Customer Solution Architect

**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.

**The team you'll be part of**

As part of the CNS GBC Mkt Services Customer Solutions Architecture (CSA) team, you will join a team that is responsible for leading the solution design and implementation for complex projects spanning both the Business Application and Core Networks portfolio. The team is for leading the enagement with the customer in the initial stages of the project including requirement elaboration and finalisation and the overall design for the project. The team also acts as the overal technical management lead for the integration of the components forming part of the solution spanning across the CN and BA domains. The CSA team forms the technology leadership for the market services organisation and also leads the discussions with the product unit on project specific technical needs.

As Nokia's growth engine, we create value for communication service providers and enterprise customers by leading the transition to cloud-native software and as-a-service delivery models. Our inclusive team of dreamers, doers and disruptors push the limits from impossible to possible.

**What you will learn and contribute to**

As the Customer Solution Architect experienced in implementation of VNF and CNF based capability on Cloud platforms, you will support the wider team as the resident cloud domain expert for delivery of the Nokia CNS BA and CN products on different cloud platforms including NCS, CBIS, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure etc. As the resident cloud expert within the CSA team, you will help bridge the cloud deployment requirements of the Nokia products onto the preferred cloud platforms of the customer. This will include supporting the dimensiong requirements for the customers cloud, understanding the security requirements of the customer cloud and working with the other CSA and PU to ensure our deployment is in adherence with the customer requirements, understanding the complexities involved in implementing on different cloud platforms and supporting the estimation and costing process for new opportunities and change requests, and also creating the platfom infrastructure design for the deployment onto the customer cloud working in conjunction with the product specific architects. In addition, you will be responsible for defining the development pathway for the architecture community to support the shift to broader CNF based architecture and also the market services implementation of the CNS Any cloud product strategy.

Are you passionate about solving problems?

As part of our team, you will:

- define the requirements for deployment onto customer cloud environments
- drive the competency development of the CSA team in cloud based VNF and CNF deployment
- drive the design for cloud infra deployments
- be the resident cloud architect expert for the implementation projects

**Your skills and experience**

You have:

- Proven delivery experience of design and implementation of solutions on different cloud platforms
- Experience in implementation of solutions on Container as a Service (Caas) Layers/platforms
- Good knowledge of Container Architecture and cloud security (Linux, Openstack, K8s etc)
- Experience in implementation of highly available platforms on public and private clouds
- IP networking knowledge

It would be nice if you also had:

- Singaporean nationality or ability to obtain Singapore security clearance
- Experience of 5G VNF/CNF components
- Experience in Cloud orchestration

**What we offer**

Nokia offers flexible and hybrid working schemes, 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
- LGBT+ equality & best place to work by HRC Foundation

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.
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