eco-system platform components in areas of observability, CI/CD, service mesh, security & compliance, database, streaming & messaging, cache and others in cooperation with Product Managers and as required by product business requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (customer care, services, development, system testing) to deliver Nokia Mobile Networks Management solutions, using microservices architecture principles and supporting PaaS components.
• Create and maintain software architecture documentation
• Identify opportunities for innovation and optimization in product architecture evolution.
• Provide guidance to development teams, customers and strategic partners, including product capability presentations.

KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Our Requirements: 

• 5+ years of experience in design, architecture, and implementation of cloud-native solutions using various cloud-native eco-system platform building-blocks
• Experience with at least one area like: observability (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Loki), security & compliance (e.g. OPA), database (e.g. ProstgreSQL), cache (e.g. Redis), pub/sub (e.g. Kafka), ingress / API GW (e.g. Kong)
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (or a similar Kubernetes distribution), as well as virtualization technologies, like OpenStack, VMWare and KubeVirt, from a deployment, upgrade, and maintenance/operational procedures perspective
• Experience using and implementing Kubernetes patterns and best practices
• Experience creating platform component evaluation material, including analyzing various factors and providing specifications for development, for selected solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with various stakeholders, as well as customers and partners.
• Proactive and self-driven, with the ability to work independently and take ownership of initiatives.

We will be more interested if you also have experience in: 

• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms like Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, and platform services available in those environments.
• Basic knowledge of telecom network architecture and network management aspects.
• Understanding of Zero-touch provisioning and Zero-touch network and Service Management concepts.
• Former exposure to systems in telecom OSS/BSS space

About Us

Come create the technology that helps the world act together

Nokia is committed to innovation and technology leadership across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. Your career here will have a positive impact on people’s lives and will help us build the capabilities needed for a more productive, sustainable, and inclusive world.

We challenge ourselves to create an inclusive way of working where we are open to new ideas, empowered to take risks and fearless to bring our authentic selves to work

What we offer

Nokia offers continuous learning opportunities, well-being programs to support you mentally and physically, opportunities to join and get supported by employee resource groups, mentoring programs and highly diverse teams with an inclusive culture where people thrive and are empowered.

Nokia is committed to inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer

Nokia has received the following recognitions for its commitment to inclusion & equality:

• One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
• Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg
• Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

At Nokia, we act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Nokia’s employment decisions are made regardless of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We are committed to a culture of inclusion built upon our core value of respect.

Join us and be part of a company where you will feel included and empowered to succeed.

About the Team

Our Business Group is a leader in wireless mobility networks and associated services. With more than 3.500 patent families essential for 5G we have a strong 5G portfolio and are a front runner in open and virtualized radio access networks (O-RAN and vRAN).