Lab IT Network Architect / Solution Designer

Job Description

Lab IT Network Architect / Solution Designer is responsible and accountable for IT services in Laboratories, including but not limited to Lab networks, compute resources and security services. Solution Designer handles the full cycle of Service offerings, from collecting requirements to day 2 operations – Architecture, technical concept and design, configuration, functionalities, processes, standardization and performance. This is a global position to support Nokia ongoing Digitalization and AI journey.

Job Description

Lab IT Network Architect / Solution Designer is responsible and accountable for IT services in Laboratories, including but not limited to Lab networks, compute resources and security services. Solution Designer handles the full cycle of Service offerings, from collecting requirements to day 2 operations – Architecture, technical concept and design, configuration, functionalities, processes, standardization and performance. This is a global position to support Nokia ongoing Digitalization and AI journey.

How You Will Contribute And What You Will Learn

Understands Nokia IT and Business requirements and strategy for Laboratories and special environments.

Understand security controls and policies. Network and Compute hardening best practices and standards

Engage with IT and Business stakeholders on requirements reviews and solutioning

Desing and customize IT Service offerings for Laboratories. Services like SDN (Software Defined Networks), Private Clouds, ensuring high Performance, security and flexibility

Define Processes and Operational Procedures for services in her/his area of responsibility

Perform implementations (new deployments or changes), implementation reviews or acceptance to ensure design compliance and gap mitigation.

Document solution design for various projects and deployment scenarios

Support analysis of critical incidents and Identify design related gaps that caused the incident to define preventive actions

Drive automation and optimization of Laboratory IT Infrastructure Services

Key Skills And Experience

Bachelors’ degree or engineering degree in Telecommunications/Information Technology/Computer Science or equivalent

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Minimum of 8+ years’ experience in Network, Datacenter or Private cloud design and deployment, 3+ year experience architecting and integrating solutions for datacenter network and virtualization

Strong Knowledge in switching, routing and security

Strong knowledge in Linux OSes and virtualization platforms (Openstack, VMware, Openshift , Proxmox, etc.).

Deep Understanding of ITIL processes

Experience in handling large enterprise network environment

Experience in datacenter design and deployment

It would be nice if you also had:

Understanding of Infrastructure as Code.

Experience in automation and orchestration

Experience with Nokia Service Routers and Nokia SR Linux products

Experience with Fortinet and Palo Alto Firewalls

Knowledge of standard Network infra protocols such as OSPF, BGP, QoS, VRRP, VxLAN etc.

Good understanding on other network protocols like DHCP, DNS, IPsec,TLS etc.

Experience in IPv6 deployment.

About Us

Advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

Nokia is a global leader in connectivity for the AI era. With expertise across fixed, mobile and transport networks, powered by the innovation of Nokia Bell Labs, we’re advancing connectivity to secure a brighter world.

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Our recruitment process

We act inclusively and respect the uniqueness of people. Our 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.

If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every listed requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences enrich our teams, and you may be just the right candidate for this or another opportunity.

The length of the recruitment process may vary depending on the specific role’s requirements. We strive to ensure a smooth and inclusive experience for all candidates. Discover more about the recruitment process at Nokia .

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