Senior Software 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 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. 

You will be joining Engineering (R&D) team in CCS Service practice. 

What you will learn and contribute to

As part of our team, you will:

·       Support and implement architectural and strategic decisions for best-in-class software systems based on Cloud-native principles.

·       Independently own & design the system architecture, creating technical blueprints and ensuring that the software design is scalable and aligns with the organization’s business strategy.

·       Developing new systems and redesign existing ones, showing personal accountability and successful delivery

·       Able to manage individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables

·       Analysing internal and external business challenges in order to recommend best practices to improve products, processes and services

·       Applying and maintaining high quality standards

·       Participating in process and tools evolution and its improvements, identifying bottlenecks, deficiencies, and points for improvement

Your skills and experience 

·       We are looking for an experienced Software Architect to make intuitive high level decisions for software development.

·       You will see the “big picture” and create architectural approaches for software design and implementation to guide the development team.

·       Strong experience in managing microservice based architectures.

·       Technology, engineering or related University Degree or student (MSc or BSc)

·       Deep technical knowledge and expertise in at least two of the following public cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure

·       Deep know-how on orchestration systems, like Kubernetes and Helm, with proven hands-on experience

·       Containerization technologies, like Docker

·       UNIX/Linux, including shell scripting, networking, storage and general administration

·       Virtualization systems (e.g. VMware or Openstack)

·       Automation frameworks and toolsets, like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform, Jenkins or Artifactory

·       Proficient using Git, Python, Bash and Perl

·       Agile development methodologies and scaled Agile Frameworks like Scrum and SAFe.

·       Fluent spoken and written English capabilities

·       Self-driven and creative

·       Strongly proactive and with high problem-solving skills 

It would be nice if you also had:

·       Good knowledge of virtualization and container concepts: Docker; Kubernetes.

·       Good knowledge of IT concepts associated with the deployment of modern networks: BigData and distributed processing (Hadoop, Kafka, Spark); Cloud native software concepts (micro-services architecture).

·       Knowledge of IT concepts associated with the software development tools: Git and CI/CD pipelines; Software analysis and design methodologies; Software quality and security enforcement.

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.

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.